Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912)

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2 Jan[uary] 1908¹

To Mr. Morris Colles²                         Norbury³

        In consideration of your exonerating me

from setting the whole of the opera ‘The

Lady of Lyons’⁴ and of my receiving

when paid to you, proportionate terms.

Thereby promise to set and deliver

to you 2 or 3 of the lyrics⁵ of the

aforesaid opera by

S.[amuel] Coleridge-Taylor⁶

NOTES:

1. Thursday
2. William Morris Colles (1855-1926), founder and managing editor of Author's
    Syndicate in London, England.  An article by H.C. Colles, "Samuel Coleridge-Taylor," appeared
    in the Dictionary of National Biography (London, 1885-1901)
3. Norbury, England
4. "Lady of Lyons or Love and Pride," a play by Edward Bulwer Lytton (1806-1873), first performed on
     Thursday, the 15th of February, 1838, at Covent Garden Theatre. This play served as libretto (by Hersee)
     for Frederic H. Cowen's 1876 4-act opera, Pauline, first performed at the Lyceum, London
5.  Unknown at this time
6. An aside: [Namesake?] Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834), English poet and critic

ABOUT  THE   COMPOSER

According to The Musical Times, (No. 640, Vol. 37, June 1, 1896, p. 385), RE: Bridlington Festival. (Bridlington is described in the article as a "quaint fishing village.") "The programme included also The Three Ravens with a clever orchestral accompaniment by Mr. Coleridge-Taylor." [N.B. The Three Ravens is a traditional ballad that dates from the 17th century or earlier.]

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