About this minute
- Title
- Pilgrim's Song
- Performer
- Frances Walker-Slocum
- Creator
- Samuel Coleridge Taylor
- Collections
- Black Musical Histories
- Related resource guides
- Music Compositions , History , Instruments , Music , Piano , Piano
BMH #1
This minute comes from a piece called ‘Pilgrim’s Song’ from a collection called ‘Twenty-Four Negro Melodies’ by the English composer, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor. Each piece in the collection is inspired by traditional African and African-American music, which Samuel transcribed and reimagined for the piano. In ‘Pilgrim Song’, Samuel has used harmonies from the soulful African-American spirituals…