Samuel Coleridge-Taylor has been played on NTS in shows including Floating Roofs, featured first on 28 May 2017. Songs played include "Othello" Orchestral Suite Op. 79, Hiawatha Overture, Op. 30 and Symphonic Variations On An African Air, Op. 63.

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912) was a British classical composer who is best known for his composition Hiawatha's Wedding Feast.

Coleridge-Taylor's father was African and his mother British. He was first trained as a violin student with a local musician in England, which led to his enrolment in the Royal College of Music in 1890. Instead of continuing his studies in violin, however, Coleridge-Taylor focused on composition, in…