^Lot 769 Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

Pioneering and highly regarded Afro-British musician (1875–1912), known as the ‘Black Mahler,’ who takes a place among the earliest black composers to work in a classical idiom. Printed musical score to Gipsy Suite, 9.5 x 12.5, 30 pages, signed and inscribed in fountain pen on the front cover by Coleridge-Taylor, and dated April 1909. Mild toning and soiling to cover, tape reinforcement to fragile binding, and a small chip to front cover, otherwise fine condition.