Samuel Coleridge-Taylor has been played on NTS in shows including Floating Roofs, featured first on 28 May 2017. Songs played include Symphonic Variations On An African Air, Op. 63, Ballade In A Minor, Op. 33 and Symphony No. 1, "Afro-American".

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,…