The Song of Hiawatha (Coleridge-Taylor)
The Song of Hiawatha, Op. 30, is a trilogy of cantatas written by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor between 1898 and 1900. The first part, Hiawatha's Wedding Feast, was particularly famous for many years and made the composer's name known throughout the world.
The composer
A cantata is a vocal composition with an instrumental accompaniment, typically in several movements, often involving a choir.
Soloquartet and strings