The Song of Hiawatha (Coleridge-Taylor)

The Song of Hiawatha
Trilogy of cantatas by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
The composer
Opus30
LanguageEnglish
Based onThe Song of Hiawatha
by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Performed1900 (1900)

The Song of Hiawatha (full name: Scenes from The Song of Hiawatha by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow), 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.