The Song of Hiawatha Op. 30

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor's operatic trilogy, published by Novello & Company, set Longfellow's 1855 poem to music across three cantatas: *Hiawatha's Wedding Feast*, *The Death of Minnehaha*, and *Hiawatha's Departure*. Coleridge-Taylor, a celebrated Anglo-African composer, created one of the era's most performed choral works. The 1898–1900 cycle drew on depictions of Native American life from Victorian literature. *Hiawatha's Wedding Feast* achieved particular renown in concert halls across Britain and America, establishing Coleridge-Taylor as a major figure in late Romantic composition.