Original: Samuel Coleridge-Taylor ( 15 August 1875 & ndash ; 1 September 1912 ) was an English composer who achieved such success that he was once called the '' African Mahler '' .
Simplified: Coleridge-Taylors best-known work is his cantata Hiawathas Wedding-feast , which was performed very often by choral groups in England during his lifetime and for many years after his death .