"Hiawatha's Wedding Feast" is a cantata composed by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, a Black British composer of African and English ancestry. The piece is based on a poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow that tells the story of Hiawatha, a legendary Native American figure. Coleridge-Taylor, who was known for incorporating African and African-American musical themes into his compositions, premiered "Hiawatha's Wedding Feast" in 1898 to critical acclaim. The work was particularly well-received for its use of orchestration and choral writing inspired by traditional African music, helping to establish Coleridge-Taylor as one of the leading Black composers of his time.