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WHITE, Clarence Cameron

Born in Clarksville, TN, Aug 10, 1880 
New York, June 30, 1960 

  • White was an African-American composer and violinist. 
  • White studied at Oberlin and in Europe, where his teachers included Samuel Coleridge-Taylor. 
  • White toured frequently as a violinist, with his wife, collaborative pianist Beatrice Warrick White. 
  • White taught at West Virginia State College and was the Director of Music at the the Hampton Institute in Virginia.1

Biography from the Library of Congress 

Biography from The African American Registry

Sources

  1. Thomas Riis, “White, Clarence Cameron,” Grove Music Online (2001), accessed January 27, 2022, https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-0000030207.