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Composer, violinist, educator, and author. Major participant in the Harlem Renaissance.

From the description of Clarence Cameron White collection, 1872-1965 (bulk, 1930-1960). (Moorland-Spingarn Resource Center). WorldCat record id: 739116553

Composer, violinist, educator. White and John Frederick Matheus collaborated on "Ouanga" (1932) and "Tambour" (1929).

From the description of Clarence Cameron White papers (Additions), 1906-1963. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122455215 From the guide to the Clarence Cameron White papers (Additions), 1906-1963, (The New York Public Library. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division.)

Clarence Cameron White was a composer, violinist, educator and author. He studied music at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music and in London, England. He also studied with Will Marion Cook and Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, who is credited with inspiring him to become a composer. White frequently used folk music as a source for his compositions. He collaborated with John F. Matheus, a professor of Romance languages (librettist), on two works, "Tambour" and the opera "Ouanga," which was based on the life of Jean-Jacques Dessalines, one of the slave leaders of the Haitian Revolution. White's other major works include the ballet score for "A Night in San Souci," the orchestral work "Elegy," "Symphony in D Minor," a cantata "Heritage," and "Bandanna Sketches," composed for the violin. He also wrote "Dance Rhapsody," "Pantomime," and "Poeme: For Orchestra."

White's teaching career spanned the Boston public school system (1912-1923), his directorship of music at West Virginia State College (1924-1931), and Hampton Institute in Hampton, Virginia, where as director of music he conducted the Hampton Institute Choir from 1933 to 1935.

From the description of Clarence Cameron White papers, 1901-1940. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122570779

Clarence Cameron White was a composer, violinist, educator and author. He studied music at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music and in London, England. He also studied with Will Marion Cook and Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, who is credited with inspiring him to become a composer. White frequently used folk music as a source for his compositions. He collaborated with John F. Matheus, a professor of Romance languages (librettist), on two works, "Tambour" and the opera "Ouanga," which was based on the life of Jean-Jacques Dessalines, one of the slave leaders of the Haitian Revolution. White's other major works include the ballet score for "A Night in San Souci," the orchestral work "Elegy," "Symphony in D Minor," a cantata "Heritage," and "Bandanna Sketches," composed for the violin. He also wrote "Dance Rhapsody," "Pantomime," and "Poeme: For Orchestra.".

White's teaching career spanned the Boston public school system (1912-1923), his directorship of music at West Virginia State College (1924-1931), and Hampton Institute in Hampton, Virginia, where as director of music he conducted the Hampton Institute Choir from 1933 to 1935.

From the guide to the Clarence Cameron White papers, 1901-1940, (The New York Public Library. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division.) 1880 August 10 Born in Clarksville, Tennessee, to Jennie Scott and James W. White ca.1881 White's father James W. White died. White and his mother relocated to Oberlin, Ohio to live with maternal grandparents. ca.1890 While teaching in Chattanooga, Tennessee, Jennie Scott married William H. Conner and the family relocated to Washington D.C., where Conner accepted the position of medical examiner in the Government Pension Office. 1890 1894 Attended public schools of Washington, D.C. 1893 1895 Studied at Howard University, Washington, D.C. 1896 1901 Attended Oberlin Conservatory of Music, Oberlin, Ohio 1892 Private instruction with Will Marion Cook, Washington, D.C. ca. 1892 Private instruction with Joseph Douglass, Washington, D.C. 1903 1907 Served as violin teacher, vice-president and registrar at Washington Conservatory of Music, Washington, D.C. 1905 Married Beatrice Warrick, accomplished pianist 1906 1908 1911 Received private instruction from African-British composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, London England 1907 1911 Received private instruction from Russian violinist Michael Zacharewitsh, London, England 1910 Established private studio, Boston, Massachusetts 1911 1923 Taught in Boston Public Schools 1913 1924 Conducted Victoria Concert Orchestra of Boston 1916 Conceptualized National Association of Negro Music Teachers, which later evolved into National Association of Negro Musicians 1919 Composed Bandanna Sketches which was popularized when noted violinist Fritz Kreisler recorded a piece from the work entitled Nobody Knows the Trouble I See. 1924 1930 Served as director of music at West Virginian State College Institute, West Virginia 1928 Received Honorary Master of Arts degree from Atlanta University 1928 Received Harmon Foundation Award 1929 1932 Received private instruction from French opera composer Raoul Laparra 1930 Received Rosenwald Foundation Grant 1932 Composed Ouanga (libretto by John Matheus) which theme based on the life of Dessalines, Haiti's first emperor 1932 Received David Bispham Award 1932 1935 Served as chair of the music department at Hampton Institute in Virginia, Hampton, Virginia 1933 Received Honorary Doctorate of Music from Wilberforce University 1937 Named music specialist for the National Recreation Association under the Work Progress Administration 1942 Beatrice Warrick White died in Elizabeth, New Jersey 1943 Married Pura Belpre, New York Public Library librarian, with special interest in Puerto Rican culture and literature 1949 First stage production of Ouanga performed in South Bend, Indiana under the auspices of the Burleigh Musical Association 1954 Composed Elegy for which White won the "Tranquil Music" Benjamin Award 1960 June 30 Died in New York City, New York of cancer at Sydenham Hospital

Clarence Cameron White was an accomplished violinist and a major participant in the Black Renaissance (Harlem Renaissance). His career accomplishments and well as relationships he cultivated during his career are well documented in the correspondence series, which contains letters from such notables as Phillippa Schuyler, W.C. Handy, Henry O. Tanner and Alain Locke.

White spent significant periods of time in Europe where he was trained by renowned musicians, including celebrated African-British composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, renowned Russian violinist Michael Zacherewitsch and Raoul Laparra, French opera composer. In the earlier years, White was as student of Will Marion Cook and Joseph Douglass when his family relocated to Washington, D.C. In his unpublished autobiography, located with in the writings series, White writes of these and other experiences, including his childhood friendships with Anita Patti Brown and Roland Hayes.

The music instruction White received at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music and at Howard University (1894-1895) eventually led him to the teaching field. In 1924 he served as the director of music at West Virginia State, and later served as chair of the music department at Hampton Institute (1932-1935). His career in academe is documented in the teaching material, correspondence and program series.

From the guide to the Clarence Cameron White Collection, Bulk, 1930-1960, 1872-1965, (Moorland-Spingarn Research Center, Howard University)

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