The HistoryMakers video oral history with Donald White.

Format Video (Streaming)
PublicationChicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016].
Description1 online resource (4 video files (1 hr., 39 min., 2 sec.)) : sound, color.
Supplemental Contenthttps://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=https://da.thehistorymakers.org/storiesForBio;ID=A2005.015
Subjects

Other author/creatorWhite, Donald, 1925-2005, interviewee.
Other author/creatorWilliams, Regennia N., interviewer.
Other author/creatorStearns, Scott, director of photography.
Other author/creatorHistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
Variant title History Makers video oral history with Donald White
Portion of title Donald White
Abstract Cellist Donald White was born in Richmond, Indiana on July 9, 1925. The middle of seven children, began playing the cello when he was sixteen. After he was drafted into the United States Navy in 1943, he played bass tuba and peckhorn in the Navy band while continuing his cello studies. After leaving the U.S. Navy, he earned a music degree at Roosevelt University in Chicago. White then earned a fellowship from the University of Hartford, granting him the position of assistant principal cellist of the Hartford Symphony Orchestra. He received his M.A. degree from the University of Hartford and worked four years with the Hartford Symphony Orchestra. After successfully auditioning with Maestro George Szell, White was invited to join the Cleveland Orchestra in 1957. He was the first African American member of the orchestra. White married pianist, composer, and retired educator, Dolores White. He passed away July 31, 2005.
CreditsVideographer, Scott Stearns.
Performer Regennia Williams, interviewer.
Date/time/place of a event noteRecorded Cleveland, Ohio 2005 January 13.
Source of descriptionVendor-supplied metadata.
Genre/formInternet videos.
Genre/formInterviews.
Genre/formNonfiction films.
Genre/formOral histories.
Genre/formOral histories.
Genre/formInternet videos.
Genre/formNonfiction films.
Stock numberA2005.015 HistoryMakers

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