Background
Parrish, Carl was born on October 9, 1904 in Plymouth, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of George Washington and Sarah Jane (Davis) Parrish.
Parrish, Carl was born on October 9, 1904 in Plymouth, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of George Washington and Sarah Jane (Davis) Parrish.
Student Conservatoire Americain, Fontainbleau, France, 1932. Bachelor of Music, MacPhail School Music, 1933. Master of Arts, Cornell Univercity, 1936.
Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard, 1939.
1 son, David Caldwell. Instructor music Wells College, 1929-1937, professor, 1938-1943, department chairman, 1941-1943. Professor music Fisk University, 1943-1946, department chairman, 1944-1946.
Director graduate studies Westminster Choir College, 1946-1949.
Professor music, department chairman Pomona College, 1949-1953. Professor music department chairman Vassar College, since 1953.
Visiting professor (summers) University of Minnesota, 1947, U. North Carolina, 1948-1949, Stanford, 1951, University of Southern California, 1956, 60, 62.
Member American Musicological Society (business manager of journal, 1947-1949), Society for Music in Liberal Arts College (treasurer 1950, secretary 1951).
Married Catherine Louise Caldwell, June 15, 1934.