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Juilliard School; Columbia University. Oberlin College.
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Camille Nickerson
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She was influenced by Creole folksongs of Louisiana which she arranged and sang. Educated at Oberlin College with a Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts, she continued her studies at the Juilliard School and Columbia University. A Rosenwald Fellowship was awarded to her which allowed her to pursue graduate studies.
She developed interest in folksongs in this period and collected creole songs creating her own arrangements.
Included were Michieu banjo and Lizette, to quitte la plaine. During the 1930s and into the 1950s she toured as "The Louisiana Lady" singing creole songs and dressed in creole clothing.
Sponsored by the United States. State Department, she toured France in 1954. Anderson, Ruth East. Contemporary American Composers: A Biographical Dictionary.
Boston: G.K Hall, 1976
Smith, Jessie Carey, educated
Notable Black Women. Detroit, Michigan: Gale Research Incorporated., 1992
Southern, Eileen. Biographical Dictionary of Afro-American Women and African Musicians.
Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1982.
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United States