Edwin Chappell White

Background

White, Edwin Chappell was born on September 16, 1920 in Atlanta. Son of Goodrich Cook and Helen Dean (Chappell) White.

Education

Bachelor, Emory University, 1940. Bachelor of Music, Westminster Choir College, 1947. Master of Fine Arts, Princeton (New Jersey) University, 1950.

Doctor of Philosophy, Princeton (New Jersey) University, 1957.

Career

Instructor Agnes Scott College, Decatur, Georgia, 1950-1952. From assistant professor to associate professor Emory University, Atlanta, 1953-1973. Professor music history Kansas State University, Manhattan, 1974-1991.

Retired, 1991

Visiting professor University Georgia, Athens, 1970-1971, Indiana University, Bloomington, 1972-1973. Violist Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, 1950-1956. Music critic Atlanta Journal, 1958-1970.

Achievements

• Edwin Chappell White has been listed as a noteworthy music educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • From Vivaldi to Viotti: A History of the Early Classical Violin Concerto (Musicology)

    (First Published in 1992. Routledge is an imprint of Taylo...)

Membership

Staff sergeant United States Air Force, 1942-1945, European Theatre of Operations. Member American Musicol. Society (chairman South Center chapter), College Music Society (president 1979-1980), Phi Kappa Phi, Pi Kappa Lambda.

Interests

• Avocation: golf.

Connections

Married Barbara Tyler, August 22, 1959. Children: Patricia Dean, Tyler Goodrich, Victoria Helen.

Father:

Goodrich Cook White

Mother:

Helen Dean (Chappell) White

Spouse:

Barbara Tyler

child:

Tyler Goodrich White

child:

Patricia Dean White

child:

Victoria Helen White