Background
Clarke, Henry Leland was born on March 9, 1907 in Dover, New Hampshire, United States. Son of Ward Robinson and Annie Leland (Barber) Clarke.
Clarke, Henry Leland was born on March 9, 1907 in Dover, New Hampshire, United States. Son of Ward Robinson and Annie Leland (Barber) Clarke.
Bachelor of Arts, Harvard University, 1928; Master of Arts, Harvard University, 1929; Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1947; student of, Nadia Boulanger, 1929-1931; student of, Gustav Holst, 1932; student of, Hans Weisse, 1933-1934; student of, Otto Luening, 1936-1938.
Assistant, New York Public Library, 1932-1936; teaching assistant, Bennington College, Vermont, 1936-1938; chairman graduate faculty, Westminster Choir College, Princeton, New Jersey, 1938-1942; lecturer, University of California at Los Angeles, 1947-1948; assistant professor, University of California at Los Angeles, 1949-1958; assistant professor, Vassar College, 1948-1949; associate professor, U. Washington, Seattle, 1959-1975; professor, U. Washington, 1975-1977; professor emeritus, U. Washington, since 1977. Lecturer Brattleboro Music Center, Vermont, 1977-1980. Visiting professor Boston University, summer 1949, Harvard University, 1956, U. Washington, Seattle, 1958-1959, University of California at Los Angeles, 1962, Columbia University, 1963.
Served with Army of the United States, 1944. Member American Composers Alliance, American Musicol. Society (past chapter president), American Society Aesthetics (past chapter president), College Music Society (past vice president), American Society University Composers, Phi Mu Alpha.
Clubs: Harvard (New York City).
Married Julia Newbold Keasbey, June 24, 1937. 1 child, Anne Newbold (deceased).