The guardian., 1953-09-12

witness a presentation OF Car
ence cameron WhlLe's opera
"Ouangap which has been sc
enthusiastically received in
those cities wnere it has ap-
peared may have their desire
gratitied because DR.. White
writes to friends here that he
has not relInquished his inten-
ton of making Boston his per-
manent residence and is pian-
ming to that end. Anyway, the
vionnist composer is expected
to be in Boston later in the
fall when the Samuel Coleridge-
Taylor Musical Association which
he founded plans an anniver-
sary of the Association with DR..
White as special guest. Those of
you who can look back fifty
years may recall that Mr.. White,
then a striving young violinist
already started on the road to
the fame he later attained, made
his first appearance in the Hub
under the auspices of the st.
Mark Musical and Literary
Union which was an adjunt of
St Mark Congregational Church
at that time housed in q hall
at 1912 fremont st. The affair
was held in old Berkeley Hall
in December of 1903 and was
very largely attended for when
a celebrity came to Boston ii
those days all the elite and
everybody else turned out to
greet him. For Mr.. White, his
accompanist was the late Prof.
Fred P. White and assisting on
the program were the late Will
liam H. Richardson, baritone,
the late Marjorie Groves, pian-
ist, the late F. CASTOR Hill,
reader and retired school teach
er Eleanora Smith, now a reSid-
ent of New York, contralto. Mr..
White on that trip fell in love
with Boston and vowed to come
back some day to live. He stay
ed several months on that first
visit and was presented in re-
citalS in a number of New Eng
land cities. His first trip back
was in 1905 when he came with
his bride, the late Beatrice
Warrick. They were feted and
dined and this all deepened Mr..
Whites determination to be a
Boston resident, This came
about in 1311 or II when he
came with his family, which now
was increased to four, two
sons having been born to the
couple william Warrick and
Clarence Cameron, Jr. They
lived on Sussex street where so
many famous Bostonians have
resided and it was here that the
first great bereavement came to
the Whites, their younger son,
the beautiful little Clarence,
was stricken with diphtheria
and died soon after admission
to the hospital. appointment to
a high musical post called the
Whites from Boston but after
a few years they were back in
Boston again and it was this
time that the violiniSt founded
the Samuel Coleridge- Taylor
Musical Association. He had
been abroad and had studied
under the great Samuel Coler-
idge- Taylor and other disting-
uished musicians. During his
musical career DR.. White has al
ways turned his attention to
composing and he has produced
ing from 1912 fremont st. finally
prodigious amount of works
for Violin and piano, for or
cheStra, for band, for piano.
forte, for voice, for organ and
he is still composing, having re-
linguiShed teaching for a num-
Der Of years. Boston will no
doubt give the eminent musician
a hearty welcome when he
comes this fall to help the
musical club which he founded
over Is years ago celebrate It's
anniversary.
Speaking of st. Mark Music
and Literary Union reminds us
that the church which was