Rogie
Clark was a graduate of Clark College in Atlanta, Georgia (1935), and continued
his studies as the Julliard School of Music, Chicago Musical College, Berkshire
Music Center, and received an M.A. from Columbia University (1942). He edited
several collections of Negro folk songs; "Copper Sun" (1957), and compiled
"Negro Art Songs" (1946). His textbooks for schools include: "Afro - America
Sings" (1971) and "Afro - American Six Series." Clark wrote spiritual arrangements
for solo voice and chorus. Clark contributed articles, plays, and poems
to the field of Negro folk music and was awarded a fellowship to do research
in Haiti, Jamaica, and Trinidad. He held teaching positions at Fort Valley
State College, Jackson State College, and Central State College.
Source:
Perkins Holly, Ellistine. Biographies of Black Composers and Songwriters;
A Supplementary Textbook. Iowa:Wm. C. Brown Publishers, 1990.
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