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David Ashley White

Short Name: David Ashley White
Full Name: White, David Ashley, 1944-
Birth Year: 1944

David Ashley White (b. 1944) is a seventh-generation Texan, born in San Antonio, and he both studied and taught in Texas throughout his career. He majored in oboe at Del Mar College, Corpus Christi, in composition for his Masters in Music at the University of Houston, and received a DMA from the University of Texas at Austin. Since 1977 he has been on the faculty of the Moores School of Music at the University of Houston, teaching theory and composition. White is a widely published composer of many types of compositions and has received many commissions. Selah Publishing Co. published three collections of his hymns.

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TextsTunesHymnalsRecommendations
Tunes by David Ashley White (14)sort descendingAsInstancesIncipit
ASHLEY (White)David Ashley White (b. 1944) (Composer)112242 35645
BISHOP POWELLDavid Ashley White (Composer)2
BREWER (White)David Ashley White (b. 1944) (Composer)312345 67653 45321
EXALTED NAMEDavid Ashley White (Composer)156112 16556 11235
FORTY ACRESDavid Ashley White (Composer)1
HOMAGEDavid Ashley White (Composer)1
LA GRANGE (White)David Ashley White (Composer)455117 51114 32125
LUCILE (White)David Ashley White (Composer)113455 42113 45755
MORNING SONG (Dare)David Ashley White (Harmonizer)251234 32175 51234
PALMER CHURCHDavid Ashley White, b. 1944 (Composer)1
ROCHESTER (White)David Ashley White (Composer)155431 22311 23177
TAYLOR (White)David Ashley White (Composer)1
TUCKER (White)David Ashley White (b. 1944) (Composer)154366 71551 1
WILDRIDGE & ST. CHARLES, QUEENSBOROUGH TERRACEDavid Ashley White (b. 1944) (Composer)1
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