DUNBAR, RUDOLPH

DUNBAR, RUDOLPH. Symphony orchestra conductor (5 April 1907 in Nabaclis, British Guiana). He was apprenticed to the British Guiana Militia Band when he was nine years old, and he toured with the band for three years. He first studied music as a member of the band, and studied clarinet with Sergeant-Major E. A. Carter. When he was twelve his father sent him to the United States to study music; he settled in New York and attended the Institute of Musical...