TIBBS, ROY WILFORD

TIBBS, ROY WILFORD. College professor (20 August 1888 in Hamilton, Ohio; 1 April 1944 in Washington, D.C.). He obtained his musical education at Fisk University (B. Mus. 1912) and the Oberlin Conservatory (M. Mus., 1919). He studied organ further in Paris, France, with Isadore Philippi in 1914. In 1912 he was appointed to the piano faculty of Howard University in Washington, D.C., and remained there until his retirement. For a long period he directed the university choir. Over the...