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1888 - Camille Lucie Nickerson was born on this day. A pianist, composer, music educator, music historian and a native of New Orleans, Louisiana. Her father was a renowned music teacher and violinist who's students included Jelly Roll Morton, Emma Barrett, Henry Kimball, and Manuel Manetta. she taught with her father from 1916 until 1926 at the Nickerson School of Music and founded the B-Sharp Music Club, which became the New Orleans branch of the National Association of Negro Musicians in February 1917. In 1930, she published many Creole songs, and wrote a masters thesis: Africo-Creole Music in Louisiana (masters thesis, Oberlin, 1932). In 1932, she received a Master of Music degree from Oberlin. She began to perform Creole songs as “The Louisiana Lady,” in order to educate the public about Creole songs and to keep them alive. She passed away in 1982 at the age of 93. |