Donald H. White (February 28, 1921 – October 4, 2016) was a 20th-century American composer.
White was born in Narberth, Pennsylvania, in 1921.
[1] He studied music education at Temple University in Philadelphia and composition with Persichetti at the Philadelphia Conservatory of Music (1946) and with Bernard Rogers and Howard Hanson at the Eastman School of Music (1952).
In 1947, he joined the faculty of DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana, where he was chairman of composition and theory studies (1948–81).
White died at the age of 95 on October 4, 2016,[2] and was interred at West Laurel Hill Cemetery in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania.