José White Lafitte

I am so happy to have found a set of violin etudes by José White Lafitte (also known as Joseph White), an Afro-Cuban violinist/composer who was active in Paris during the middle third of the 19th century. After leaving the Conservatoire, White Lafitte spent twenty years as director of the Conservatory in Rio de Janeiro. He then retired to Paris, where he remained until his death in 1918.

Rachel Barton Pine has recorded Number Six:



I have been having great fun practicing Number Three, which White dedicated to Vieuxtemps. Here's an excerpt:



You can learn more about White here.