Clarence L. Partee

Clarence L. Partee, posing with a banjo for the June 1898 issue of Loomis' Musical Journal. Although he played the mandolin and guitar as well, Partee considered himself primarily a banjoist, championing a "maligned" instrument.

Clarence Lockhart Partee (born Concord, North Carolina January 20, 1864, died Manhattan, New York April 17, 1915) was an American composer and arranger and music publisher. He was also founder, editor and publisher of The Cadenza magazine, and devoted his life to teaching and advancing the banjo, mandolin and guitar, arranging more than 150 works for these three instruments.

Partee took up the banjo as a profession after his parents died before he was 14, and he moved to Chicago to pursue that goal. He also began studying the guitar and the mandolin. He also branched out adding sections to the magazine for voice, violin, harp and piano. Jacobs ceased publication in 1924. American Conservatory banjo method (1895) written with his brother Charles H. Partee Practical hints on modern guitar playing (1899) American Conservatory Mandolin Method ... containing also arrangements by Mrs. C. L. Partee (1898) Book of harmony and composition : for the violin, mandolin, guitar and banjo (1907)

Music De Coontown Jubilee. Cake Walk. Banjo Solo by Clarence L Partee (1897) Prairie rose waltz. By Clarence L. Partee and J.C. Groene & Co, (1890)