Carl Rossini Diton
Carl Rossini Diton | |
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| Born | October 30, 1886 (1886年10月30日) |
| Died | January 25, 1962(1962年01月25日) (aged 75) |
| Alma mater | University of Pennsylvania, Juilliard |
| Known for | Symphony in C Minor |
Carl Rossini Diton (October 30, 1886 – January 25, 1962) was a pianist and composer.[1] [2] [3] He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and graduated from the University of Pennsylvania and received a diploma from Juilliard.[4] He traveled extensively as a concert pianist and was said to have been the first black pianist to make a transcontinental tour in 1909.[5]
Diton worked with traditional spirituals and performed them in concert styles and for solo organ performances.[6] He worked as a church organist at St. Thomas's African Episcopal Church in Philadelphia, offered private lessons, and was the assistant to the head of the symphonic orchestration department at Juilliard for nine years.[7]
Diton was a charter member of the National Association of Negro Musicians and served as its president from 1926 through 1928.[8] [9] He won a Harmon Award for music in 1929.
Personal life
[edit ]Diton was born in Philadelphia to Phebe Harvey Diton and Samuel James Diton. He was raised primarily by his aunts Emma and Josey Harvey.[10] Diton was friends in childhood with Yolande Du Bois and maintained a correspondence with W. E. B. Du Bois throughout his adult life.[11]
References
[edit ]- ^ "Diton, Carl". Digital Library of Georgia: Atlanta University Photographs. Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library. Retrieved January 18, 2019.
- ^ "Carl Rossini Diton: pianist -- composer (contemporary), September 5, 1961". W. E. B. Du Bois Papers Series 1. Correspondence. UMass Amherst. Retrieved January 18, 2019.
- ^ "CARL ROSSINI DITON". The New York Times. January 27, 1962. Retrieved January 18, 2019.
- ^ Hackley, E. Azalia (July 19, 1917). "Some Colored Community Music Missionaries". New York Times. Retrieved January 18, 2019.
- ^ Samet, Rachel. "Diton, Carl Rossini (1886 - 1962), pianist, composer, singer, teacher". Grove Music Online. Retrieved January 18, 2019.
- ^ Johnston, Michael; Apple, John (January 25, 1962). "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot!, by Carl R Diton, Order Online". Organ Sheet Music. Retrieved January 18, 2019.
- ^ "Musical Fund Society of Philadelphia records, circa 1820-1994". Directory. January 13, 1989. Retrieved January 18, 2019.
- ^ Wintz, Cary; Finkelman, Paul (2004). Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance: Vol. 2 K-Y. Taylor & Francis. p. 866. ISBN 9781579584580.
- ^ Horne, Aaron (1996). Brass Music of Black Composers: A Bibliography. Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 84. ISBN 0313298262 . Retrieved January 18, 2019.
- ^ "1910 Census Philadelphia PA". FamilySearch.org (in German). April 12, 2016. Retrieved January 18, 2019.
- ^ "search for "diton" in the W. E. B. Du Bois archives". W. E. B. Du Bois Papers. University of Massachusetts Amherst Special Collections Archive. Retrieved January 18, 2019.
