Carl Rossini Diton Explained

Carl Rossini Diton
Birth Date:October 30, 1886
Death Date:January 25, 1962
Alma Mater:University of Pennsylvania, Juilliard
Known For:Symphony in C Minor

Carl Rossini Diton (October 30, 1886January 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

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Diton, Carl . Digital Library of Georgia: Atlanta University Photographs . Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library . 18 January 2019.
  2. Web site: Carl Rossini Diton: pianist -- composer (contemporary), September 5, 1961 . W. E. B. Du Bois Papers Series 1. Correspondence . UMass Amherst . 18 January 2019.
  3. Web site: CARL ROSSINI DITON . The New York Times . 1962-01-27 . 2019-01-18.
  4. News: Hackley . E. Azalia . Some Colored Community Music Missionaries . 18 January 2019 . New York Times . July 19, 1917.
  5. News: Samet . Rachel . Diton, Carl Rossini (1886 - 1962), pianist, composer, singer, teacher . 18 January 2019 . Grove Music Online.
  6. Web site: Johnston . Michael . Apple . John . Swing Low, Sweet Chariot!, by Carl R Diton, Order Online . Organ Sheet Music . 1962-01-25 . 2019-01-18.
  7. Web site: Musical Fund Society of Philadelphia records, circa 1820-1994 . Directory . 1989-01-13 . 2019-01-18.
  8. Book: Wintz . Cary . Finkelman . Paul . Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance: Vol. 2 K-Y . 2004 . Taylor & Francis . 9781579584580 . 866 .
  9. Book: Horne . Aaron . Brass Music of Black Composers: A Bibliography . 1996 . Greenwood Publishing Group . Westport, CT . 0313298262 . 84 . 18 January 2019.
  10. Web site: FamilySearch.org . 1910 Census Philadelphia PA. 2016-04-12 . de . 2019-01-18.
  11. Web site: search for "diton" in the W. E. B. Du Bois archives . W. E. B. Du Bois Papers . University of Massachusetts Amherst Special Collections Archive . 18 January 2019.

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