CHARLTON, MELVILLE

CHARLTON, MELVILLE. Church organist (26 August 1880 in New York, New York; 13 November 1973 in New York, New York). He studied piano as a child and obtained his musical education in the public schools. He studied further at the City College of New York and the National Conservatory of Music, where he studied organ and composition with Charles Heinroth and music history with Henry Finck. He also studied choral conducting, taking a course with J. M. Heffenstein of Grace Church...