DITON, CARL ROSSINI

DITON, CARL ROSSINI. Concert pianist/Singer (30 October 1886 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; 25 January 1962 in Philadelphia). He first studied music with his father, Samuel James Diton, a professional musician. He studied further at the Institute for Colored Youth in Philadelphia, Central [public] High School, and the University of Pennsylvania (B.S., 1909). In 1909-10 he made a transcontinental concert tour of the United States, the first black pianist to do so. He was encouraged in his music study...