Margetson, Edward, 1891-1962

Black composer and conductor; church organist; choral music specialist; choirmaster.

Born in St. Kitts, British West Indies, Margetson came to the Unites States in 1919 and soon became organist and choirmaster of the church of the Crucifixion in Harlem where Dr. Egerton E. Hall was rector. In 1927 he founded the Schubert Music Society "to quietly work through it among his people."

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