Melville Charlton collection 1915-1973
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Charlton, Melville
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Organist. Melville Charlton served as organist for several churches and Jewish synagogues in New York City; he also gave concert tours and wrote the popular piano piece, "Poem Erotique." He was the first African-American organist to be admitted to the American Guild of Organists. Charlton was born in 1880 and died in 1973. From the guide to the Melville Charlton collection, 1915-1973, (The New York Public Library. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscrip...