Barnes, Archie Fairbairn 27.dec.1878-6.nov.1960 England, Bristol Clifton - Devon, Paignton
organist, choirmaster, 16.feb.1879 baptized at St Mary in Bristol Tyndall's Park, studied at the Royal College of Music in London, 1898 studied organ and 1911 BM and MM and 1912 DM from Keble College in Oxford, 1903 music master at Llandovery College, 1904 organist/choirmaster of Christ Church in London Hampstead, then at Holy Trinity Church in Folkestone, 1907-1914 music master at Farnborough School, in WWI captain in the Gloucester Regiment, 1918 wounded and captured, 1919 returned to Farnborough School, 1920 headmaster at Queen Victoria School in Dunblane Scotland, 1936 music master at Bishop's Stortford College Hertfordshire, 1943 organist of St Andrew's Church in Paignton ; son of architect Edward William Barnes (Bristol 1845-9.feb.1902 Bristol) and Henrietta Boak Fairbairn (Yorkshire, Stockton-on-Tees 1851-)

Title Parts


[] Nursery rhymes. Mixed choir
words E. C. Cumberbatch
pub J. & W. Chester, Brighton 1911

[] A War hymn
words E. C. Cumberbatch
pub Novello and Co., London 1914

[] Till I come back to you. Patriotic songs
words and music by Archie F. Barnes
pub West & Co., London 1914

[] Somebody's coming today. Song
words L. L. Watson
pub West & Co., London 1914

[] Far round the world Thy children sing their song. Hymn
words B. J. Mathews
pub Oxford University Press, London 1927

[] She is not fair to outward view. Four-part song
words by H. Coleridge
pub Novello and Co., London 1931

[] Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace. Anthem
pub Banks & Son, York 1934

[] Te Deum laudamus. Mixed choir and organ
pub Stainer & Bell, London 1937

[] Magnificat in F
pub Novello & Co., London 1938

[] O Thou who movest on the deep of spirits. Introit
words by Whittier
pub Novello & Co., London 1938

[] Office of the Holy Communion in D
pub Novello & Co., London 1938

[] Our fathers to their graves have gone. Anthem for Armistice Service
pub Novello & Co., London 1938

[] Down in yon Summer Vale. Three part song for women's voices S.S.A. with piano accompaniment
words Thomas Moore
pub Augener, London 1953

[] Come, O come, my life's delight. Three part song with piano accompaniment
words Thomas Campion
pub Augener, London 1954

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