Barnes, James Foster 2.jun.1894-9.feb.1956 USA Virginia Amelia County, Leigh or Court House - North Carolina, Durham
baritone singer, choral conductor, teachers diploma from William & Mary College, 1917 BA from the University of Richmond Virginia, MA from Emory University in Atlanta Georgia, studied with Marcus Kellerman, Richard Crawford, Frank LaForge and Richard Hageman, choral music with J Augustine Smith, Melius Christiansen, J Finley Williamson and Albert Stoessel, 1927-1956 director choral music at Duke University Durham ; son of William Watkins Barnes (Amelia, Leigh 4.nov.1867-29.sep.1925 Amelia) and Evelyn Eldridge Foster (Virginia 21.aug.1868-6.dec.1942 Richmond) ; 30.dec.1924 he married Myrtle Winifred Preyer (NC, Elizabeth 4.jun.1896-17.aug.1962 NC, Elkin)