Introduction

Biography

Barnes stu­died with Har­ry B. Jep­son and Ho­ra­tio Par­ker at Yale Uni­ver­si­ty (1910–11), then with Lou­is Verne, Vin­cent D’In­dy and Ab­el De­caux at the Scho­la Can­tor­um in Pa­ris.

He went on to play the or­gan at Church of the In­ca­rna­tion, New York (1911–12); Rut­gers Pres­by­ter­ian Church, New York (1913–24); St. Ste­phen’s Epis­co­pal Church, Phi­la­del­phia, Penn­syl­van­ia (1924–38); and the First Pres­by­ter­ian Church, San­ta Mo­ni­ca, Ca­li­for­nia (1938).

He was al­so a com­pos­er, pro­duc­ing or­gan sym­pho­nies, ar­range­ments, and books of re­li­gious mu­sic, and served in the Na­val Re­serve in World War I.

Works

• Method of Or­gan Play­ing