Introduction

Biography

James was the hus­band of Ca­ro­line Shep­pard.

He emi­grat­ed to Am­er­ica in 1856.

Butterfield is most­ly re­mem­bered as a se­cu­lar com­pos­er. His best known work was the When You and I Were Young, Mag­gie, pub­lished in 1866.

In 1878, he be­came the se­cond pre­si­dent of the Mu­sic Teach­ers Na­tion­al As­so­cia­tion.