James Thomas Quarles

James Thomas Quarles was a 20th-century American organist, educator, and academic.[1] He was National President of both the Music Teachers National Association and music fraternity Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia.[2] In his long tenure he taught at Lindenwood University, Cornell University, and the University of Missouri.[3] He was the founding dean of the University of Missouri School of Fine Arts.[4] In 1905 he wrote one of Cornell's school songs "Cornell Hymn"[5] In the 1920s he edited a compilation of Missouri school songs and was advisor to the Zeta Chapter of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia.

For a time Annie White Baxter served as his secretary.[6]

References

  1. "Full text of "New music review and church music review"". archive.org. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
  2. http://members.mtna.org/Conference/MTNAConferenceHistory.pdf
  3. "Review of Reviews and World's Work". google.com. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
  4. "Dictionary of Missouri Biography". google.com. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
  5. "Songs of Cornell". google.com. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
  6. Lawrence O. Christensen; William E. Foley; Gary Kremer (October 1999). Dictionary of Missouri Biography. University of Missouri Press. pp. 43–. ISBN 978-0-8262-6016-1.


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