Introduction

Biography

In 1881, Barnes moved to Bat­tle Creek, Mi­chi­gan, to at­tend Bat­tle Creek Col­lege and play the or­gan at the Se­venth-day Ad­vent­ist church there. He even­tu­al­ly served as head of the Bat­tle Creek Col­lege mu­sic de­part­ment for al­most 20 years.

He formed an ama­teur mu­sic club, helped found an an­nu­al spring mu­sic fes­tiv­al in Bat­tle Creek, ran the Bat­tle Creek Con­ser­va­to­ry of Mu­sic (un­til 1926), and was or­gan­ist and choir di­rect­or at the First Con­gre­ga­tion­al Church in Bat­tle Creek.

Hills­dale Col­lege, Mi­chi­gan, award­ed him an hon­or­ary doc­tor­ate de­gree in 1920.

Works

• The Se­venth-Day Ad­vent­ist Hymn and Tune Book, with Frank­lin Bel­den (Bat­tle Creek, Mi­chi­gan: Re­view & Her­ald, 1886)