Introduction

Biography

James was the son of Eph­ra­im Rue­bush and Vir­gin­ia Kief­fer, bro­ther of Will Rue­bush, and great-grand­son of Jo­seph Funk.

He stu­died with H. N. Bart­telb, Ho­ra­tio Pal­mer, and F. W. Root, and at the Grand Con­ser­va­tory of Mus­ic in New York. He taught at Shen­an­do­ah Uni­ver­si­ty, Win­ches­ter, Virg­in­ia, 1886–1936.

Works

• Gems of Glad­ness (Rue­bush & Kief­fer, 1888)
• The Crown­ing Day, with Ja­cob Hall & Al­dine Kieffer (Day­ton, Vir­gin­ia: Rue­bush-Kief­fer, 1894)
• The Sac­red Hym­nal (Day­ton, Vir­gin­ia: Rue­bush-Kief­fer, 1899)
• Best of All, with Sam­uel Beazley
• Bright Gems, with Will Rue­bush & Sam­uel Beaz­ley (Day­ton, Vir­gin­ia: Rue­bush-Kief­fer)
• Spark­ling Jewels No. 1, with Sam­uel Beaz­ley (Day­ton, Vir­gin­ia: Rue­bush-Kief­fer, 1912)
• Spark­ling Jewels No. 2, with Sam­uel Beaz­ley (Day­ton, Vir­gin­ia: Rue­bush-Kief­fer, 1915)
• Songs of Re­deem­ing Love (Day­ton, Vir­gin­ia: Rue­bush-Kief­fer, 1915)
• Glorious Theme (editor) (Day­ton, Vir­gin­ia: Rue­bush-Kief­fer, 1927)