June 4, 1873, Sing­ers Glen, Vir­gin­ia.

October 6, 1956, Elk­ton, Vir­gin­ia.

A vo­cal mu­sic teach­er ear­ly in his ca­reer, Rue­bush di­rect­ed an ar­my band in France in World War I. Af­ter the war, he led ma­ny ci­vil­ian or­ches­tras and bands, and taught at sev­er­al schools, in­clud­ing the Shen­an­do­ah Con­serv­a­to­ry of Mu­sic in Day­ton, Vir­gin­ia. He com­posed ma­ny marches, in­clud­ing The Stone­wall Bri­gade March, Shen­an­do­ah, and the Al­ma Ma­ter Song for Tu­lane Un­i­ver­si­ty. Rue­bush spent most of his life in Day­ton, Vir­gin­ia, where he be­came pre­si­dent of the Rue­bush-Kieff­er Pub­lish­ing Com­pa­ny.

1. Cross Goes on Be­fore, The
2. He Rolls the Stone Away
3. I Am Hap­py
4. Scatter Sun­shine

1. With Me Abide