James Thomas Quarles, Date of Birth, Date of Death
TweetJames Thomas Quarles
American musician
Date of Birth: 06-Nov-1877
Date of Death: 04-Mar-1954
Profession: organist
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Scorpio 
About James Thomas Quarles
- James Thomas Quarles (November 7, 1877 in St.
- Louis, Missouri – March 4, 1954 in Los Angeles, California) was a 20th-century American organist, educator, and academic.
- He was National President of both the Music Teachers National Association and music fraternity Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia.
- In his long tenure he taught at Lindenwood University, Cornell University, and the University of Missouri.
- He was the founding dean of the University of Missouri School of Fine Arts including the University of Missouri School of Music.
- In 1905 he wrote one of Cornell's school songs "Cornell Hymn" In the 1920s he edited a compilation of Missouri school songs and was advisor to the Zeta Chapter of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia.
- He acquired and played the organ at Missouri United Methodist Church in Columbia, Missouri.For a time Annie White Baxter served as his secretary.
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