PRINCETON (Jones)

Composer: David Hugh Jones

David Hugh Jones (1900-1983) Born: 1900, Jackson, Ohio. Jones at­tend­ed the Guil­ford Or­gan School, New York Ci­ty (grad­u­at­ed 1920), and the Amer­i­can Con­ser­va­to­ry, Fon­taine­bleau, France, and re­ceived hon­or­a­ry de­grees from Washing­ton and Jeff­er­son, and Bea­ver Col­leg­es. In 1924, he be­came a Fel­low of the Amer­i­can Guild of Or­gan­ists. He played the or­gan at church­es in Ports­mouth and Day­ton, Ohio; and in New York Ci­ty, Rome, and Brook­lyn, New York. From 1934 un­til re­tir­ing in 1979, he was the Mil­ler Cha­pel or­gan­ist and choir di­rect­or at Prince­ton The­o­lo­gi­cal Sem­in­ary, New Jer­sey. In 1937, he found­ed the sem­in­a­ry’s tour­ing… Go to person page >