James Campbell McInnes (23 January 1874 – 8 February 1945) was a well-known English baritone singer and teacher at the turn of the 20th century, ex-husband of author Angela Thirkell and father of writer Colin MacInnes.
under a succession of great teachers including George Henschel, Sir Charles Santley, William Shakespeare, Jacques Bouhy, and Jean de Reszke.
[3] He was closely associated with the English composer Ralph Vaughan Williams and premiered many of his vocal works including the songs "Blackmwore by the Stour" and "Whither must I wander?"
[4] The early song "Boy Johnny," based on a Christina Rossetti poem, was first published in The Vocalist 1/6 September 1902 with the dedication "To J. Campbell McInnes, Esq.
My most vivid recollections of his singing are connected with that lovely melody (often attributed not surprisingly to J. S. Bach) " Jesu meines Glaubens Zier " and the words of Christ in the Gospel according to St. Matthew.
"[6] He also worked with the composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and sang his "Death of Minnehaha" from Hiawatha at Mary Wakefield's former festival in the Lake District in 1901.
However, in 1930, Angela left George Thirkell and returned to England with Lance, where she wrote many books and became a well-known author until her death in 1960.
Some in his audience, worried about the prospect of an imminent war with Germany, reflect that Handel was a German composer who spent most of his life in London.