Adolf Kaim

Adolf Kaim, ca.1880

Grave of Adolf Kaim in the Catholic cemetery in Biberach an der Riss

Adolf Kaim * ( June 15, 1825 in Schelklingen ; † August 4, 1887 in Biberach an der Riss ) was a German school teacher and musician in Biberach an der Riss.

Life

Adolf Kaim was the eldest son of the model teacher in Schelklingen Heinrich Kaim (October 2, 1792– March 31, 1874) and his wife Marianna Steinhart (baptized December 6, 1802; † July 15, 1874). His younger siblings were Heinrich (Schelklingen 1834 – Heufelden near Ehingen / Donau 1878), also a school teacher, and Karl (Schelklingen 1837 – Ehingen / Donau 1911), founder of a clothing store in Ehingen. One of his nephews was the member of the state parliament and canopy capital Emil Kaim (politician) .

Adolf Kaim was born in Schelklingen on June 15, 1825. He received basic training in music from his father and was trained as a school teacher. Pastor Franz Xaver Reihing in Schmiechen (Schelklingen) taught him to play the violin and the art of composing music. Kaim then continued his education at the Conservatory for Music in Stuttgart and learned to play the organ. On May 1, 1848, he was employed as a sub-teacher in Biberach an der Riss. His main field of activity in Biberach was music. In 1852 Kaim became the organist for the Catholic masses at the Biberach parish church of St. Martin, a simultaneous church for Catholics and Protestants.

Like his father Heinrich Kaim, founder of the Schelklinger Liederkranz, Adolf Kaim became active in the Liederkranz movement and was the conductor of the men's choir of the Liederkranz Biberach from 1857 to 1875. He founded a mixed choir, which was called the Oratorio Association and was also director of the Singkranzes, the Turn- und Pfarrcäcilienverein. He taught singing in the Real and Latin School, the female advanced training school and the secondary school for girls. Kaim organized the Tenth Song Festival of the Swabian Singers' Association in Biberach in 1860 and the Knechtfeier on the 50th anniversary of Justin Heinrich Knecht's death in 1867 . In 1867 he founded an association for Catholic church music, which was linked to Cäcilianism. Kaim was also a founding member of the German Cecilia Association and organized the Biberach general assembly in 1877.

Kaim was an excellent composer. The best known of his works were: two Te Deum, a one- and a four-part Vespers, graduals and a four-part "Domine, salvum fac regem". From the age of five, Kaim was restricted in his work due to illnesses and finally died at the age of 62 in Biberach on August 4, 1887.

Compositions

For his musical compositions and organ works in the manuscript, see also the literature, the web links and under normative data.

• Latin Vesper hymns: along with the IV final antiphons for soprano, alto, tenor & bass with organ accompaniment; opus 4 . Biberach: Self-published, 1868. 14 pp.
• Proverbs for soprano, alto, tenor and bass . Choral score. Munich: Aibl, 1869. 15 pp.
• Missa "Jesu Redemptor": ad quatuor voces inaequales; (canto, alto, tenore, basso); opus 5 . Ratisbonae et al. a .: Pustet, 1870. 16 pp. + 4 pcs. (10th edition 1919).
• (Ed.) By Claudio Casciolini, Vesperae ad dominica: ad unam vocem et ad quatuor voces inaequales . Lipsiae: Braun, 1886. 32 pp.

literature

• Eberl, Immo, with the collaboration of Irmgard Simon and Franz Rothenbacher (2012), The families and civil status cases in the parishes of the town of Schelklingen (1602–1621, 1692–1875) and Ursprunging monastery (1657–1832) . 2. verb. and exp. Mannheim: Selbstverlag, No. 799–800, p. 221.
• Ernst, Hans-Bruno (1993), Adolf Kaim and Joseph Haydn: how Ochsenhausen almost found its way into “great” music history with the help of a Biberacher. In: Local history sheets for the district of Biberach , vol. 16, issue 2, pages 44–51 (photo of the grave, p. 45).
• Ernst, Hans-Bruno (2005), A Cäcilian in Need of Evidence: Adolf Kaim and his Haydn Proverbs. In: Ders., The second treasure of Ochsenhausen: The music-making youth in Baden-Württemberg and their state academy; History, stories, pictures 1987–2002 . Bad Buchau: Federsee-Verlag, pp. 75–79.
• Ernst, Hans-Bruno (2009), Adolf Kaim made Biberach the center of Catholic church music: the 7th General Assembly of the General German Association of Cecilia from 11th to 13th September 1877; on church music, in Biberach specifically and generally in the 19th century. In: Heimatkundliche Blätter for the district of Biberach , vol. 32, issue 1, pages 47–60 (photo portrait p. 47, photo of the grave p. 57).
• Kuhn, Adam (1928), History of the song wreath Biberach 1828–1928: Festschrift for the celebration of the century 19./20. May 1928. Biberach: Anzeiger vom Oberland. (Photo by Adolf Kaim).
• Kuhn, Adam (1929), Significant Biberachers: At the same time, a local reading book for school and home . Biberach-Riß: Publisher: Anzeiger vom Oberland GmbH, p. 125f.

Web links

• Biographical information and photo of Adolf Kaim at schwaebische-orgelromantik.de