James Andrew Korman

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Korman, before 1896.

James Andrew Korman (* 8. February 1870 in Danvers , Massachusetts , USA ; † 1946 / 1947 ) was an American composer of choral music .

Life

James Andrew Corman was born in Danvers / MA in 1870, the fifth of at least seven children. His father was a shoemaker in Massachusetts, who immigrated to Boston with his parents before 1855 and was naturalized in 1868. He was baptized as Philipp Jakob Chormann in August 1839 in Jöhlingen near Karlsruhe . His mother Bridget (née McDonald) was born in Ireland in 1839 and married Philipp Korman in Boston in 1860.

James A. Korman went to school in Danvers and, when he was 30 years old, still lived with his parents in Salem, Massachusetts . He is mentioned in the US Census 1900 as a "musician". One of his first works was published in Salem in 1896, a song with piano accompaniment: "How could you leave me? Song & Refrain", dedicated to Mr. Joseph Andrew with a text by Monroe H. Rosenfeld .

Works (selection)

  • song
    • How could you leave me? (1896)
  • Choral works
    • Ave Maria. No. 3 (ca.1932)
    • Christmas carol mass: Missa de nativitate Domini (1939)
    • Hodie Christ Natus Est (1939)
    • Mass in honor of the Blessed Sacrament (1915)
    • Mass in F major in honor of St. Joan de Arc

Individual evidence

  1. ^ "Massachusetts, Births, 1841-1915," index and images, FamilySearch ( https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FXNS-DZH  : accessed 17 Mar 2013), James Andrew Corman, 1870.
  2. ↑ "United States, New England Naturalization Index, 1791-1906," index and images, FamilySearch ( https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VXR3-8SC  : accessed 18 Mar 2013), Philipp Carman, 1868 .
  3. ↑ "Germany, Births and Baptisms 1558-1898," index, FamilySearch ( https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NFT6-7X5  : accessed 18 Mar 2013), Philipp Jakob Chormann in entry for Philipp Jakob Chormann , 18 AUG 1839.
  4. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," index and images, FamilySearch ( https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M9R8-PYV  : accessed 17 Mar 2013), Philip J Korman, 1900.
  5. ^ "Massachusetts, Marriages, 1841-1915," index and images, FamilySearch ( https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NWY5-ZG6  : accessed 18 Mar 2013), Philip Korman and Bridget Mcdonnell, 1860.
  6. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," index and images, FamilySearch ( https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MH6H-JXH  : accessed 17 Mar 2013), James A. Corman in entry for Phillip Corman, 1880.
  7. ↑ JSCHOLARSHIP ( https://jscholarship.library.jhu.edu/handle/1774.2/9928  : 17 Mar 2013), Latest Success! How Could You Leave Me? Song & chorus.
  8. ↑ Googlebooks ( http://books.google.de/books?id=tCVjAAAAIAAJ&lpg=PA2&ots=LB8Kwn98SN&dq=korman%20Hodie%20Christus%20Natus%20Est&hl=de&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q=korman&f=  Marfalse 2013): accessed 17 , Catalog of Copyright Entries: Musical compositions, Part 3
personal data
SURNAME Korman, James Andrew
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Korman, James A .; Korman, YES; Corman, James Andrew; Corman, James A .; Corman, YES
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American composer
DATE OF BIRTH February 8, 1870
PLACE OF BIRTH Danvers , Massachusetts
DATE OF DEATH between 1946 and 1947