Clarence Kohlmann


Clarence R. Kohlmann was an American keyboardist and composer. He achieved renown for his arrangements of sacred music for the piano and organ.
He was educated in public schools and in music with private tutors. At age 17, he began composing original hymns and arranging musical settings for psalms.
From 1924 until his death in 1944, he was the resident organist at the Ocean Grove Great Auditorium organ in Ocean Grove, New Jersey. His work, The Storm, a display piece for the Auditorium organ, is a medley of songs with sound effects. It portrays an approaching Civil War battle followed by the return of peace as the storm subsides. It was recorded there in 1929, performed by Kohlmann.

Works

Arrangements and transcriptions

Original compositions

  • The Moon Maiden,, with Elsie Duncan Yale
  • At the Tourist Camp , with Elsie Duncan Yale
  • The Angel Choir: A Christmas Services, with Forrest G. Walter
  • "Easter Fantasy"
  • An Old-Fashioned Charm: A Musical Comedy, with Juanita Austin
  • "A song in my heart", words by Lizzie DeArmond
  • "Christmas Fantasy"
  • "Carillon at Sunset"
  • "Chanson du Soir"
  • "Enchanted Gardens"
  • "Enchantment"
  • "Festival Postlude"
  • "France is Calling", with H. D. Shaiffer
  • "Idyl of the Flowers"
  • "Love Light - A Love Sonnet"
  • "The Ocean Grove Usher's March", 1941
  • "Out of the shadows", words by Mrs. J. I. McClelland
  • "Silver Wings"
  • "Star Kisses"
  • "Sun of My Soul"
  • "Sunshine and rain" with Charles H. Gabriel
  • "Wings of Faith"

Collections

  • Organ Transcriptions of Favorite Hymns
  • Concert Transcriptions of Favorite Hymns for Piano
  • Twenty Piano Duet Transcriptions of Favorite Hymns
  • More Concert Transcriptions of Favorite Hymns
  • ''Album of Duets for Organ and Piano''