NAME: James Holmes

BIRTH DATE/LOCATION:
April 2, 1939, Pittsburg, Kansas

DEATH DATE/LOCATION:
January 7, 1999, New York, New York


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  • IDENTIFICATION AND BIO:
    Composer, Organist, Church Music Director

    Undergraduate and graduate degrees from University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

    Companion of the composer Ned Rorem
    Music Director, Episcopal Church of St. Matthew & St. Timothy, New York from 1973 until his death

    WORKS:

    Dozens, perhaps hundreds, of uncataloged organ and choral works for Episcopal Church of St. Matthew & St. Timothy, including:

    Stabat Mater
    for: solo voices and SATB
    date: 1987
    published: Boosey & Hawkes (only published work)

    Five Minute Mass
    Jubilate Deo
    Psalm 84
    Ave Verum Corpus
    Cantario of St. Matthew

    UNCOMPLETED WORKS:
    Unknown

    WRITINGS:
    "A Guide to the Sacred Choral Music of Ned Rorem," The American Organist, May 1989.

    DISCOGRAPHY:
    No professionally released recordings

    BIBLIOGRAPHY:

    • Obituary by Eileen J. Hunt, The American Organist, April 1999.
    • Numerous references throughout the writings (especially the diaries) of Ned Rorem, in particular Lies: A Diary, 1986-1999 (Counterpoint, 2000).

    PERFORMING RIGHTS AFFILIATION:
    Unknown

    RESOURCES:
    Boosey & Hawkes
    35 East 21st Street
    New York, NY 10010
    Tel: (212) 358-5300
    Fax: (212) 358-5303
    bhsales@ny.boosey.com
    www.boosey.com

    MUSICAL EXECUTOR:
    Ned Rorem
    c/o Boosey & Hawkes (See Resources)

    OTHER CONTACTS:
    Unknown

    ARCHIVES:
    Most compositions remain in the library at Episcopal Church of St. Matthew & St. Timothy.
    Personal archives are in the possession of Ned Rorem, whose archives are deeded to the Library of Congress.

     


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