Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1882-10-26
The Death Of Il Distinguished
Composer and Professor
of Music.
nr. J0hn Cnsner Henry Dielman

of Music.
DR.. John Casper Henry Dielman.
1t is with feeling of sincere sorrow we
record the death Of the good DR.. Dielman
for SO many years organist and Professor
of Music at Mt. ST. Marys College. After
a protracted sickness which he bore with
editying patience and christian resignation
he resigned his soul into the hands of his
Creator he peacefully slept in the Lord at
half past three o'clock on the morning Of
the i3th inst.
DR.. Dielman was a gentleman of kind
affablc disposition and blessed with high
sense of honor and sclf-respect He was
extensively known and respected through
the country and his innocent humor and
wit made him universal favcrlte. lie
was an exemplary Catholic and AS he led
good and edifying lite, so he died happy
death, we'll fortified with the rites OF the
church, strengthened by the comforts OF
Religion and surrounded by all his chill
drcn. He retained his full faculties up to
the hour of death and though unable to
pronounce the worde he was able to join
the minister o: God in rcci'lng tor him the
PRAYERS of the dying. The Rev, Thomas F :.
Ganbnn and the good Sisters of Charity o.
ST. Josepn's Academy were very attentive
to him and visited him every day during
D>v In
bons, ID. d. Archbishop Of Baltimore also
visited him on Sunday the 9Th inst The
good Archbishop sat by his bedside for a
considerable time, spoke kind and cncour-
aging words and impaired to him his bless
inc. His death has caused VOID that can
no, bc filled at Mt st. Marys College
where he was for 80 many years the
intimate friend and associate Of Drs. Nc
Closkcy. McCatircy and FATHER McMuraie
They always trcatcd him as one ofthem-
selves and with the respect due to his
brilliant talents. These and Or. Di:lmsn
were the guardians dig,tied and worthy
representatives of the old Mountain COL
cgc in the day' Of her glory. They follow
ed one another in rapid succession to the
crave and with DR.. Dielman tue record OF
the self sacrificing charitable and cdi'yinS
old Moun,alncers is closed
He will be missed not only IN the sphere
of his actual lahors, but throughout The
length and breadth Of the country from
Canada to Florida from tn" Atlantic tc
the Pacific.
His fame as Il musician was waited
across tho Atlantic even ne far M Tho
Tiber He was born in the City OF FRANK
fort on-lhc Main in Germany on the 2oth
day of April 1871 He WAS the son q; Cas-
par Dic.man, a musician of t"3' place
When butt mere boy he man'iested re
narkable talents for music and his father
p)nccl him under the tuition Of the dis
linuuishcd French ylolinist Fcmmy. under
whose instruction he made rapid progress
At the age OF fourteen he was sent 10 or
renbach to the great Anthony Andre, In
structor ofthorough Bass and musician t'
the Cour, of liesse Darms,adt. In 1927
when in his seventeenth year he came tt
this country and settled down in PhimGcl
phia, where he was employed by an operF
ca.irnny Us first yol,nist and leader Of NJ
orchestra Having spent two years III TIM
! position he came to Baltimore and resl0ct
| in That metropolis for "boW fourteen years
| He also spent two years IN ashihg'oi
| where he has many warm and admlrlne
friends Daring his time i'll tnltlF'1le ne
was the leader OF various orchestras anc
stood ut the head Of his profession, having
no superior and very 'cw rivals, On Sep
TENDER 9th 1884 he married Miss Emily
| Dawson the daughter OF Captain Philemon
| Dawson Of Baltimore. DR., Mccartney il
! lS43 offered him the chair of music ct Mt
St. Mays College which position he tillcc
with distinguished ability and brilliant
success ND 10 the time of his sickness Ii,
was not catholic when he came TO the
college, but he soon placed himself rnde,
the instruction of Drs. McC'oskey and Nc
Cadrrey and in short time he and hiS wife
were received into the church they elm.
braced the faith and adhered to it with un
shaken fidelity and constancy
Had DR.. Diclmsn spent his life in large
city where his talents would have been
evoked, instead of living in retirement at
the Mountain he would have been an c1-
trsordiasry man, perhaps the first in the
musical world. He cornpnsed large
amount of music, both sacred and secular
His Masses and Hymns are very popular
through the country. Before his CONVEX
sion he composed several pieces for Prot
estant churches. To him WAS assigned the
duty of Composing the inauguration
marches OF Presidents. jackson, Harrison
and Taylor, which were performed by the
Marine Bond of Washington and after,
wards by some Military Bands in Germany
Georgetown University approaching his
rare talents conferred on him in 1910 the
degree of Doctor of Music and he received
his diploma from the hands of General
Taylor, then President of the United
States. I his was the first degree and hon.
or of the kind conferred in the United