His oratorio Der jüngste Tag was awarded the Deutscher Staatspreis for composition in 1932, receiving national recognition.
Jochum was born in Babenhausen,[1] the son of a Catholic teacher, organist, choirmaster and director of the orchestra and theatre society.
[3] His compositions published at that time are influenced by the spirit of the period: Vaterländische Hymne, Flamme empor and Ich bin ein deutsches Mädchen.
In 1938, he composed Unser Lied: Deutschland!, a folk anthem based on words by Arthur Maximilian Miller [de].
[7] After World War II, Jochum was choirmaster of the "Jochum-Choir", which he founded in 1947, and municipal music director in Augsburg.
[2] He left mainly choral works, including more than 100 motets, 16 masses, four oratorios, two symphonies (which he dedicated to Goethe and Bruckner), a string quartet as well as song cycles and cantatas.
[6] At age 60, he wrote a memoir of his youth, entitled Besinnliches und Ergötzliches aus meiner Jugendzeit.