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Accession #MU2013/30
TopicHymn to Manchester
TitleHymn to Manchester
LocationMusic Filing Cabinet Drawer.
CitationHymn to Manchester, MU2013/30, Archives and Brethren Historical Collection, Funderburg Library, Manchester University, North Manchester, Indiana.
AccessResearchers are responsible for determining copyright status of archived materials where this is relevant to their intended use of the materials.
ProvenanceOffice of the President of Manchester University
Scope and Content

1.  Hymn to Manchester and the Class of 1950, with words and music by Wilson B. Lutz.

2. Hymn to Manchester, with words by Charles Klinger and music by Wilson B. Lutz, 2013.

Copy of letters by Wilson B. Lutz to

3.  President Switzer and

4.  Professor Debra Lynn (Head of the Department of Music, MU).

Date of Accession24 April 2013
Bio History Note

From Lutz's letter to President Switzer regarding the Hymn to Manchester.   "It was written by Charles Klingler and myself.  It existed in an earlier form for the Manchester College Community Club.  When the college became a university we decided to reinvent the piece for the new circumstances.  The text is therefore entirely compatible with the new university designation."

Professor Lutz  told the archivist that he originally composed the song with lyrics for a 1950 class reunion and wrote the lyrics to address that specific group.  He asked Professor Klingler to rewrite the words to be current with the times.

Archivist NoteDescription prepared 24 April 2013 by Jeanine M. Wine.
 


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