I received the following email from MorningStar Music Publishers this morning:
Beloved composer, organist, and church musician Dr. Paul Manz passed away in St. Paul Minnesota on Wednesday evening, October 29, after several weeks of hospice care. He was 90 years old. He died surrounded by his family while they sang his famous motet "E'en So, Lord Jesus, Quickly Come." Funeral services will be held in St. Paul on Sunday afternoon, November 8. Paul's many compositions, recordings, and hymn festivals have influenced the art and practice of church music in the United States since the 1960's. His playing and teaching has influenced untold numbers of organists throughout this country who considered him a mentor and friend.The staff at MorningStar has had the privilege of working with Dr. Manz over our 22 year history, and we will miss him greatly.
More information is available at the MorningStar Music Publishers' webpage.
May the angels lead him into paradise,
May the martyrs come to welcome him
And take him to the Holy City,
The new and eternal Jerusalem.
May he have eternal rest.
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