MANTON

Composer: Jane Marshall

Jane Marshall, was born Jane Anne Manton in Dallas in 1924. She became a pianist and organist and composed music as a teenager. She earned a music degree in 1945 from SMU. She married Elbert Marshall. She went on to write more than 200 hymns and other sacred music works. She later earned a Masters degree in 1968 from SMU in choral conducting and composition. She taught at SMU's Perkins School of Theology and tis Church Music Summer School from 1975-2010. She attended Northaven United Methodist Church in Dallas for many years, collaborated often with other hymn writers, and encouraged many students. Dianne Shapiro, from UM News article , May 30, 2019 by Sam Hodges (accessed 6-7-2019) Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: MANTON
Composer: Jane Marshall (1992)
Meter: 7.7.7.7
Incipit: 32171 67457 31344
Key: g minor
Copyright: © 1992 Unitarian Universalist Association

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Singing the Living Tradition #33

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The New Century Hymnal #512

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