Paul Manz

Paul Otto Manz (May 10, 1919 – October 28, 2009), was an American composer for choir and organ. His most famous choral work is the Advent motet "E'en So, Lord Jesus, Quickly Come", which has been performed at the Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols at King's College, Cambridge, though its broadcast by the neighboring Choir of St John's College, Cambridge, in its Advent Carol Service precipitated its popularity.

His most famous organ works are his volumes of neo-Baroque chorale preludes and partitas. Manz long served the church as recitalist, composer, teacher, and leader in worship. He was Cantor Emeritus at the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Saint Luke in Chicago, Illinois, as well as Cantor Emeritus of Mount Olive Lutheran Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He was the director of the Paul Manz Institute of Church Music, and was Professor Emeritus of Church Music at Christ Seminary-Seminex at the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago.