Another thread here led me to look up something in The Caecilia, where I discovered the name of Martin G. Dumler of Cincinnati on the list of (regular) contributors. I don't think I had seen or heard that name in over half a century. But I immediately recalled that at about age eleven or twelve (which is even more than half a century past), I sang, in the junior choir at the Bedford, Indiana, Methodist Church, in an anthem by Dumler, arranged (I think) for Adult, High School, and Junior Choirs by the choir director, Donald D. Dawson (who was on the Indiana University Music School faculty). The anthem had the text of the hymn "O God, our help in ages past" (but not the tune) - I even recall the opening melody after this long time has elapsed. As a child raised in the Methodist church, I had no idea that Dumler was actually a Roman Catholic whose main choral compositional output was for the Catholic church (he composed several Masses). I found a list of his published compositions, but the anthem I sang as a child was not on the list, and I recall that we sang from some sort of manuscript copy, so I assume the work was never published.

Does anyone else have any other information about Dumler other than what is available in old issues of The Caecilia or by Googling "Martin G. Dumler"? ... if so, I would be interested to learn what else is known about him and his music.

Chuck