Merz (surname)

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Merz (surname)
  Germany (Karl Merz)
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Karl Merz

One of the most influential educators and musical scholars of his day organized the music department of Wooster College in 1882. He had a national reputation, having to his credit many published works. He was born in Germany in 1836 and died in Wooster, Ohio in 1890. On his tombstone erected by Wooster citizens a music scroll with the words "I know that my Redeemer liveth".

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