SCHWENKFELDER LIBRARY & HERITAGE CENTER
105 Seminary Street, Pennsburg, PA 18073
Phone 215 679-3103 Fax 215 679-8175
info@schwenkfelder.com
www.schwenkfelder.com

September 17, 2008

Contact: David W. Luz
215-679-3103, phone
215-679-8175, fax

Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage Center invites the public to a free concert of Schwenkfelder music as part of the Brown Bag Lecture Series on Wednesday, October 8, 2008, at 12 noon in the Meeting Room of the Heritage Center. There will be a repeat performance on Sunday, October 12, at 2:00 pm. The music is presented by the Most Monteverdi Ensemble of the Moravian College under the direction of Dr. Larry Lipkis.

Schwenkfelders in the early 1830s enjoyed singing music. The Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage Center Archive houses many manuscript music books attesting to the types of music they sang at home and at the Meeting House. The concert will feature ABC songs; Schwenkfelder hymns from Silesia, Germany, and Pennsylvania; and popular English hymns, all from the 1830s.

The second part of this two part program on music will take place in May 2009 when the Brown Bag Lecture Series will present a concert of piano music played by Schwenkfelders.

The Schwenkfelder Library and Heritage Center was founded in 1884 as an informal collection in a private home to assure the preservation of the Schwenkfelders' cultural identity. Today the Heritage Center, a not-for-profit organization, is still preserving, interpreting, and documenting the history of this German Protestant group, along with the history of the Upper Perkiomen Valley. The Schwenkfelder Library and Heritage Center is open Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm; Thursdays 9:00 am to 8:00 pm; Saturdays 10:00 am to 3:00 pm; and Sundays 1:00 to 4:00 pm. The Heritage Center is closed to the public on Mondays. For additional information call 215-679-3103 or visit our website www.schwenkfelder.com.

David W. Luz
Executive Director
Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage Center
105 Seminary Street
Pennsburg, PA 18073
Tel. 215-679-3103
Fax 215-679-8175
email: info@schwenkfelder.com
www.schwenkfelder.com