Robert P. Manookin dated manuscripts, scores and other materials, approximately 1953-1996

Series — Multiple Containers

Identifier: MSS 7821 Series 1

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

This series consists of vocal music, both sacred and secular, and instrumental arrangements primarily for organ or keyboard, also for other orchestrations, in the form of manuscript scores, notebooks, and sketches. Manookin's original manuscripts are handwritten. The series also contains photocopies of other scores, with notes by Manookin. In the event of vocal compositions, a typewritten copy of the text is included alongside the music. Occasionally correspondence between Manookin and the LDS General Music Committee, or other commission requests, accompanies a piece of music, including a handwritten copy of Manookin's response. Most Manuscript copies are signed and dated, often annotated by Manookin's comments. Dated approximately 1953-1996.

Dates

approximately 1953-1996

Creator

Manookin, Robert P., 1918-1997 (composer, Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Open for public research.

Conditions Governing Use

It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to publish material from Robert P. Manookin music manuscripts, scores, and other materials must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.

Biographical History

From the Collection:

Robert P. Manookin (1918-1997) was a prominent LDS composer and BYU faculty emeritus who contributed hymns to the 1985 LDS hymnbook and Children's Songbook.

Robert Park Manookin was born on April 12, 1918, in Salt Lake City, Utah. He graduated from East High School in 1936, shortly after which he was called to serve in the German Austria Mission from 1937 to 1939. Upon arriving home, he married Edna Lucile Burningham in 1940, but that marriage ultimately culminated in a divorce. He later married Helen Adele Haugen in 1965. In terms of his educational history, he received a BA from Brigham Young University in 1955, a Master's in Music from the University of Illinois in 1959, and a doctorate from the University of Utah in 1967. Throughout all of this, he studied with some of the greatest LDS composers: Frank W. Asper, Alexander Schreiner, J. Spencer Cornwall, and B. Cecil Gates. Manookin taught at BYU as a professor of theory and composition until 1980, when he was called to serve a mission in the New Zealand Temple with his wife, Helen. They served three additional missions after: Manila Philippines Temple in 1984, the Sydney Australia Temple in 1989, and England, Leeds in 1993. He was also a member of the General Church Music Committee. Manookin died in Orem in 1997.