Henry Steele Commager Memorial Service
Order of Service
Remembering Henry
Henry Steele Commager died March 2, 1998, he was 95. His obituary and selected contents of his Memorial Service are here.
The Memorial Service for Henry Steele Commager took place on May 9, 1998 at the Johnson Chapel at Amherst College, in Amherst Massachusetts. Below is the order in which the service was conducted.
"For he knew that the secret of happiness was freedom and the secret of freedom a brave heart; and he did not stand idly aside from the onset of the enemy." - Thucydides, Funeral oration of Pericles
"But as for me, I will walk in mine integrity..." - Psalm 26
Preludes
St. Anthony Chorale
Composed by Franz Josef Haydn
Adagio (KV356)
Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Adagio (Suite for Mechanical Organ)
Composed by Ludwig Van Beethoven
Bist du bei mir (BWV 508)
Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach
Komm süsser Tod (BWV 478)
Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach
Vater unser im Himmelreich (BWV 636)
Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach
Welcome
Rembrances
Milton Cantor
Calvin H. Plimpton
Wyatt R. Haskell
Musical Interlude
Ich ruf zu dir (BWV 639)
Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach
Rembrances
Rob Hawkins
Lucy Wilson Benson
Postlude
Fantasia in g minor (BWV 542)
Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach
Bruce G. McInnes, organist