W. Howard Doane

William Howard Doane (February 3, 1832 – December 24, 1915) was a manufacturer, inventor, hymn writer, choral director, church leader and philanthropist. He composed over 2,000 church hymns. More than seventy patents are credited to him for innovations in woodworking machinery. His philanthropy led to the renaming of the Granville Academy, as the Doane Academy, a boys' and girls' private preparatory school associated with Denison University in Granville, Ohio, where he was a major benefactor.

Birth and Death Data: Born February 3, 1832 (Connecticut), Died December 24, 1915 (South Orange)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1897 - 1933

Roles Represented in DAHR: composer

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= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
Berliner	1766	7-in.	8/13/1897	Pass me not O gentle savior	Steve Porter	Male vocal solo	composer
Victor	[Pre-matrix A-]704	7-in.	2/23/1901	Safe in the arms of Jesus	Christopher H. H. Booth	Chimes solo	composer
Victor	[Pre-matrix B-]704	10-in.	2/23/1901	Safe in the arms of Jesus	Emmons	Chimes	composer
Victor	[Pre-matrix A-]1914	7-in.	1/27/1903	Safe in the arms of Jesus	Choir [i.e., Lyric Trio]	Vocal chorus	composer
Victor	[Pre-matrix B-]1914	10-in.	1/27/1903	Safe in the arms of Jesus	Choir [i.e., Lyric Trio]	Chorus	composer
Victor	B-2216	10-in.	2/6/1905	To the work	Trinity Choir	Chorus, with organ	composer
Victor	B-2217	10-in.	2/6/1905	Safe in the arms of Jesus	Trinity Choir	Chorus, with organ	composer
Victor	B-2530	10-in.	5/8/1905	Tho' your sins be as scarlet	Harry Macdonough ; Frank C. Stanley	Male vocal duet, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-2699	10-in.	8/7/1905	Rescue the perishing	Frank C. Stanley	Male vocal solo, with organ	composer
Victor	B-2701	10-in.	8/7/1905	Near the Cross	Frank C. Stanley	Male vocal solo, with organ	composer
Victor	B-3922	10-in.	10/25/1906	Pass me not, O gentle saviour	Harry Macdonough ; Frank C. Stanley	Male vocal duet, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-8085	10-in.	7/1/1909	More love to Thee, O Christ	Harry Macdonough ; Reinald Werrenrath	Male vocal duet, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-9331	10-in.	7/28/1910	Rescue the perishing	Reinald Werrenrath	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-9358	10-in.	8/18/1910	Some sweet day, bye and bye	Harry Anthony ; James F. Harrison	Male vocal duet, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-9410	10-in.	9/6/1910	Near the Cross	Mr. and Mrs. Wheeler	Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-10250	10-in.	5/2/1911	Safe in the arms of Jesus	Trinity Choir	Mixed vocal quartet, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-13600	10-in.	7/17/1913	The precious name	Trinity Choir	Mixed vocal quartet, with orchestra	composer
Victor	C-18599	12-in.	11/6/1916	Gospel songs no. 3	Victor Mixed Chorus	Vocal chorus and soloists, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-20128	10-in.	6/15/1917	Sicura in man di Cristo	Alfredo Cibelli	Male vocal solo, with organ	composer
Victor	B-20963	10-in.	11/12/1917	Säker i Jesu armar	Brooklyn Svenska Mans Kvartetten	Male vocal quartet, with organ	composer
Victor	B-25583	10-in.	9/30/1921	Near the Cross	Raymond Dixon ; Alice Green	Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-26387	10-in.	5/29/1922	Veilig in Jezus' armen	Louis Dornay	Male vocal solo, with cello, violin, and organ	composer
Victor	B-26453	10-in.	5/5/1922	Pass me not, O gentle saviour	Clifford Cairns ; Charles Harrison	Male vocal duet, with orchestra	composer
Victor	BVE-32580	10-in.	5/11/1925	Rescue the perishing	Mark Love	Male vocal solo, with organ	composer
Victor	BVE-33164	10-in.	8/12/1925	Safe in the arms of Jesus	Henry Burr	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	BVE-39508	10-in.	7/8/1927	Safe in the arms of Jesus	Mark Andrews	Pipe organ solo	composer
Victor	BVE-39743	10-in.	7/29/1927	To the work	Alfred G. Karnes	Male vocal solo, with guitar (self-accompaniment)	composer
Victor	BVE-40319	10-in.	10/20/1927	Rescue the perishing	Stamps Quartet	Male vocal quartet, with piano	composer
Victor	BVE-42915	10-in.	8/28/1928	Tread softly	Johnson Quartet	Mixed vocal quartet, with piano	composer
Victor	BVE-47245	10-in.	10/30/1928	A little talk with Jesus	Holiness Singers ; Ernest Phipps	Vocal and instrumental ensemble	composer
Victor	BVE-56739	10-in.	10/2/1929	Pass me not, oh gentle saviour	John Seagle ; Leonard Stokes	Male vocal duet, with organ	composer
Victor	BS-74999	10-in.	1/23/1933	Rescue the perishing	Salvation Army Male Quartet	Male vocal quartet, unaccompanied	composer
Columbia	444	7-in.	between 1901 and September 1902	Safe in the arms of Jesus	S. C. Porter	Chimes solo	composer
Columbia	444	10-in.	approximately 1901	Safe in the arms of Jesus	S. C. Porter	Chimes solo	composer
Columbia	1747	10-in.	between January and March 1904	Safe in the arms of Jesus	Henry Burr	Male vocal solo, with organ	composer
Columbia	3572	10-in.	ca. Late 1906-Feb. 1907	Take the name of Jesus with you	Harry Anthony ; James F. Harrison	Male vocal duet, with organ	composer
Columbia	4458	10-in.	between January and July 1910	Rescue the perishing	Harry Anthony ; James F. Harrison	Male vocal duet, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	4771	10-in.	ca. Jan.-Nov. 1910	Some sweet day by and by	Harry Anthony ; James F. Harrison	Male vocal duet, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	19902	10-in.	5/23/1912	Safe in the arms of Jesus	Henry Burr	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	38985	10-in.	8/5/1913	Tell me the old, old story	Harry McClaskey ; Andrea Sarto	Male vocal duet, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	46450	10-in.	2/25/1916	Safe in the arms of Jesus	Henry Burr	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	77269	10-in.	8/17/1917	Take the name of Jesus with you	Henry Burr ; James Hall	Male vocal duet, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	79411	10-in.	9/13/1920	Rescue the perishing	Henry Burr	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	81837	10-in.	6/19/1924	Take the name of Jesus with you	Mrs. William Asher ; Homer A. Rodeheaver	Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	140839	10-in.	8/11/1925	Safe in the arms of Jesus	Franklyn Baur ; Elliott Shaw	Male vocal duet, with violin and organ	composer
Columbia	W144604	10-in.	9/6/1927	Rescue the perishing	American Singers	Male vocal quartet	composer
OKeh	8692	10-in.	Aug. 26, 1924	Take the name of Jesus with you	J. Douglas Swagerty ; Mrs. J. Douglas Swagerty	Female-male vocal duet, with piano	composer
OKeh	9048	10-in.	Apr. 1925	Safe in the arms of Jesus	Jenkins Family	Mixed vocal trio, with organ	composer
OKeh	S-70222	10-in.	Oct. 1921	Safe in the arms of Jesus	Charles Hart ; Elliott Shaw	Male vocal duet, with organ	composer
OKeh	80014	10-in.	4/28/1926	Some sweet day, bye and bye	Land Norris	Male vocal solo, with banjo	composer
OKeh	W400296	10-in.	2/22/1928	Though your sins be as scarlet	Trenton Melody Makers	Male vocal quartet, unaccompanied	composer
OKeh	W402518	10-in.	7/10/1929	Take the name of Jesus with you	Keith Pooser ; Merritt Smith	Male vocal duet, with fiddle (violin), cello, and piano	composer
Brunswick	E30169	10-in.	6/20/1929	Precious name	Old Southern Sacred Singers	Male vocal quartet, with organ	composer
Brunswick	E22932-E22933	10-in.	5/4/1927	Take the name of Jesus with you	Old Southern Sacred Singers	Male vocal quartet, with organ	composer
Brunswick	E22971-E22972	10-in.	5/5/1927	Safe in the arms of Jesus	Old Southern Sacred Singers	Male vocal quartet, with organ	composer
Brunswick	E26979-E26980	10-in.	3/14/1928	Though your sins be as scarlet	Maury Pearson	Male vocal solo, with piano	composer
Edison	2084	10-in.	1/8/1913	Rescue the perishing	Frederick J. Wheeler ; John Young	Vocal duet (tenor and baritone) and mixed vocal ensemble, with orchestra	composer
Edison	2085	10-in.	1/8/1913	Draw me nearer	Harry Anthony ; James F. Harrison	Vocal duet (tenor and baritone) and mixed vocal ensemble, with orchestra	composer
Edison	3771	10-in.	5/11/1915	Draw me nearer	Frederick J. Wheeler ; John Young	Vocal duet (tenor and baritone) and mixed vocal ensemble, with orchestra	composer
Edison	5589	10-in.	5/29/1917	Some sweet day, bye and bye	Metropolitan Quartet	Mixed vocal quartet, with orchestra	composer
Edison	5965	10-in.	between 1/10/1918 and 1/14/1918	Safe in the arms of Jesus	Calvary Choir	Vocal chorus, with orchestra	composer
Edison	6684	10-in.	3/24/1919	St. John 14: 1-3, 25-27	Calvary Choir ; Rev. William H. Morgan	Sermon, with vocal chorus	composer
Edison	6813	10-in.	6/2/1919	Tell me the old, old story	Arthur Middleton	Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Edison	7153	10-in.	2/9/1920	Only a step to Jesus	Fred East ; Lewis James	Vocal duet (tenor and baritone), with orchestra	composer
Edison	7788	10-in.	2/9/1921	Pass me not, o gentle Saviour	Metropolitan Quartet	Mixed vocal quartet, with orchestra	composer
Edison	8349	10-in.	1/25/1922	Something whispers	Metropolitan Quartet	Mixed vocal quartet, with orchestra	composer

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Doane, W. Howard," accessed April 23, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/116477.

Doane, W. Howard. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 23, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/116477.

"Doane, W. Howard." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 23 April 2024.