Grant Colfax Tullar

Grant Colfax Tullar (5 August 1869 – 20 May 1950) was an American minister, composer, and hymn writer.

Tullar was born on August 5, 1869 in Bolton, Connecticut. His parents named him after President Ulysses S. Grant and Vice President Schuyler Colfax. Tullar's mother died when he was two, and his father was disabled from the Civil War, so both of these factors contributed to a tumultuous childhood.

In 1888, Tullar became a Methodist at a camp meeting. From there, he attended Hackettstown Academy in New Jersey, going on to be a Methodist minister in Dover, Delaware. In 1893, with the help of Isaac Meredith, Tullar founded the Tullar-Meredith Publishing Company in New York City, where he composed and produced church and Sunday school music in hymns and hymnals.

Perhaps his most famous is the poem "The Weaver," commonly referred to as "The Tapestry Poem." Posthumously, this work gained popularity through the writings of Corrie ten Boom, who cited it as one of her favorites. In fact, the connection between Corrie ten Boom and this poem runs so deep that many people have mistakenly attributed the poem to her instead of Tullar.

Tullar died on May 20, 1950, in Ocean Grove, New Jersey, and he was buried in Restland Memorial Park in Hanover.

Birth and Death Data: Born 1869 (Bolton), Died May 20, 1950 (Ocean Grove)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1922 - 1937

Roles Represented in DAHR: composer

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Recordings

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Victor BVE-45932 10-in. 6/20/1928 I cannot get beyond his love Moody Bible Institute Trio Male vocal trio, with piano composer  
Victor BVE-56630 10-in. 11/29/1929 Nailed to the cross Holman and Robinson Vocal duet, with piano composer  
Victor BVE-57285 10-in. 1/22/1930 Nailed to the cross The Higgins Sisters Female vocal quartet (unaccompanied) composer  
Victor LBS-78172 10-in. (33-1/3 rpm) 10/12/1933 Face to face Green Brothers Instrumental trio composer  
Victor LBS-81125 10-in. (33-1/3 rpm) 12/29/1933 Face to face Green Brothers Vibraphone ("Deagan vibra-harp") and chimes duet composer  
Victor BVE-83646 10-in. 7/27/1934 Face to face Seth Parker Trio Mixed vocal trio, with organ composer  
Victor PBS-09781 10-in. 11/4/1937 Face to face Esther McNiff Curtis Symphonet solo composer  
OKeh S-73188 10-in. Feb. 1925 Nailed to the cross Frank McCravy ; James McCravy Male vocal duet, with instrumental trio composer  
Brunswick E15966-E15967 10-in. 6/15/1925 Face to face Homer A. Rodeheaver Male vocal solo, with brass quartet, organ, and bells composer  
Brunswick E16013-E16014 10-in. 6/19/1925 Face to face Homer A. Rodeheaver Male vocal solo, with brass quartet, organ, and bells composer  
Brunswick E16317-E16319 10-in. 9/3/1925 Face to face Elliott Shaw Male vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Brunswick E16412-E16414 10-in. 9/25/1925 Face to face Elliott Shaw Male vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Brunswick E16620-E16623 10-in. 10/14/1925 Face to face Elliott Shaw Male vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Brunswick E21130-E21131 10-in. 1/6/1927 Face to face Homer A. Rodeheaver Male vocal solo, with brass quartet, bells, and organ composer  
Edison 8508 10-in. 6/27/1922 Nailed to the cross George E. Nhare ; Louise Collins Nhare Vocal duet (soprano and tenor), with orchestra composer  
Edison 18291 10-in. 3/8/1928 Shall I crucify him? Criterion Male Quartet Male vocal quartet composer  
Edison N-130 10-in. 3/8/1928 Shall I crucify Him? Criterion Male Quartet Male vocal quartet composer  

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Tullar, Grant Colfax," accessed March 18, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/110199.

Tullar, Grant Colfax. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved March 18, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/110199.

"Tullar, Grant Colfax." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 18 March 2024.

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