['Tis the blessed hour of prayer, when our hearts lowly bend] (Doane)

Composer: W. Howard Doane

An industrialist and philanthropist, William H. Doane (b. Preston, CT, 1832; d. South Orange, NJ, 1915), was also a staunch supporter of evangelistic campaigns and a prolific writer of hymn tunes. He was head of a large woodworking machinery plant in Cincinnati and a civic leader in that city. He showed his devotion to the church by supporting the work of the evangelistic team of Dwight L. Moody and Ira D. Sankey and by endowing Moody Bible Institute in Chicago and Denison University in Granville, Ohio. An amateur composer, Doane wrote over twenty-two hundred hymn and gospel song tunes, and he edited over forty songbooks. Bert Polman… Go to person page >

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Tune Information

Title:	['Tis the blessed hour of prayer, when our hearts lowly bend] (Doane)
Composer:	W. Howard Doane
Meter:	13.12.13.13 with refrain
Incipit:	12323 45551 76555
Key:	E♭ Major
Copyright:	Public Domain

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Texts

'Tis the Blessed Hour of Prayer

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Arrangements

Arrangements

Harmonizations, Introductions, Descants, Intonations

Hymns and Their Variations: For All Organs
Composer/Editor Chester Nordman
Published By: Charles H. Hansen Music Corporation (1962) pp. 26

Organ Solo

The Organist Volume 113 Number 2 May June 2009: The Service Music Companion for Church Organists
Composer/Editors Gilbert M. Martin; May F. Lawrence
Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (2009) pp. 67
Hymns of Faith: Organ Solos
Composer/Editor Jack W. Jones
Published By: Belwin-Mills Publishing Corporation (1996) pp. 8
Songs of Assurance: Hymn Medleys for Organ
Composer/Editor Albin C. Whitworth
Published By: Genevox Music Group (1991) pp. 8
Gospel Stylings for the Modern Organist: The Gospel Songs of Fanny Crosby
Composer/Editors Ralph Sunden; William McMains
Published By: Hal Leonard / Pointer Publications, Inc. (1970) pp. 24
Gospel Hymn Devotions - Number One: Fourteen Transcriptions for Organ - Standard or Spinet Keyboards
Composer/Editor Roger C. Wilson
Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1969) pp. 24
The Organist Volume 70 Number 4 September 1966: A Bi-monthly Magazine for Church Organists
Composer/Editor Roger C. Wilson
Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1966) pp. 3
Gospel Hymn Voluntaries Number One: For the Organ Based on Familiar Gospel Hymns
Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1964) pp. 26
Gospel Hymn Voluntaries Number One For Organ: Based on Familiar Gospel Hymns
Composer/Editor May F. Lawrence
Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1964) pp. 26
Hymns and Their Variations: For All Organs
Composer/Editor Chester Nordman
Published By: Charles H. Hansen Music Corporation (1962) pp. 26
Van Denman Thompson's Hymn Meditations No. 3: For Organ
Composer/Editor Charlotte L. Koch
Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1961) pp. 52
Gospel Hymn Voluntaries for Organ: Based on Familiar Gospel Hymns
Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1956) pp. 26
Lorenz's Gospel Hymn Voluntaries Number 1 for Organ: Based on Familiar Gospel Hymns
Composer/Editor May F. Lawrence
Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1952) pp. 26
Lorenz's Gospel Hymn Voluntaries for Organ: Based on Familiar Gospel Hymns
Composer/Editor May F. Lawrence
Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1952) pp. 26

Piano Solo

Sacred Piano Transcriptions
Composer/Editor Chester Nordman
Published By: Shattinger International Publications (1967) pp. 123
Sacred Hymn Solos for Piano
Composer/Editor Chester Nordman
Published By: Shattinger Publications, Inc. (1961) pp. 23
Piano Hymnscriptions: Familiar Hymns and Sacred Songs: Books 1 and 2 Combined
Composer/Editor Wilda Jackson Auld
Published By: Lillenas Publishing Company (1954) pp. 27
Piano Hymn Voluntaries No. 2
Composer/Editors Roger C. Wilson; May F. Lawrence
Published By: Lorenz Publishing Company (1947) pp. 60