Introduction

Biography

Howard was the son of Jo­seph Howes Doane and Fran­ces Treat, and hus­band of Fran­ces Ma­ry Treat.

A gift­ed mu­si­cian, he helped di­rect mu­sic while at­tend­ing the Wood­stock Aca­de­my; with­in two years he had pub­lished his first com­po­si­tion. He called mu­sic his avo­ca­tion, but he pro­duced over 2,000 hymn tunes in his life­time.

His main trade was se­cu­lar: He was pre­si­dent of the J. A. Fay wood­work­ing ma­chi­ne­ry com­pa­ny, and an ex­trem­ely suc­cessful bu­si­ness­man.

He al­so served as Sun­day School su­per­in­tend­ent and choir di­rect­or at the Mount Au­burn Bap­tist Church in Cin­cin­na­ti, Ohio, and be­queathed large sums to va­ri­ous caus­es.

The Doane Me­mo­ri­al Mu­sic Build­ing at the Mo­ody Bi­ble In­sti­tute in Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois, was named af­ter him.

Works

• Sabbath School Gems, 1862
• The Lit­tle Sun­beam (Cin­cin­na­ti, Ohio: John Church, Jr., 1867)
• Songs of De­vo­tion, 1868
• The Sil­ver Spray (Cin­cin­na­ti, Ohio: John Church, 1868)
• Pure Gold, with Ro­bert Low­ry (New York: Big­low & Main, 1871)
• Royal Dia­dem, with Ro­bert Low­ry (New York and Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois: Big­low & Main: 1873)
• Brightest and Best, with Ro­bert Low­ry (New York and Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois: Big­low & Main: 1875)
• Gospel Mu­sic, with Ro­bert Low­ry (New York and Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois: Big­low & Main, 1877)
• Welcome Tid­ings, with Ro­bert Low­ry & Ira San­key (New York and Cin­cin­na­ti, Ohio: Big­low & Main and John Church, 1877)
• Gospel Hymn and Tune Book, with Ro­bert Low­ry (Phi­la­del­phia, Penn­syl­van­ia: 1879)
• Hymn Ser­vice, with Ro­bert Low­ry, Da­ni­el Av­ery Whe­don & John H. Vin­cent (New York: Big­low & Main: 1879)
• Good as Gold, with Ro­bert Low­ry (New York: Big­low & Main: 1880)
• Hymn Ser­vice No. 2, with Ro­bert Low­ry & John Vin­cent (New York and Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois: Big­low & Main, 1880)
• Our Glad Ho­san­na, with Ro­bert Low­ry (New York: Big­low & Main, 1882)
• The Bap­tist Hym­nal, with Eli­as John­son (Phi­la­del­phia, Penn­syl­van­ia: Am­eri­can Bap­tist Pub­li­ca­tion So­ci­ety, 1883)
• Joyful Lays, with Ro­bert Low­ry (New York: Big­low & Main, 1884)
• The Glad Re­frain, with Ro­bert Low­ry (New York: Big­low & Main, 1886)
• Select Gems, with Ro­bert Low­ry (Phi­la­del­phia, Penn­syl­van­ia: Am­eri­can Bap­tist Pub­li­ca­tion So­ci­ety, 1889)
• The Bright Ar­ray, with Ro­bert Low­ry (New York: Big­low & Main, 1889)
• Sunny-Side Songs (New York and Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois: Big­low & Main, 1893)
• Songs of the King­dom (Phi­la­del­phia, Penn­syl­van­ia: Am­eri­can Bap­tist Pub­li­ca­tion So­ci­ety, 1896)
• Devotional Songs, with Will­iam Kirk­pat­rick & Hu­bert Main (New York: Big­low & Main, 1903)
• Glorious Praise, with Will­iam Kirk­pat­rick (Lou­is­ville, Ken­tuc­ky: Bap­tist Book Con­cern, 1904)
• Precious Jew­els of Sac­red Song (Lou­is­ville, Ken­tuc­ky: World Pub­lish­ing, 1905)
• Song Ev­an­gel (Lou­is­ville, Ken­tuc­ky: 1906)
• Jubilant Voic­es, with Will­iam Kirk­pat­rick et al. (Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois: Hope Pub­lish­ing, 1907)