Authored the tunes to Pass Me Not, Rescue the Perishing, I Am Thine O Lord, Near the Cross, More Love to Thee, Precious Name, Tell Me the Old Old Story, Safe in the Arms of Jesus, and more.
Obituary:
“Just after he had finished his final musical setting a composition for the last hymn written by Fanny Crosby, noted author of religious verse, who passed away recnetly, Dr. William Howard Doane, formerly of Cincinnati, died last night at the home of his daughter, Mrs. George W. Doane, 176 Charlton Avenue, South Orange, N.J. of lung trouble. The hymn which represented the final labors of the noted composers is entitled ‘At Evening Time It Shall Be Light.’ It is a splendid effort from the viewpoints of religious poetry and harmony.”
Doane was a prolific composer of Christian hymn tunes. He edited forty-three collections of hymns and composed an estimated 2,300 works, including hundreds of original hymns and hymn settings.[8] He is best known as a longtime collaborator of Fanny Crosby, having written music for an estimated 1,500 of Crosby’s poems.[9]
