Composer Bio Information
O'Kane, Tullius Clinton's bio information
Wednesday, March 10, 1830 - Saturday, February 10, 1912
Born: March 10, 1830, Fairfield County, Ohio.
Died: February 10, 1912, Delaware, Ohio.
Buried: Oak Grove, Ohio.
O’Kane received his AB degree from Ohio Wesleyan University in 1852, and his AM degree in 1855. Immediately upon graduation, he accepted a position there as Tutor of Mathematics. Even though he was only a tutor, the students always referred to him as “Professor.” In addition, in recognition of his musical abilities, O’Kane was for years the musical precentor in the daily chapel devotions. He also organized and ran a choral society at the school, and was the first musical instructor in the Ohio Wesleyan Female College.
In 1857, O’Kane became a school principal in Cincinnati, Ohio. In 1864, he went to work for the Phillip Phillips piano company. He stayed with the company until it moved to New York in 1867, at which time he moved to Delaware, Ohio, and became a traveling salesman for the Smith American Organ Company of Boston, Massachusetts. During that time he visited conferences and Sunday school conventions, and became well known throughout the area.
O’Kane’s works include:
* Fresh Leaves, 1868
* Dew Drops of Sacred Song
* Songs of Worship
* Every Sabbath
* Jasper and Gold (Cincinnati, Ohio: Hitchcock & Walden, 1877)
* Dew of Hermon
* Forward Songs and Hymns
* Redeemer’s Praise
* Glorious Things
* Morning Stars
* Selected Anthems (co-author with his son, Edward)
* Joy to the World, 1878
* Songs of Redeeming Love No. 2 (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: John J. Hood, 1887) (with C. C. McCabe, John Sweney & William Kirkpatrick)
Sources
* Hall, pp. 59-63
Hymns
1. Sure Foundation, The
* Firm Stands the Rock
2. Washed in the Blood of the Lamb
Music
1. Glorious Fountain
2. Go Work in My Vineyard
3. Hallowed Spot, The
4. Home Over There, The
5. Is It for Me?
6. Mighty Rock, Whose Towering Form
7. Opening Hymn
8. Say, Are You Ready?
Source: http://www.cyberhymnal.org/bio/o/k/okane_tc.html
Died: February 10, 1912, Delaware, Ohio.
Buried: Oak Grove, Ohio.
O’Kane received his AB degree from Ohio Wesleyan University in 1852, and his AM degree in 1855. Immediately upon graduation, he accepted a position there as Tutor of Mathematics. Even though he was only a tutor, the students always referred to him as “Professor.” In addition, in recognition of his musical abilities, O’Kane was for years the musical precentor in the daily chapel devotions. He also organized and ran a choral society at the school, and was the first musical instructor in the Ohio Wesleyan Female College.
In 1857, O’Kane became a school principal in Cincinnati, Ohio. In 1864, he went to work for the Phillip Phillips piano company. He stayed with the company until it moved to New York in 1867, at which time he moved to Delaware, Ohio, and became a traveling salesman for the Smith American Organ Company of Boston, Massachusetts. During that time he visited conferences and Sunday school conventions, and became well known throughout the area.
O’Kane’s works include:
* Fresh Leaves, 1868
* Dew Drops of Sacred Song
* Songs of Worship
* Every Sabbath
* Jasper and Gold (Cincinnati, Ohio: Hitchcock & Walden, 1877)
* Dew of Hermon
* Forward Songs and Hymns
* Redeemer’s Praise
* Glorious Things
* Morning Stars
* Selected Anthems (co-author with his son, Edward)
* Joy to the World, 1878
* Songs of Redeeming Love No. 2 (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: John J. Hood, 1887) (with C. C. McCabe, John Sweney & William Kirkpatrick)
Sources
* Hall, pp. 59-63
Hymns
1. Sure Foundation, The
* Firm Stands the Rock
2. Washed in the Blood of the Lamb
Music
1. Glorious Fountain
2. Go Work in My Vineyard
3. Hallowed Spot, The
4. Home Over There, The
5. Is It for Me?
6. Mighty Rock, Whose Towering Form
7. Opening Hymn
8. Say, Are You Ready?
Source: http://www.cyberhymnal.org/bio/o/k/okane_tc.html
The last 10 hymns uploaded.
- # 1 - God Moves In A Mysterious Way (TTBB) (uploaded on Jun 09, 2025 at 01:56:57pm)
- # 2 - America (TTBB) (uploaded on May 28, 2025 at 10:06:03am)
- # 3 - Jesus Shall Reign Where'er The Sun (TTBB) (uploaded on May 25, 2025 at 05:49:54pm)
- # 4 - Living In Faith (ZH 139) (TTBB) (uploaded on Feb 13, 2025 at 11:17:46am)
- # 5 - When The Mists Have Rolled Away 2 (TTBB) (uploaded on Jan 30, 2025 at 06:59:02am)
- # 6 - Pray, Always Pray (TTBB) (uploaded on Jan 25, 2025 at 07:42:57am)
- # 7 - Peace! Perfect Peace 3 (TTBB) (uploaded on Jan 25, 2025 at 07:04:02am)
- # 8 - Olive's Brow (TTBB) (uploaded on Jan 24, 2025 at 07:20:37am)
- # 9 - Hark! There Comes A Whisper 2 (TTBB) (uploaded on Jan 23, 2025 at 06:29:36am)
- #10 - Steal Away (TTBB) (uploaded on Jan 19, 2025 at 05:15:12pm)