Short Name: | Ira O. Hoffman |
Full Name: | Hoffman, Ira Orwig, 1867-1943 |
Birth Year (est.): | 1867 |
Death Year: | 1943 |
Born: Circa 1867, Pennsylvania.
Died: May 4, 1943, Cleveland, Ohio.
Ira’s father was song writer Elisha Hoffman. His middle name was his mother’s maiden name. At age nine, he is said to have written the music for his father’s song "The Little Pilgrim;" as an adult, he was a composer, arranger, and music editor. His works include:
Favorite Gospel Songs: A Tune Boo (music editor) (Jersey City, New Jersey: J. N. Davis, 1894)
--www.hymntime.com/tch
Tunes by Ira O. Hoffman (52) | As | Instances | Incipit |
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[A mightier army's marching on] | Ira O. Hoffman (Composer) | 2 | 55535 65512 33225 |
[Are you shining, Christians, for the blessed Christ?] | Ira O. Hoffman (Composer) | 2 | 32155 51234 33343 |
[Arise, O church of Jesus] | Ira O. Hoffman (Arranger) | 2 | |
[Be simple, o young Christian] | Ira O. Hoffman (Composer) | 2 | 51143 21111 |
[Bring the children all to Jesus] | Ira O. Hoffman (Composer) | 2 | |
[Come, Holy Ghost, my spirit fill] | Ira Orwig Hoffman (Composer) | 3 | 13344 55643 33212 |
[Come, let us raise a joyful strain] | Ira O. Hoffman (Composer) | 2 | 51155 43211 33321 |
[Dark seems the sky] | Ira Orwig Hoffman (Composer) | 2 | 11144 43543 32662 |
[Dear child, dear child, we cannot always know] | Ira O. Hoffman (Composer) | 2 | 53355 11213 32432 |
[Father, clasp my hand in Thine] | Ira O. Hoffman (Composer) | 2 | 53217 66551 66771 |
[Flitter, flitter sunbeams tiny] | Ira O. Hoffman (Composer) | 2 | |
[For a moment in the morning, ere the cares of day begin] | Ira O. Hoffman (Composer) | 2 | 11123 55443 12231 |
[Forward move, O church of God] | Ira Orwig Hoffman (Composer) | 6 | 15123 45654 32373 |
[Gather round the Christmas tree] | Ira O. Hoffman (Composer) | 2 | |
[Go on! go on! and give thy might] | Ira O. Hoffman (Composer) | 2 | 33663 37731 76546 |
[Go work in my vineyard] (Hoffman) | Ira O. Hoffman (Composer) | 2 | 15111 51112 31 |
[Hail to the the day when Christ was born] | Ira Orwig Hoffman (Composer) | 3 | 32135 13266 21 |
[Have a little patience] | Ira O. Hoffman (Composer) | 3 | 55117 65514 33222 |
[Here's my hand, my Christian brother] | Ira O. Hoffman (Composer) | 2 | 55171 65333 32222 |
YARBROUGH | Ira O. Hoffman (Arranger) | 2 | 51333 21257 24423 |
[I am saved, but is self buried?] | Ira O. Hoffman (Composer) | 2 | 34556 71154 43323 |
[I can hear my Savior calling] (Norris) | Ira Orwig Hoffman (Arranger) | 12 | 51334 33257 21322 |
[I have been at the fountain, at the wonderful fountain] | Ira Orwig Hoffman (Composer) | 1 | 55111 11712 22243 |
WIR HATTEN GEBAUET | Ira O. Hoffman (Arranger) | 1 | 53323 15555 45316 |
[In the vineyard of the Lord is work for all] | Ira O. Hoffman (Composer) | 2 | |
[I've seen the lightning flashing] (55535) | Ira O. Hoffman (Arranger) | 8 | 55351 33112 16555 |
[Jesus died upon the tree] (Hoffman) | Ira Orwig Hoffman (Composer) | 4 | 35556 11533 13223 |
[Jesus, I bring to Thee] | Ira Ornig Hoffman (Composer) | 3 | 13554 42466 55333 |
[More precious than the rubies and pearls] | Ira O. Hoffman (Composer) | 3 | 51133 65311 35551 |
[Mother often prayed for me in the days of long ago] | Ira Orwig Hoffman (Composer) | 2 | 34555 55671 76155 |
[My feet are weary, but I am going] | Ira Orwig Hoffman (Composer) | 5 | 33465 11243 33346 |
[O God! Hear Thou our pleading] | Ira O. Hoffman (Composer) | 2 | |
[O God! the battle is too strong for us to overcome] | Ira Orwig Hoffman (Composer) | 2 | |
[O the world must be conquered for Christ] | Ira O. Hoffman (Composer) | 6 | 34565 13455 56465 |
[Our Sunday school is ended] | Ira Orwig Hoffman (Composer) | 2 | |
[Savior, Thou knowest the souls that are dreary] | Ira Orwig Hoffman (Composer) | 2 | 33332 11766 51123 |
[Silent night, shadowy night] (Hoffman) | Ira O. Hoffman (Composer) | 4 | 54343 21222 32123 |
[Strike for prohibition] | Ira O. Hoffman (Composer) | 2 | |
[Take up the Cross for Jesus] | Ira Orwig Hoffman (Composer) | 2 | 51551 31143 21752 |
[The Holiest Place stands open wide] | Ira Orwig Hoffman (Composer) | 2 | 53215 61765 51712 |
[The Savior calls us to His work] | Ira O. Hoffman (Composer) | 2 | 51712 31552 12342 |
[There is an hour of peaceful rest] (Hoffman) | Ira Orwig Hoffman (Composer) | 4 | 55651 32176 61665 |
[Come, shout and sing, make Heaven ring] | Ira O. Hoffman (Arranger) | 2 | 55545 65311 77674 |
[We are little Christians] | Ira O. Hoffman (Composer) | 2 | |
[We have chosen to follow the crucified Lord] | Ira O. Hoffman (Arranger) | 2 | |
[We journey to the home above] | Ira Orwig Hoffman (Composer) | 8 | 51153 55311 13225 |
[We're floating down the stream of time] | Ira O. Hoffman (Arranger) | 1 | 35553 11176 12165 |
O TANNENBAUM (German) | Ira Orwig Hoffman (Arranger) | 3 | 51112 33323 47211 |
[What news is this that cheers the heart] | Ira Orwig Hoffman (Composer) | 2 | |
[When heavy clouds overspread my sky] | Ira O. Hoffman (Composer) | 3 | 53217 61555 55762 |
EVAN (Havergal) | Ira O. Hoffman (Arranger) | 1 | 55132 16555 13124 |
[You have only one mother, my boy] | Ira O. Hoffman (Composer) | 4 | 11333 33344 44445 |