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Cheerful Songs #157
Tune Title: [Prayer is the key] First Line: Prayer is the key Composer: Jno. R. Sweney Date: 1891
Cheerful Songs #157
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GOLDEN KEY
Composer: John R. SweneyPublished in 45 hymnals
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Composer: John R. Sweney
John R. Sweney (1837-1899) was born in West Chester, Pennsylvania, and exhibited musical abilities at an early age. At nineteen he was studying with a German music teacher, leading a choir and glee club, and performing at children’s entertainments. By twenty-two he was teaching at a school in Dover, Delaware. Soon thereafter, he was put in charge of the band of the Third Delaware Regiment of the Union Army for the duration of the Civil War. After the war, he became Professor of Music at the Pennsylvania Military Academy, and director of Sweney’s Cornet Band. He eventually earned Bachelor and Doctor of Music degrees at the Academy.
Sweney began composing church music in 1871 and became well-known as a leader of large congregati… Go to person page >Instances
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Christian Service Songs #96
Tune Title: [Prayer is the key] (Sweney) First Line: Prayer is the key Composer: Jno. R. Sweney Key: E♭ Major Date: 1939
Christian Service Songs #96
Church Service Hymns #199
Tune Title: [Prayer is the key for the bending knee] First Line: Prayer is the key for the bending knee Composer: Jno. R. Sweney Date: 1948
Church Service Hymns #199
Evening Light Songs #169
Tune Title: [Prayer is the key] First Line: Prayer is the key Composer: John R. Sweney Date: 1987
Evening Light Songs #169
Finest of the Wheat Male Chorus #41
Tune Title: [Pray'r is the key For the bending knee] First Line: Pray'r is the key For the bending knee Composer: Jno. R. Sweney Date: 1896
Finest of the Wheat Male Chorus #41
Gospel Hosannas #11
Tune Title: [Prayer is the key] First Line: Prayer is the key Composer: Jno. R. Sweney Date: 1898
Gospel Hosannas #11
Hymns of Blessing for the Living Church #157
Tune Title: [Prayer is the key For the bending knee] First Line: Prayer is the key For the bending knee Composer: Jno. R. Sweney Date: 1916
Hymns of Blessing for the Living Church #157
Hymns We Love #60
Tune Title: [Prayer is the key for the bending knee] First Line: Prayer is the key for the bending knee Composer: Jno. R. Sweney Date: 1935
Hymns We Love #60
Junior Songs #164
Tune Title: [Prayer is the key] First Line: Prayer is the key Composer: Jno. R. Sweney Key: E Major Date: 1892
Junior Songs #164
Living Hymns #157
Tune Title: [Prayer is the key] First Line: Prayer is the key Composer: Jno. R. Sweney Key: E Major Date: 1890
Living Hymns #157
Ocean Grove Songs #95
Tune Title: [Prayer is the key] First Line: Prayer is the key Composer: Jno. R. Sweney Date: 1900
Ocean Grove Songs #95
Praise Hymns and Full Salvation Songs #25
Tune Title: [Prayer is the key For the bending knee] First Line: Prayer is the key For the bending knee Composer: Jno. R. Sweney Date: 1898
Praise Hymns and Full Salvation Songs #25
Praise in Song #216
Tune Title: [Prayer is the key] First Line: Prayer is the key Composer: Jno. R. Sweney Date: 1893
Praise in Song #216
Precious Hymns #189
Tune Title: [Prayer is the key] First Line: Prayer is the key Composer: Jno. R. Sweney Date: 1900
Precious Hymns #189
Radiant Songs #157
Tune Title: [Prayer is the key] First Line: Prayer is the key Composer: Jno. R. Sweney Date: 1891
Radiant Songs #157
Redemption Songs #131
Tune Title: [Prayer is the key] First Line: Prayer is the key Composer: Jno. R. Sweney Date: 1889
Redemption Songs #131
Redemption Songs #572
Tune Title: GOLDEN KEY First Line: Prayer is the key Composer: Jno. R. Sweney Meter: 5.5.7. 5.5.7. Date: 1937
Redemption Songs #572
Rose of Sharon Hymns #618
Tune Title: [Prayer is the key] First Line: Prayer is the key Composer: Jno. R. Sweney Date: 1917
Rose of Sharon Hymns #618
Sacred Trio #131
Tune Title: [Prayer is the key] First Line: Prayer is the key Composer: Jno. R. Sweney Date: 1889
Sacred Trio #131
Showers of Blessing #219
Tune Title: [Prayer is the key for the bending knee] First Line: Prayer is the key for the bending knee Composer: J. R. S. Date: 1888
Showers of Blessing #219
Song Praise #44
Tune Title: [Prayer is the key] First Line: Prayer is the key Composer: Jno. R. Sweney Date: 1924
Song Praise #44
Songs for the King's Business #227
Tune Title: [Prayer is the key] First Line: Prayer is the key Composer: Jno. R. Sweney Date: 1909
Songs for the King's Business #227
Songs of Calvary #61
Tune Title: [Prayer is the key] First Line: Prayer is the key Composer: Jno. R. Sweney Date: 1916
Songs of Calvary #61
Songs of Grace and Glory #256
Tune Title: [Prayer is the key On the bending knee] First Line: Prayer is the key On the bending knee Composer: Jno. R. Sweney Date: 1918
Songs of Grace and Glory #256
Songs of Love and Praise No. 3 #228
Tune Title: [Prayer is the key] First Line: Prayer is the key Composer: Jno. R. Sweney Date: 1896
Songs of Love and Praise No. 3 #228
Songs of Love and Praise No. 5 #197
Tune Title: [Prayer is the key For the bending knee] First Line: Prayer is the key For the bending knee Composer: Jno. R. Sweney Date: 1898
Songs of Love and Praise No. 5 #197
Songs of Love and Praise #220
Tune Title: [Prayer is the key] First Line: Prayer is the key Composer: Jno. R. Sweney Date: 1894
Songs of Love and Praise #220
Songs of Redeeming Love #122
Tune Title: [Prayer is the key] First Line: Prayer is the key Composer: J. R. S. Date: 1882
Songs of Redeeming Love #122
Songs of the Century #194
Tune Title: [Prayer is the key] First Line: Prayer is the key Composer: Jno. R. Sweney Date: 1900
Songs of the Century #194
Songs of the New Life #R122
Tune Title: [Prayer is the key] First Line: Prayer is the key Composer: J. R. S. Date: 1883
Songs of the New Life #R122
Songs of Victory #158
Tune Title: [Pray'r is the key] First Line: Pray'r is the key Composer: Jno. R. Sweney Date: 1890
Songs of Victory #158
Sunlit Songs #57
Tune Title: [Prayer is the key] First Line: Prayer is the key Composer: Jno. R. Sweney Date: 1890
Sunlit Songs #57
Temple Songs #162
Tune Title: [Prayer is the key] First Line: Prayer is the key Composer: J. R. S. Date: 1892
Temple Songs #162
Temple Themes and Sacred Songs #s162
Tune Title: [Prayer is the key] First Line: Prayer is the key Composer: J. R. S. Date: 1888
Temple Themes and Sacred Songs #s162
The Best of All #85
Tune Title: [Prayer is the key For the bending knee] First Line: Prayer is the key For the bending knee Composer: Jno. R. Sweney Date: 1910
The Best of All #85
The Bow of Promise #31
Tune Title: [Pray'r is the key For the bending knee] First Line: Pray'r is the key For the bending knee Composer: Jno. R. Sweney Date: 1898
The Bow of Promise #31
The Cyber Hymnal #5650
Tune Title: GOLDEN KEY First Line: Prayer is the key for the bending knee Composer: John Robson Sweney Meter: 10.7.10.7 Incipit: 12356 55322 34523 Key: E Major
The Cyber Hymnal #5650
The Emory Hymnal #219
Tune Title: [Prayer is the key For the bending knee] First Line: Prayer is the key For the bending knee Composer: J. R. S. Date: 1887
The Emory Hymnal #219
The Finest of the Wheat No. 2 #59
Tune Title: [Prayer is the key for the bending knee] First Line: Prayer is the key for the bending knee Composer: Jno. R. Sweney Date: 1894
The Finest of the Wheat No. 2 #59
The New Living Hymns (Living Hymns No. 2) #197
Tune Title: [Prayer is the key] First Line: Prayer is the key Composer: Jno. R. Sweney Date: 1902
The New Living Hymns (Living Hymns No. 2) #197
The Quartet #122
Tune Title: [Prayer is the key] First Line: Prayer is the key Composer: J. R. S. Date: 1884
The Quartet #122
The Revival No. 3 #35
Tune Title: [Pray'r is the key] First Line: Pray'r is the key Composer: Jno. R. Sweney Date: 1899
The Revival No. 3 #35
The Wesleyan Methodist Hymnal #493
Tune Title: THE GOLDEN KEY First Line: Prayer is the key Composer: John R. Sweney Meter: 5.5.7. Date: 1910
The Wesleyan Methodist Hymnal #493
Timeless Truths #565
Tune Title: [Prayer is the key on the bending knee] First Line: Prayer is the key on the bending knee Composer: John R. Sweney Meter: 10.7.10.7 Key: E Major Source: Faith Publishing House, Evening Light Songs, 1949, edited 1987 (169); Timeless Truths (http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/The_Golden_Key)
Timeless Truths #565
Unfading Treasures #192
Tune Title: [Prayer is the key For the bending knee] First Line: Prayer is the key For the bending knee Composer: Jno. R. Sweney Date: 1893
Unfading Treasures #192
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