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Cheerful Songs #231
Tune Title: [Tho' my sins were once like crimson red] First Line: Tho' my sins were once like crimson red Composer: Jno. R. Sweney Date: 1891
Cheerful Songs #231
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[Though my sins were once like crimson red]
[Though my sins were once like crimson red]
Composer: John R. SweneyPublished in 16 hymnals
Printable scores: PDF, Noteworthy Composer
Audio files: MIDI
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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Christ in Song #225
Tune Title: [Tho' my sins were once like crimson red] First Line: Tho' my sins were once like crimson red Composer: Jno. R. Sweney Key: G Major Date: 1908
Christ in Song #225
Finest of the Wheat Male Chorus #53
Tune Title: [Tho' my sins were once like crimson red] First Line: Tho' my sins were once like crimson red Composer: Jno. R. Sweney Date: 1896
Finest of the Wheat Male Chorus #53
Precious Hymns #150
Tune Title: [Tho' my sins were once like crimson red] First Line: Tho' my sins were once like crimson red Composer: Jno. R. Sweney Date: 1900
Precious Hymns #150
Songs of Love and Praise No. 3 #184
Tune Title: [Tho' my sins were once like crimson red] First Line: Tho' my sins were once like crimson red Composer: Jno. R. Sweney Date: 1896
Songs of Love and Praise No. 3 #184
Songs of Redeeming Love #5
Tune Title: [Tho' my sins were once like crimson red] First Line: Tho' my sins were once like crimson red Composer: Jno. R. Sweney Date: 1882
Songs of Redeeming Love #5
Songs of the New Life #R5
Tune Title: [Tho' my sins were once like crimson red] First Line: Tho' my sins were once like crimson red Composer: Jno. R. Sweney Date: 1883
Songs of the New Life #R5
Sunlit Songs #184
Tune Title: [Tho' my sins were once like crimson red] First Line: Tho' my sins were once like crimson red Composer: Jno. R. Sweney Date: 1890
Sunlit Songs #184
The Cyber Hymnal #8122
Tune Title: [Tho' my sins were once like crimson red] First Line: Tho’ my sins were once like crimson red Composer: John Robson Sweney Key: G Major
The Cyber Hymnal #8122
The Emory Hymnal #169
Tune Title: [Tho' my sins were once like crimson red] First Line: Tho' my sins were once like crimson red Composer: Jno. R. Sweney Date: 1887
The Emory Hymnal #169
The Finest of the Wheat #146
Tune Title: [Though my sins were once like crimson red] First Line: Tho' my sins were once like crimson red Composer: Jno. R. Sweney Date: 1890
The Finest of the Wheat #146
The Quartet #5
Tune Title: [Tho' my sins were once like crimson red] First Line: Tho' my sins were once like crimson red Composer: Jno. R. Sweney Date: 1884
The Quartet #5
The Revival Wave #124
Tune Title: [Though my sins were once like crimson red] First Line: Though my sins were once like crimson red Composer: Jno. R. Sweney Date: 1887
The Revival Wave #124
The Royal Fountain No. 3 #35[5]
Tune Title: [Tho' my sins were once like crimson red] First Line: Tho' my sins were once like crimson red Composer: Jno. R. Sweney Date: 1882
The Royal Fountain No. 3 #35[5]
The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book #1220
Tune Title: WASHED WHITE AS SNOW First Line: Tho' my sins were once like crimson red Composer: Jno. R. Sweney Key: G Major or modal Date: 1886
The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book #1220
The Silver Trumpet #118
Tune Title: [Tho' my sins were once like crimson red] First Line: Tho' my sins were once like crimson red Composer: Jno. R. Sweney Date: 1889
The Silver Trumpet #118
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