All Glory, Laud, and Honor in Tonic Solfa

All Glory, Laud, and Honor in Tonic Solfa: the solfa line by line with the words, staff notation, all 5 verses, and a piano to sing along with.

Key: C major
Doh: C
Time: 4/4
Starts on: d (C)
Range: d to m' (C to E, a tenth)
Tune: VALET WILL ICH DIR GEBEN
Words: Theodulf of Orleans, John Mason Neale
Music: Melchior Teschner

The solfa with the words

Doh is C4/4

dAll-

sglo--sry,-llaud-tand-

d'hon----d'or,-m'To-

r'Thee,-d'Re--ldeem--ter,-

d'King,-----dTo-

sWhom-sthe-llips-tof-

d'child----d'ren-m'Made-

r'sweet-d'ho--lsan--tnas-

d'ring.-----d'Thou-

m'art-m'the-r'King-d'of-

tIs----trael,-tThou-

d'Da--tvid's-lro--lyal-

sSon,-----sWho-

min-sthe-lLord's-sName-

scom--f_-mest,-sThe-

fKing-mand-rBless--red-

dOne.-----

The solfa line by line

The same solfa as plain text, a line of the hymn at a time, with the words of the first verse under it — easy to copy into your own notes or a WhatsApp message to the choir.

Doh is C · 4/4

| d - All| s - s - l - t - glory, laud and| d' - - - d' - m' - |honor, To

| r' - d' - l - t - Thee, Redeemer,| d' - - - - - d - |King, To

| s - s - l - t - Whom the lips of| d' - - - d' - m' - |children Made

| r' - d' - l - t - sweet hosannas| d' - - - - - d' - |ring. Thou

| m' - m' - r' - d' - art the King of| t - - - t - t - |Israel, Thou

| d' - t - l - l - David's royal| s - - - - - s - |Son, Who

| m - s - l - s - in the Lord's Name| s - f - m - s - |comest, The

| f - m - r - r - King and Blessed| d - - - - - |One.

Staff notation

The melody on the treble staff in C major, with the first verse under the notes.

The staff is drawn here when you scroll to it.

The words

All glory, laud and honor,
To Thee, Redeemer, King,
To Whom the lips of children
Made sweet hosannas ring.
Thou art the King of Israel,
Thou David's royal Son,
Who in the Lord's Name comest,
The King and Blessed One.

All glory, laud and honor,
To Thee, Redeemer, King,
To Whom the lips of children
Made sweet hosannas ring.
The company of angels
Are praising Thee on High,
And mortal men and all things
Created make reply.

All glory, laud and honor,
To Thee, Redeemer, King,
To Whom the lips of children
Made sweet hosannas ring.
The people of the Hebrews
With palms before Thee went;
Our prayer and praise and anthems
Before Thee we present.

All glory, laud and honor,
To Thee, Redeemer, King,
To Whom the lips of children
Made sweet hosannas ring.
To Thee, before Thy passion,
They sang their hymns of praise;
To Thee, now high exalted,
Our melody we raise.

All glory, laud and honor,
To Thee, Redeemer, King,
To Whom the lips of children
Made sweet hosannas ring.
Thou didst accept their praises;
Accept the prayers we bring,
Who in all good delightest,
Thou good and gracious King.

How to sing it from the solfa

Find doh first. Play or hum C and sing d r m f s up from it, so the whole choir has the key in their ears before you start.
Pitch the first note. The tune starts on d (C), on the word “All”, as a pickup before the first full bar.
Count the time. 4/4 means four crotchet beats in each bar. In the grid every cell is half a crotchet: a dash (–) holds the note before it, and _ is a rest.
Know the notes. The tune uses d r m f s l t. A comma after a note (s,) is the octave below; an apostrophe (d') is the octave above.

New to solfa? Read how to read Tonic Solfa and how to find the doh of a song.

About the hymn

The words are by Theodulf of Orleans, first published in 820. The English translation is by John Mason Neale (1851). The tune, VALET WILL ICH DIR GEBEN, is by Melchior Teschner (1615). This version of the melody and the words comes from the Open Hymnal Project.

Words (820): Theodulf of Orleans (760–821)
Translated (1851): John Mason Neale (1818–1866)
Music (1615): Melchior Teschner (1584–1635)

Melody and words from the Open Hymnal Project (public domain), edited by Brian J. Dumont; tune VALET WILL ICH DIR GEBEN by Melchior Teschner (1584–1635); words by Theodulf of Orleans (760–821); translated by John Mason Neale (1818–1866). The Open Hymnal Project publishes this hymn as public domain; NoteFusion's engine wrote the solfa from its notes. The melody has not yet been checked against a printed hymn book.

Questions about All Glory, Laud, and Honor

What is the doh of All Glory, Laud, and Honor?

In this version, in C major, doh is C. If your choir sings it in another key, doh moves to the new key note and every solfa syllable stays the same — that is what movable doh means.

What note does All Glory, Laud, and Honor start on?

It starts on d (C in C major), a pickup on the word “All” before the first full bar. Find doh first, then sing up or down to d.

Is All Glory, Laud, and Honor in the public domain?

Yes. Theodulf of Orleans died in 821, John Mason Neale died in 1866, Melchior Teschner died in 1635; the words were first published in 1851 and the music in 1615. Everyone named died before 1955 and both were published before 1929, so the hymn is out of copyright in Nigeria, the UK, the EU and the United States. Modern arrangements and translations can still be under copyright.