All Praise to Jesus' Hallowed Name in Tonic Solfa

All Praise to Jesus' Hallowed Name in Tonic Solfa: the solfa line by line with the words, staff notation, all 7 verses, and a piano to sing along with.

Key: C major
Doh: C
Time: 4/4
Starts on: s (G)
Range: r to m' (D to E, a ninth)
Tune: GELOBET SEIST DU
Words: Traditional German, Martin Luther, Richard Massie
Music: From Walter's Geistliche Gesangbüchlein, 1524

The solfa with the words

Doh is C4/4

sAll-

spraise-sto-lJe--ssus'-

d'hal--r'lowed-d'Name---

tWho-r'of-m'vir--r'gin-

tpure-lbe--scame-sTrue-

d'man-tfor-r'us!-lThe-

san--mgels-rsing-rAs-

lthe-lglad-lnews-r'to-

d'earth-lthey-sbring.l_t_-

l_-sHal--sle--slu--

sjah!-

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

| s - All| s - s - l - s - praise to Jesus'| d' - r' - d' - - - |hallowed Name

| t - r' - m' - r' - Who of virgin| t - l - s - s - |pure became True

| d' - t - r' - l - man for us! The| s - m - r - r - |angels sing As

| l - l - l - r' - the glad news to| d' - l - s l t - |earth they bring.

| l - s - s - s - Hallelu-| s - |jah!

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 praise to Jesus' hallowed Name Who of virgin pure became
True man for us!
The angels sing As the glad news to earth they bring.
Hallelujah!

Th'Eternal Father's only Son
For a manger leaves His throne
Disguised in our poor flesh and blood
See now the everlasting
Good.

He whom the world could not inwrap
Yonder lies in Mary's lap;
He is become an infant small,
Who by His might upholdeth all.

Th'Eternal Light, come down from heav'n,
Hath to us new sunshine giv'n;
It shineth in the midst of night,
And maketh us the sons of light.

The Father's Son,
God ever—blest,
In the world became a guest;
He leads us from this vale of tears,
And makes us in his kingdom heirs.

He came to earth so mean and poor, Man to pity and restore,
And make us rich in heaven above, Equal with angels through his love.

All this He did to show His grace To our poor and sinful race;
For this let Christendom adore And praise His name for evermore.

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 s (G), 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 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 Martin Luther, first published in 1524. The English translation is by Richard Massie (1854). The tune, GELOBET SEIST DU, is from Walter's Geistliche Gesangbüchlein, 1524. This version of the melody and the words comes from the Open Hymnal Project.

Words (1524): Traditional German
Words (1524): Martin Luther (1483–1546)
Translated (1854): Richard Massie (1800–1887)
Melody (1524): From Walter's Geistliche Gesangbüchlein, 1524

Melody and words from the Open Hymnal Project (public domain), edited by Brian J. Dumont; tune GELOBET SEIST DU (From Walter's Geistliche Gesangbüchlein, 1524); words by Traditional German and Martin Luther (1483–1546); translated by Richard Massie (1800–1887). 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 Praise to Jesus' Hallowed Name

What is the doh of All Praise to Jesus' Hallowed Name?

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 Praise to Jesus' Hallowed Name start on?

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

Is All Praise to Jesus' Hallowed Name in the public domain?

Yes. Martin Luther died in 1546, Richard Massie died in 1887; the words were first published in 1854 and the music in 1524. 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.