Alleluia, Alleluia! Hearts to Heaven and Voices Raise in Tonic Solfa
Alleluia, Alleluia! Hearts to Heaven and Voices Raise in Tonic Solfa: the solfa with the words, staff notation, all 5 verses and a piano.
- Key
- G major
- Doh
- G
- Time
- 4/4
- Starts on
- m (B)
- Range
- s, to s (D to D, an octave)
- Tune
- ODE TO JOY
- Words
- Christopher Wordsworth
- Music
- Ludwig van Beethoven, Edward Hodges
Melody and words from the Open Hymnal Project (public domain), edited by Brian J. Dumont; tune ODE TO JOY by Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827) and Edward Hodges (1796–1867); words by Christopher Wordsworth (1807–1885). Sources and licences.
The solfa with the words
| mAl--mle--flu--sia,- | sal--fle--mlu--ria!- |
| dHearts-dto-rHeav'n-mand- | mvoi---rcesrraise:--- |
| mSing-mto-fGod-sa- | shymn-fof-mglad--rness,- |
| dsing-dto-rGod-ma- | rhymn--dofdpraise.--- |
| rHe,-rwho-mon-dthe- | rcross-maf_mVic--dtim,- |
| rfor-mthef_mworld's-rsal-- | dva--rtion-s,bled,--- |
| mJe--msus-fChrist,-sthe- | sKing-fof-mglo--rry,- |
| dnow-dis-rri--msen- | rfrom--dtheddead.--- |
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 G · 4/4
Staff notation
The melody on the treble staff in G major, with the first verse under the notes.
The staff is drawn here when you scroll to it.
The words
Alleluia, alleluia!
Hearts to Heav'n and voices raise:
Sing to God a hymn of gladness,
sing to God a hymn of praise.
He, who on the cross a Victim,
for the world's salvation bled,
Jesus Christ, the King of glory,
now is risen from the dead.
Now the iron bars are broken,
Christ from death to life is born,
Glorious life, and life immortal,
on the holy Easter morn.
Christ has triumphed, and we conquer
by His mighty enterprise:
We with Him to life eternal
by His resurrection rise.
Christ is risen, Christ, the first fruits
of the holy harvest field,
Which will all its full abundance
at His second coming yield:
Then the golden ears of harvest
will their heads before Him wave,
Ripened by His glorious sunshine
from the furrows of the grave.
Christ is risen, we are risen!
Shed upon us heav'nly grace,
Rain and dew and gleams of glory
from the brightness of Thy face;
That we, with our hearts in Heaven,
here on earth may fruitful be,
And by angel hands be gathered,
and be ever, Lord, with Thee.
Alleluia, alleluia!
Glory be to God on high;
Alleluia! to the Savior
who has gained the victory;
Alleluia! to the Spirit,
fount of love and sanctity:
Alleluia, alleluia!
to the Triune Majesty.
How to sing it from the solfa
- Find doh first. Play or hum G 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 m (B).
- 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 — only 5 different notes, so it is a good one for a choir new to solfa. 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 Christopher Wordsworth, first published in 1865. The tune, ODE TO JOY, is by Ludwig van Beethoven and Edward Hodges (1824). This version of the melody and the words comes from the Open Hymnal Project.
- Words (1865): Christopher Wordsworth (1807–1885)
- Music (1824): Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
- Music (1824): Edward Hodges (1796–1867)
Melody and words from the Open Hymnal Project (public domain), edited by Brian J. Dumont; tune ODE TO JOY by Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827) and Edward Hodges (1796–1867); words by Christopher Wordsworth (1807–1885). 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 Alleluia, Alleluia! Hearts to Heaven and Voices Raise
What is the doh of Alleluia, Alleluia! Hearts to Heaven and Voices Raise?
In this version, in G major, doh is G. 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 Alleluia, Alleluia! Hearts to Heaven and Voices Raise start on?
It starts on m (B in G major). Find doh first, then sing up or down to m.
Is Alleluia, Alleluia! Hearts to Heaven and Voices Raise in the public domain?
Yes. Christopher Wordsworth died in 1885, Ludwig van Beethoven died in 1827, Edward Hodges died in 1867; the words were first published in 1865 and the music in 1824. 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.