At the Lamb's High Feast in Tonic Solfa
At the Lamb's High Feast in Tonic Solfa: the solfa line by line with the words, staff notation, all 8 verses, and a piano to sing along with.
- Key
- C major
- Doh
- C
- Time
- 4/4
- Starts on
- d (C)
- Range
- t, to d' (B to C, a ninth)
- Tune
- SONNE DER GERECHTIGKEIT
- Words
- Traditional Latin, Robert Campbell
- Music
- Traditional Czech, Kirchengeseng, 1566
Melody and words from the Open Hymnal Project (public domain), edited by Brian J. Dumont; tune SONNE DER GERECHTIGKEIT (traditional Czech, Kirchengeseng, 1566); words by Traditional Latin; translated by Robert Campbell (1814–1868). Sources and licences.
The solfa with the words
| dAt-dthe- | sLamb's-d'high-tfeastl_,s_l_lwe | ssing,---lPraise-lto- |
| tour-lvic--stor-l_s_fious | mKing,---mWhorhasmwashedfus |
| sinsthedtide-mFlow-ringmfromdhis | t,pierc-dèdrside;fA-mlle--rlu-- |
| dia!--- |
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
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
At the Lamb's high feast we sing,
Praise to our victorious King,
Who has washed us in the tide
Flowing from his piercèd side;
Alleluia!
Praise we Him, whose love divine
Gives His sacred blood for wine,
Gives His body for the feast,
Christ the Victim,
Christ the Priest. Alleluia!
Where the Paschal blood is poured,
Death's dark angel sheathes his sword;
Israel's hosts triumphant go
Through the wave that drowns the foe.
Alleluia!
Praise we Christ, whose blood was shed,
Paschal Victim,
Paschal Bread; With sincerity and love
Eat we Manna from above.
Alleluia!
Mighty Victim from the sky,
Hell's fierce pow'rs beneath Thee lie;
Thou hast conquered in the fight,
Thou hast brought us life and light;
Alleluia!
Now no more can death appall,
Now no more the grave enthrall;
Thou hast opened Paradise,
And in Thee Thy saints shall rise.
Paschal triumph, Easter joy,
This alone can sin destroy;
From sin's death do Thou set free
Souls reborn, O Lord, in Thee.
D Hymns of glory and of praise,
Father, to Thee we raise;
Risen Lord, all praise to Thee,
Ever with the Spirit be.
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 “At”, 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. A cell split by a comma holds two quarter beats: d -,r is a dotted quaver and a semiquaver, d,r two semiquavers. That comma sits between two syllables; an octave mark sits small and low against its own letter (s,).
- 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 anonymous, in print by 600. The English translation is by Robert Campbell (1849). The tune, SONNE DER GERECHTIGKEIT, is Traditional Czech, Kirchengeseng, 1566. This version of the melody and the words comes from the Open Hymnal Project.
- Words (600): Traditional Latin
- Translated (1849): Robert Campbell (1814–1868)
- Melody (1566): Traditional Czech, Kirchengeseng, 1566
Melody and words from the Open Hymnal Project (public domain), edited by Brian J. Dumont; tune SONNE DER GERECHTIGKEIT (traditional Czech, Kirchengeseng, 1566); words by Traditional Latin; translated by Robert Campbell (1814–1868). 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 At the Lamb's High Feast
What is the doh of At the Lamb's High Feast?
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 At the Lamb's High Feast start on?
It starts on d (C in C major), a pickup on the word “At” before the first full bar. Find doh first, then sing up or down to d.
Is At the Lamb's High Feast in the public domain?
Yes. Robert Campbell died in 1868; the words were first published in 1849 and the music in 1566. 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.