Baptized into Thy Name Most Holy in Tonic Solfa
Baptized into Thy Name Most Holy in Tonic Solfa: the solfa line by line with the words, staff notation, all 5 verses, and a piano to sing along with.
- Key
- F major
- Doh
- F
- Time
- 3/4
- Starts on
- d (F)
- Range
- d to s (F to C, a fifth)
- Tune
- O DASS ICH TAUSEND ZUNGEN HÄTTE (DRETZEL)
- Words
- Johann Jakob Rambach, Catherine Winkworth, August Crull
- Music
- Kornelius Heinrich Dretzel
Melody and words from the Open Hymnal Project (public domain), edited by Brian J. Dumont; tune O DASS ICH TAUSEND ZUNGEN HÄTTE (DRETZEL) by Kornelius Heinrich Dretzel (1697–1775); words by Johann Jakob Rambach (1693–1735); translated by Catherine Winkworth (1827–1878) and August Crull (1845–1923). Sources and licences.
The solfa with the words
| dBap--mtized-din-- | rto---sThy- | fName---mmost- | rho--dly,--- |
| rO-rFa--rther,- | mSon,---sand- | sHo----fely- | sGhost,----- |
| dI-mclaim-da- | rplace,---sthough- | fweak---mand- | rlow--dly,--- |
| rA--rmong-rThy- | mseed,---sThy- | scho----fesen- | shost.----- |
| rBur--ried-rwith- | mChrist---dand- | fdead---mto- | rsin,----- |
| sThy-sSpi--srit- | fnow---mshall- | rlive-rwith---- | din.----- |
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 F · 3/4
Staff notation
The melody on the treble staff in F major, with the first verse under the notes.
The staff is drawn here when you scroll to it.
The words
Baptized into Thy Name most holy,
O Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,
I claim a place, though weak and lowly,
Among Thy seed, Thy chosen host.
Buried with Christ and dead to sin,
Thy Spirit now shall live within.
My loving Father, here doth take me
To be henceforth His child and heir;
My faithful Savior, now doth make me
The fruit of all His sorrows share;
My Comforter will comfort me
When darkest clouds around I see.
And I have vowed to fear and love Thee
And to obey Thee, Lord, alone;
I felt Thy Holy Spirit move me,
I dared to pledge myself Thine own,
Renouncing sin to keep the faith
And war with evil unto death.
My faithful God, Thou failest never,
Thy cov'nant surely will abide;
Oh, cast me not away forever
Should I transgress it on my side!
But if I fall hide not Thy face,
Restore Thy child, Lord, by Thy Grace.
Yes, all I am and love most dearly,
To Thee I offer now the whole;
O let me make my vows sincerely,
Take full possession of my soul!
Let naught within me, naught I own,
Serve any will save Thine alone.
How to sing it from the solfa
- Find doh first. Play or hum F 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 (F).
- Count the time. 3/4 means three 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 and the chromatic fe. 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 Johann Jakob Rambach, first published in 1734. The English translation is by Catherine Winkworth and August Crull (1863). The tune, O DASS ICH TAUSEND ZUNGEN HÄTTE (DRETZEL), is by Kornelius Heinrich Dretzel (1731). This version of the melody and the words comes from the Open Hymnal Project.
- Words (1734): Johann Jakob Rambach (1693–1735)
- Translated (1863): Catherine Winkworth (1827–1878)
- Translated (1863): August Crull (1845–1923)
- Music (1731): Kornelius Heinrich Dretzel (1697–1775)
Melody and words from the Open Hymnal Project (public domain), edited by Brian J. Dumont; tune O DASS ICH TAUSEND ZUNGEN HÄTTE (DRETZEL) by Kornelius Heinrich Dretzel (1697–1775); words by Johann Jakob Rambach (1693–1735); translated by Catherine Winkworth (1827–1878) and August Crull (1845–1923). 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 Baptized into Thy Name Most Holy
What is the doh of Baptized into Thy Name Most Holy?
In this version, in F major, doh is F. 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 Baptized into Thy Name Most Holy start on?
It starts on d (F in F major). Find doh first, then sing up or down to d.
Is Baptized into Thy Name Most Holy in the public domain?
Yes. Johann Jakob Rambach died in 1735, Catherine Winkworth died in 1878, August Crull died in 1923, Kornelius Heinrich Dretzel died in 1775; the words were first published in 1863 and the music in 1731. 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.