Beautiful Savior in Tonic Solfa
Beautiful Savior in Tonic Solfa: the solfa line by line with the words, staff notation, all 4 verses, and a piano to sing along with.
- Key
- Eb major
- Doh
- Eb
- Time
- 4/4
- Starts on
- d (E♭)
- Range
- t, to d' (D to E♭, a ninth)
- Tune
- CRUSADER
- Words
- Traditional German Jesuits, Joseph August Seiss
- Music
- Traditional Silesian
Melody and words from the Open Hymnal Project (public domain), edited by Brian J. Dumont; tune CRUSADER (traditional Silesian); words by Traditional German Jesuits; translated by Joseph August Seiss (1823–1904). Sources and licences.
The solfa with the words
| dBeau----dti--dful- | rSa--t,_-dvior,--- |
| mKing---mof-mCre-- | fa--r_-mtion--- |
| sSon---d'of-l_- | sGod---fand-m_- |
| fSon---mof--- | rMan!------- |
| sTru----lly-sI'd- | slove-m_-fThee,--- |
| ftru----sly-fI'd- | fserve-r_-mThee,--- |
| mLight---mof-mmy- | ssoul,-----fmy- |
| mjoy,---rmy--- | dcrown.------- |
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 Eb · 4/4
Staff notation
The melody on the treble staff in Eb major, with the first verse under the notes.
The staff is drawn here when you scroll to it.
The words
Beautiful Savior,
King of Creation
Son of God and Son of Man!
Truly I'd love Thee,
truly I'd serve Thee,
Light of my soul, my joy, my crown.
Fair are the meadows,
Fair are the woodlands,
Robed in the flow'rs of blooming spring;
Jesus is fairer,
Jesus is purer,
He makes our sorr'wing spirit sing.
Fair is the sunshine,
Fair is the moonlight,
Bright the sparkling stars on high;
Jesus shines brighter,
Jesus shines purer
Than all the angels in the sky.
Beautiful Savior,
Lord of the nations,
Son of God and Son of Man!
Glory and honor,
Praise, adoration
Now and forevermore be Thine!
How to sing it from the solfa
- Find doh first. Play or hum Eb 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 (E♭).
- 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 anonymous, in print by 1677. The English translation is by Joseph August Seiss (1873). The tune, CRUSADER, is Traditional Silesian. This version of the melody and the words comes from the Open Hymnal Project.
- Words (1677): Traditional German Jesuits
- Translated (1873): Joseph August Seiss (1823–1904)
- Melody (1842): Traditional Silesian
Melody and words from the Open Hymnal Project (public domain), edited by Brian J. Dumont; tune CRUSADER (traditional Silesian); words by Traditional German Jesuits; translated by Joseph August Seiss (1823–1904). 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 Beautiful Savior
What is the doh of Beautiful Savior?
In this version, in Eb major, doh is Eb. 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 Beautiful Savior start on?
It starts on d (E♭ in Eb major). Find doh first, then sing up or down to d.
Is Beautiful Savior in the public domain?
Yes. Joseph August Seiss died in 1904; the words were first published in 1873 and the music in 1842. 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.