Father Divine, This Deadening Power Control in Tonic Solfa
Father Divine, This Deadening Power Control in Tonic Solfa to EVENTIDE, doh is Eb: the solfa with the words, staff notation, 3 verses and a piano.
The solfa with the words
| mFa----mther-rdi-- | dvine,---sthis--- |
| ldead--sening-spower-fcon-- | mtrol,------- |
| mWhich---fto-sthe- | lsens----ses--- |
| fbinds-rth'im--mmor--fetal- | ssoul;------- |
| mO---mbreak-rthis- | dbon----sdage,--- |
| sLord!-fI-fwould-mbe- | rfree,------- |
| rAnd---min-fmy- | msoul-rwould-dfind-fmy- |
| mheaven,---rin--- | dThee.------- |
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- Key
- Eb major
- Doh
- Eb
- Time
- 4/4
- Starts on
- m (G)
- Range
- d to l (E♭ to C, a sixth)
- Tune
- EVENTIDE
- Words
- Joseph Tuckerman
- Music
- William Henry Monk
Tune EVENTIDE by William Henry Monk (1823–1889); words by Joseph Tuckerman (1778–1840). Sources and licences.
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 message to the choir. To print it, download the solfa as a PDF.
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
Father divine, this deadening power control,
Which to the senses binds the immortal soul;
O break this bondage, Lord! I would be free,
And in my soul would find my heaven, in Thee.
My heaven in Thee! O God, no other heaven
To the immortal soul can e'er be given;
O, let Thy kingdom now within me come,
And as above, so here, Thy will be done!
My heaven in Thee, O Father, let me find —
My heaven in Thee, within a heart resigned;
No more, of heaven and bliss, my soul, despair,
For where my God is found, my heaven is there.
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 m (G).
- 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 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
Joseph Tuckerman wrote these words. They were printed in the supplement of the 1866 edition of A Book of Hymns for Public and Private Devotion, compiled by Samuel Longfellow and Samuel Johnson (Boston, 1866), as hymn 514, “My Heaven in Thee”.
The book printed the words without tunes, marked Tens (10.10.10.10), to be sung to any tune of that metre. This page sets them to EVENTIDE; any other Tens tune fits them as well.
- Words: Joseph Tuckerman (1778–1840)
- Melody (1861): William Henry Monk (1823–1889)
Tune EVENTIDE by William Henry Monk (1823–1889); words by Joseph Tuckerman (1778–1840).
Sung to the same tune: Abide with Me, Lord, I Am Thine, for Thou Hast Died for Me, Lord, Let Our Eyes the Things Unseen Behold, Not Worthy, Lord, to Gather Up the Crumbs.
Questions about Father Divine, This Deadening Power Control
What is the doh of Father Divine, This Deadening Power Control?
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 Father Divine, This Deadening Power Control start on?
It starts on m (G in Eb major). Find doh first, then sing up or down to m.
Is Father Divine, This Deadening Power Control in the public domain?
Yes. Joseph Tuckerman died in 1840, William Henry Monk died in 1889; the words were in print by 1866 and the music in 1861. Everyone named died before 1955 and both were published before 1929, so the hymn is out of copyright in the UK, the EU, the United States and Nigeria. Modern arrangements and translations can still be under copyright.