Glory to God! the Morn Appointed Breaks in Tonic Solfa
Glory to God! the Morn Appointed Breaks in Tonic Solfa to SONG TWENTY-TWO, doh is F: the solfa with the words, staff notation, 5 verses and a piano.
The solfa with the words
| sGlo----sry-mto- | lGod!---sThe--- |
| smorn-fap--mpoint--sed- | rbreaks,------- |
| rAnd---mearth-da-- | fwakes---rfrom--- |
| sall-dthe-mwoe--rful- | dpast,------- |
| mFor,---fwith-sthe- | lmorn,---lthe--- |
| rLord-sof-sLife-fea-- | swakes,------- |
| t,And---dsin-rand- | mdeath---fin---- |
| sto-lthe-rgrave-rare- | dcast.------- |
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- Key
- F major
- Doh
- F
- Time
- 4/4
- Starts on
- s (C)
- Range
- t, to l (E to D, a seventh)
- Tune
- SONG TWENTY-TWO
- Words
- Traditional Greek, John Brownlie
- Music
- Orlando Gibbons
Tune SONG TWENTY-TWO by Orlando Gibbons (1583–1625); words by Traditional Greek; translated by John Brownlie (1857–1925). 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 F · 4/4
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
Glory to God! The morn appointed breaks,
And earth awakes from all the woeful past,
For, with the morn, the Lord of Life awakes,
And sin and death into the grave are cast.
Glory to God! The cross with all its shame,
Now sheds its glory o'er a ransomed world;
For He Who bore the burden of our blame,
With pierced hands the foe to hell hath hurled.
Glory to God! Sing ransomed souls again, —
And let your songs our glorious Victor laud,
Who by His might hath snapped the tyrant's chain,
And set us free to rise with Him to God.
Darkness and night farewell! the morn is here;
Welcome! the light that ushers in the day;
Visions of joy before our sight appear,
And like the clouds, our sorrows melt away.
Great Son of God, Immortal, and renowned!
Brighter than morn the glory on Thy brow;
Crowns must be won, and Thou art nobly crowned,
For death is dead, and sin is vanquished now.
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 s (C).
- 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 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
John Brownlie translated these words from the Greek service books for Hymns from the Morningland (Paisley, 1911).
The book printed the words without tunes. They are in Tens (10.10.10.10), and this page sets them to SONG TWENTY-TWO; any other Tens tune fits them as well.
- Words: Traditional Greek
- Translated (1911): John Brownlie (1857–1925)
- Music (1623): Orlando Gibbons (1583–1625)
Tune SONG TWENTY-TWO by Orlando Gibbons (1583–1625); words by Traditional Greek; translated by John Brownlie (1857–1925).
Sung to the same tune: Breathe Thoughts of Pity O'er a Brother's Fall, Cheer Up, My Soul, There Is a Mercy-seat, Father! There Is No Change to Live with Thee, God of the Changing Year, Whose Arm of Power, The Morning Breaks, I Place My Hand in Thine, Though Lonely Be Thy Path, Fear Not, for He.
Questions about Glory to God! the Morn Appointed Breaks
What is the doh of Glory to God! the Morn Appointed Breaks?
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 Glory to God! the Morn Appointed Breaks start on?
It starts on s (C in F major). Find doh first, then sing up or down to s.
Is Glory to God! the Morn Appointed Breaks in the public domain?
Yes. John Brownlie died in 1925, Orlando Gibbons died in 1625; the words were in print by 1911 and the music in 1623. 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.