In Peace and Joy I Now Depart in Tonic Solfa
In Peace and Joy I Now Depart in Tonic Solfa: the solfa line by line with the words, staff notation, all 4 verses, and a piano to sing along with.
- Key
- C major
- Doh
- C
- Time
- 4/4
- Starts on
- r (D)
- Range
- d to r' (C to D, a ninth)
- Tune
- MIT FRIED UND FREUD ICH FAR DAHIN
- Words
- Martin Luther, Leonard Woolsey Bacon
- Music
- From Walter's Geistliche Gesangbüchlein, 1524
Melody and words from the Open Hymnal Project (public domain), edited by Brian J. Dumont; tune MIT FRIED UND FREUD ICH FAR DAHIN (From Walter's Geistliche Gesangbüchlein, 1524); words by Martin Luther (1483–1546); translated by Leonard Woolsey Bacon (1830–1907). Sources and licences.
The solfa with the words
| rIn---lpeace-land- | sjoy-r'I-d'now-tde-- |
| lpart---d'At--- | lGod's-d'dis--tpos-l_t_- |
| ling;-_lFord'full--tof | d'com--lfortsis-f_mmy- |
| rheart,---lSoft--sre- | fpos--r_-ding.--- |
| lSo--s_fthe-d'Lord- | -ta_lhath-spro-f_smised- |
| lme,-_sAndfdeath-ris- | dbut-fa-mslum-r_m_- |
| rber.------- |
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
In peace and joy I now depart
At God's disposing;
For full of comfort is my heart,
Soft reposing.
So the Lord hath promised me,
And death is but a slumber.
'Tis Christ that wrought this work for me,
My faithful Savior,
Whom Thou hast made mine eyes to see
By Thy favor.
Now I know He is my Life,
My Help in need and dying.
Him Thou hast unto all set forth
Their great Salvation
And to His kingdom called the earth,
Every nation,
By Thy dear and wholesome Word,
In every place resounding.
He is the Hope and saving Light
Of lands benighted;
By Him are they who dwelt in night
Fed and lighted.
He is Israel's Praise and Bliss,
Their Joy, Reward, and Glory.
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 r (D).
- 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 ta. 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 Martin Luther, first published in 1524. The English translation is by Leonard Woolsey Bacon (1884). The tune, MIT FRIED UND FREUD ICH FAR DAHIN, is from Walter's Geistliche Gesangbüchlein, 1524. This version of the melody and the words comes from the Open Hymnal Project.
- Words (1524): Martin Luther (1483–1546)
- Translated (1884): Leonard Woolsey Bacon (1830–1907)
- Melody (1524): From Walter's Geistliche Gesangbüchlein, 1524
Melody and words from the Open Hymnal Project (public domain), edited by Brian J. Dumont; tune MIT FRIED UND FREUD ICH FAR DAHIN (From Walter's Geistliche Gesangbüchlein, 1524); words by Martin Luther (1483–1546); translated by Leonard Woolsey Bacon (1830–1907). 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 In Peace and Joy I Now Depart
What is the doh of In Peace and Joy I Now Depart?
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 In Peace and Joy I Now Depart start on?
It starts on r (D in C major). Find doh first, then sing up or down to r.
Is In Peace and Joy I Now Depart in the public domain?
Yes. Martin Luther died in 1546, Leonard Woolsey Bacon died in 1907; the words were first published in 1884 and the music in 1524. 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.