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Like the Golden Sun Ascending in Tonic Solfa

Like the Golden Sun Ascending 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
4/4
Starts on
m (A)
Range
d to l (F to D, a sixth)
Tune
WERDE MUNTER
Words
Thomas Hansen Kingo, George Alfred Taylor Rygh
Music
Johann Schop

Melody and words from the Open Hymnal Project (public domain), edited by Brian J. Dumont; tune WERDE MUNTER by Johann Schop (1590–1664); words by Thomas Hansen Kingo (1634–1703); translated by George Alfred Taylor Rygh (1860–1942). Sources and licences.

The solfa with the words

Doh is F4/4
mLike-fthe-sgol--sden-fsun-ma--rscen--rding,-
mBrea---fkingsthrough-mthe-rgloom-rof-dnight,--_
mOn-fthe-searth-sHis-fglo--mry-rspen--rding-
mSo--fthatsdark--mness-rtakes-rto-dflight;--_
rThus-mmy-fJe--fsus-mfrom-mthe-rgrave--_
fAnd--sdeath'sldis--lmal,-sdread--sful-fcave,--_
mRose-ftri--sum--sphant-fEas--mter-rmor--rning,-
mAt-fthe-sear--mly-rpur--rple-ddaw--dning.-

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 · 4/4

| m - f - s - s - Like the golden| f - m - r - r - |sun ascending,
| m - - f s - m - Breaking through the| r - r - d - - _ |gloom of night,
| m - f - s - s - On the earth His| f - m - r - r - |glory spending
| m - - f s - m - So that darkness| r - r - d - - _ |takes to flight;
| r - m - f - f - Thus my Jesus| m - m - r - - _ |from the grave
| f - - s l - l - And death's dismal,| s - s - f - - _ |dreadful cave,
| m - f - s - s - Rose triumphant| f - m - r - r - |Easter morning,
| m - f - s - m - At the early| r - r - d - d - |purple dawning.

Staff notation

The melody on the treble staff in F major, with the first verse under the notes.

The words

Like the golden sun ascending,
Breaking through the gloom of night,
On the earth His glory spending
So that darkness takes to flight;
Thus my Jesus from the grave
And death's dismal, dreadful cave,
Rose triumphant Easter morning,
At the early purple dawning.

Thanks to Thee, O Christ victorious!
Thanks to Thee, O Lord of life!
Death has now no power o'er us,
Thou hast conquered in the strife;
Thanks because Thou didst arise
And hast opened paradise!
None can fully sing the glory
Of the resurrection story.

For my heart finds consolation,
And my fainting soul grows brave,
When I stand in contemplation,
At Thy dark and dismal grave;
When I see where Thou didst sleep
In death's dungeon dark and deep,
Yet didst break all bands asunder,
Must I not rejoice and wonder?

Though I be by sin o'ertaken,
Though I lie in helplessness,
Though I be by friends forsaken,
And must suffer sore distress,
Though I be despised, contemned,
And by all the world condemned,
Though the dark grave yawn before me,
Yet the light of hope shines o'er me.

Thou hast died for my transgression,
All my sins on Thee were laid;
Thou hast won for me salvation,
On the cross my debt was paid;
From the grave I shall arise,
And shall meet Thee in the skies;
Death itself is transitory,
I shall lift my head in glory.

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 m (A).
  • 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. 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 Thomas Hansen Kingo, first published in 1689. The English translation is by George Alfred Taylor Rygh (1908). The tune, WERDE MUNTER, is by Johann Schop (1642). This version of the melody and the words comes from the Open Hymnal Project.

  • Words (1689): Thomas Hansen Kingo (1634–1703)
  • Translated (1908): George Alfred Taylor Rygh (1860–1942)
  • Music (1642): Johann Schop (1590–1664)

Melody and words from the Open Hymnal Project (public domain), edited by Brian J. Dumont; tune WERDE MUNTER by Johann Schop (1590–1664); words by Thomas Hansen Kingo (1634–1703); translated by George Alfred Taylor Rygh (1860–1942). 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 Like the Golden Sun Ascending

What is the doh of Like the Golden Sun Ascending?

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 Like the Golden Sun Ascending start on?

It starts on m (A in F major). Find doh first, then sing up or down to m.

Is Like the Golden Sun Ascending in the public domain?

Yes. Thomas Hansen Kingo died in 1703, George Alfred Taylor Rygh died in 1942, Johann Schop died in 1664; the words were first published in 1908 and the music in 1642. 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.

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