Lord! Thou Didst Arise and Say in Tonic Solfa
Lord! Thou Didst Arise and Say in Tonic Solfa to MESSIAH (HERALD), doh is F: the solfa with the words, staff notation, 2 verses and a piano.
The solfa with the words
| mLord!--rthouddidst-da-- | frise--mandrsay--- |
| sTo--ltheltrou--sbled- | mwa--dters,-rPeace!--- |
| mAnd--rthedtem--dpest- | fdied--ma-rway;--- |
| sDown--ltheyssank,-mthe- | rfoam---dingdseas,--- |
| t,And--darcalm-fand- | mheav---ringdsleep--- |
| rSpread--mo'erfall-lthe- | sglas---fsymdeep;--- |
| mAll--rtheda--dzure- | flake--mse-rrene--- |
| sLike--lan-soth--mer- | rheaven--dwasdseen.--- |
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- Key
- F major
- Doh
- F
- Time
- 4/4
- Starts on
- m (A)
- Range
- t, to l (E to D, a seventh)
- Tune
- MESSIAH (HERALD)
- Words
- Henry Hart Milman
Tune MESSIAH (HERALD) by Louis J. F. Herold (died undefined) and George Kingsley (died undefined); words by Henry Hart Milman (1791–1868). 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
Lord! thou didst arise and say
To the troubled waters, Peace!
And the tempest died away;
Down they sank, the foaming seas,
And a calm and heaving sleep
Spread o'er all the glassy deep;
All the azure lake serene
Like another heaven was seen.
Lord! thy gracious word repeat
To the billows of the proud!
Quell the tyrant's martial heat,
Quell the fierce and changing crowd!
Then the earth shall find repose
From oppressions, and from woes;
And an imaged heaven appear
In the world of darkness here.
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 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
Henry Hart Milman wrote these words. They were printed in A Book of Hymns for Public and Private Devotion, compiled by Samuel Longfellow and Samuel Johnson (Boston, 1848), as hymn 186, “He Rebuked the Wind and the Sea”.
The book printed the words without tunes, marked Sevens Double (7.7.7.7.7.7.7.7), to be sung to any tune of that metre. This page sets them to MESSIAH (HERALD); any other Sevens Double tune fits them as well.
- Words: Henry Hart Milman (1791–1868)
- Music (1839): Louis J. F. Herold (died undefined)
- Arranged (1839): George Kingsley (died undefined)
Tune MESSIAH (HERALD) by Louis J. F. Herold (died undefined) and George Kingsley (died undefined); words by Henry Hart Milman (1791–1868).
Sung to the same tune: 'Tis My Happiness Below, Blessing, Honour, Thanks, and Praise, Bound upon the Accursed Tree, Come, and Let Us Sweetly Join, Faint the Earth, and Parched with Drought, God of Love, We Look to Thee, Grace, Triumphant in the Throne, Happy Man Whom God Doth Aid, Happy Soul Who Sees the Day, Hark! How Time's Wide Sounding Bell, Jesus, We Thy Promise Claim, Let the Beasts Their Breath Resign, Oft in Vain the Voice of Truth, Sinner, Art Thou Still Secure.
Questions about Lord! Thou Didst Arise and Say
What is the doh of Lord! Thou Didst Arise and Say?
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 Lord! Thou Didst Arise and Say start on?
It starts on m (A in F major). Find doh first, then sing up or down to m.
Is Lord! Thou Didst Arise and Say in the public domain?
Yes. Henry Hart Milman died in 1868, Louis J. F. Herold died in undefined, George Kingsley died in undefined; the words were in print by 1848 and the music in 1839. 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.