Mighty One, Whose Name Is Holy in Tonic Solfa

Mighty One, Whose Name Is Holy in Tonic Solfa to LUX EOI, doh is D: the solfa with the words, staff notation, 3 verses and a piano.

The solfa with the words

Doh is D4/4

sMight---syd'One,-swhose-

sname-fis-fho--mly,-

lThou-lwilt-ssave-mThy-

rwork-da--rlive,---

sAnd--sthed'spir--d'it-

tof-lthe-r'low--sly-

feThou-mwilt-rvis--sit-

sand-fere--svive.---

fWhat-fThy-mpro--mphets-

lthus--lhavelspo--seken,-

lA--tges-d'wit--tness-

mas-sethey-lroll;---

sBleed--d'ing-m'hearts-r'and-

d'spi--trits-lbro--sken,-

saTouched-fby-mThee,-lO-

dGod,-rare-dwhole.---

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Key: D major
Doh: D
Time: 4/4
Starts on: s (A)
Range: d to m' (D to F♯, a tenth)
Tune: LUX EOI
Words: John Pierpont
Music: Arthur Seymour Sullivan

Tune LUX EOI by Arthur Seymour Sullivan (1842–1900); words by John Pierpont (1785–1866). 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 D · 4/4

| s - - s d' - s - Mighty One, whose| s - f - f - m - |name is holy,

| l - l - s - m - Thou wilt save Thy| r - d - r - - - |work alive,

| s - - s d' - d' - And the spirit| t - l - r' - s - |of the lowly

| fe - m - r - s - Thou wilt visit| s - fe - s - - - |and revive.

| f - f - m - m - What Thy prophets| l - - l l - se - |thus have spoken,

| l - t - d' - t - Ages witness| m - se - l - - - |as they roll;

| s - d' - m' - r' - Bleeding hearts and| d' - t - l - s - |spirits broken,

| sa - f - m - l - Touched by Thee, O| d - r - d - - - |God, are whole.

Staff notation

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

The staff is drawn here when you scroll to it.

The words

Mighty One, whose name is holy,
Thou wilt save Thy work alive,
And the spirit of the lowly
Thou wilt visit and revive.
What Thy prophets thus have spoken,
Ages witness as they roll;
Bleeding hearts and spirits broken,
Touched by Thee, O God, are whole.

By Thy pitying spirit guided,
Jesus sought the sufferer's door;
Comfort for the poor provided,
And the mourner's sorrows bore; —
So Thy mercy's angel, bending,
Heard a friendless prisoner's call,
And through night's cold vault descending,
Loosed from chains Thy servant Paul.

Father, as Thy love is endless,
Working by Thy servants thus,
The forsaken and the friendless
Deign to visit, e'en by us;
So shall each, with spirit fervent
Laboring with Thee here below,
Be declared Thy faithful servant,
Where there's neither want nor woe.

How to sing it from the solfa

Find doh first. Play or hum D 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 (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 and the chromatic fe se sa. 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 Pierpont 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 414, “For a Charitable Occasion”.

The book printed the words without tunes, marked Eights and Sevens Double (8.7.8.7.8.7.8.7), to be sung to any tune of that metre. This page sets them to LUX EOI; any other Eights and Sevens Double tune fits them as well.

Words: John Pierpont (1785–1866)
Music (1874): Arthur Seymour Sullivan (1842–1900)

Tune LUX EOI by Arthur Seymour Sullivan (1842–1900); words by John Pierpont (1785–1866).

Sung to the same tune: As in Solemn Congregation, Christ the Word! Thine Incarnation, Come, Thou All-inspiring Spirit, Could the Creatures Help or Ease Us, Hear What God the Lord Hath Spoken, Holy Father, Thou Hast Taught Me, In the Name Which Earth and Heaven, Jesus, I My Cross Have Taken, Legion Was My Name by Nature, Let the World Despise and Leave Me, Love Divine, All Love Excelling, Peace Be to This Habitation, We Have Met in Peace Together, Westward, Lord, the World Alluring.

Questions about Mighty One, Whose Name Is Holy

What is the doh of Mighty One, Whose Name Is Holy?

In this version, in D major, doh is D. 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 Mighty One, Whose Name Is Holy start on?

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

Is Mighty One, Whose Name Is Holy in the public domain?

Yes. John Pierpont died in 1866, Arthur Seymour Sullivan died in 1900; the words were in print by 1848 and the music in 1874. 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.