O Thou Sun of Glorious Splendor in Tonic Solfa
O Thou Sun of Glorious Splendor in Tonic Solfa to OMNI DIE, doh is F: the solfa with the words, staff notation, 4 verses and a piano.
The solfa with the words
| dO-dthou- | rSun---dof---mglo--srious- | fsplen----mdor,---dShine-rwith- |
| mheal--sing-sin---fethy--- | swing;-------sChase-sa-- |
| lway---sthese---fshades-mof- | rdark----mness;---dHo--rly- |
| mlight-fand-rcom------dfort- | dbring.------- |
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- Key
- F major
- Doh
- F
- Time
- 6/4
- Starts on
- d (F)
- Range
- d to l (F to D, a sixth)
- Tune
- OMNI DIE
- Words
- Anonymous
- Music
- Gesangbuch, Corner
Tune OMNI DIE (Gesangbuch, Corner); words by Anonymous. 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 · 6/4
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
O thou Sun of glorious splendor,
Shine with healing in thy wing;
Chase away these shades of darkness;
Holy light and comfort bring.
Let the heralds of salvation
Round the world with joy proclaim,
"Death and hell are spoiled and vanquished
Through the great Immanuel's name."
Take thy power, almighty Saviour;
Claim the nations for thine own;
Reign, thou Lord of life and glory,
Till each heart becomes thy throne.
Then the earth, o'erspread with glory,
Decked with heavenly splendor bright
Shall be made Jehovah's dwelling —
As at first, the Lord's delight.
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 d (F), on the word “O”, as a pickup before the first full bar.
- Count the time. 6/4 means six crotchet beats (two dotted minims) 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 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
These words were printed without an author's name in Hymns for Christian Devotion, compiled by John G. Adams and Edwin H. Chapin (Boston, 1846), as hymn 320 of its twenty-second edition (1853), “Desiring Christ's Triumph”, where the book credits them to Urwick's Collection.
The book printed the words without tunes, marked Eights and Sevens (8.7.8.7), to be sung to any tune of that metre. This page sets them to OMNI DIE; any other Eights and Sevens tune fits them as well.
- Words: Anonymous
- Melody (1631): Gesangbuch, Corner
Tune OMNI DIE (Gesangbuch, Corner); words by Anonymous.
Sung to the same tune: "Come Who Will," the Voice from Heaven, Christ, for Thee a Wreath Adorning, Cross, Reproach, and Tribulation, Father, Breathe an Evening Blessing, Go in Peace! — Serene Dismission, Jesus, Thou Art Mine Forever, Part in Peace! Is Day Before Us, Pastor, Thou Art from Us Taken, Praise to Thee, Thou Great Creator, We Have Heard the Wondrous Story, Where the Lord Reveals His Presence.
Questions about O Thou Sun of Glorious Splendor
What is the doh of O Thou Sun of Glorious Splendor?
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 O Thou Sun of Glorious Splendor start on?
It starts on d (F in F major), a pickup on the word “O” before the first full bar. Find doh first, then sing up or down to d.
Is O Thou Sun of Glorious Splendor in the public domain?
Yes. the words were in print by 1853 and the music in 1631. 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.