The Lord, My God, Be Praised in Tonic Solfa

The Lord, My God, Be Praised in Tonic Solfa to WAS FRAG ICH NACH DER WELT, doh is D: the solfa with the words, staff notation, 5 verses and a piano.

The solfa with the words

Doh is D4/4

sThe-

mLord,-dmy-sGod,-sbe-

lpraised,-----lMy-

rLight,-rmy-sLife-ffrom-

mhea--r_-dven;-sMy-

lMak--ler,-swho-fto-

mme-----rHath-

msoul-feand-sbo--ldy-

tgiv--l_-sen;-sMy-

sFa--sther,-d'who-tapro--

ltects-----lMy-

llife-lfrom-r'in--d'fan--

tcy-----sAnd-

lmight--sy-lgifts-tof-

d'love-----sHath-

se’er-mbe--rstowed-ron-

dme.-----

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Key: D major
Doh: D
Time: 4/4
Starts on: s (A)
Range: d to r' (D to E, a ninth)
Tune: WAS FRAG ICH NACH DER WELT
Words: Johann Olearius, August Crull
Music: Ahasverus Fritsch

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 - The| m - d - s - s - Lord, my God, be| l - - - - - l - |praised, My

| r - r - s - f - Light, my Life from| m - r - d - s - |heaven; My

| l - l - s - f - Maker, who to| m - - - - - r - |me Hath

| m - fe - s - l - soul and body| t - l - s - s - |given; My

| s - s - d' - ta - Father, who pro-| l - - - - - l - |tects My

| l - l - r' - d' - life from infan-| t - - - - - s - |cy And

| l - s - l - t - mighty gifts of| d' - - - - - s - |love Hath

| s - m - r - r - e’er bestowed on| d - - - - - |me.

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

The Lord, my God, be praised,
My Light, my Life from heaven;
My Maker, who to me
Hath soul and body given;
My Father, who protects
My life from infancy
And mighty gifts of love
Hath e’er bestowed on me.

The Lord, my God, be praised,
My Trust, my Life from heaven,
The Father’s own dear Son,
Whose life for me was given;
Who thus atoned for me
With His most precious blood;
Who giveth to my faith
The greatest heavenly good.

The Lord, my God, be praised,
My Hope, my Life from heaven,
The Father’s Spirit, whom
The Son to me hath given;
He who revives my heart
And gives me strength and power,
Help, comfort, and support
In sorrow’s gloomy hour.

The Lord, my God, be praised,
He who forever liveth,
To whom the heavenly host
E’er praise and honor giveth.
The Lord, my God, be praised,
In whose great name I boast,
God Father, God the Son,
And God the Holy Ghost.

To Him we now sing praise,
With joy our offering bringing
And with the angel host
The “Holy! Holy!” singing.
To Him all Christendom
Sings praises joyfully;
The Lord, my God, be praised
Throughout eternity!

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), on the word “The”, as a pickup before the first full bar.
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 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

Johann Olearius wrote these words in German. August Crull's translation was printed in the Evangelical Lutheran Hymn-Book (St. Louis, 1927), as hymn 272.

The book printed the words without tunes, marked 6.7.6.7.6.6.6.6, to be sung to any tune of that metre. This page sets them to WAS FRAG ICH NACH DER WELT; any other 6.7.6.7.6.6.6.6 tune fits them as well.

Words: Johann Olearius (1611–1684)
Translated: August Crull (1845–1923)
Music (1679): Ahasverus Fritsch (1629–1701)

Melody from the Open Hymnal Project (public domain), edited by Brian J. Dumont; tune WAS FRAG ICH NACH DER WELT by Ahasverus Fritsch (1629–1701); words by Johann Olearius (1611–1684); translated by August Crull (1845–1923). The Open Hymnal Project publishes this tune as public domain; NoteFusion's engine wrote the solfa from its notes. The melody has not yet been checked against a printed hymn book.

Sung to the same tune: O God, Forsake Me Not, What Is the World to Me?.

Questions about The Lord, My God, Be Praised

What is the doh of The Lord, My God, Be Praised?

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 The Lord, My God, Be Praised start on?

It starts on s (A in D major), a pickup on the word “The” before the first full bar. Find doh first, then sing up or down to s.

Is The Lord, My God, Be Praised in the public domain?

Yes. Johann Olearius died in 1684, August Crull died in 1923, Ahasverus Fritsch died in 1701; the words were in print by 1927 and the music in 1679. 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.