Thine Be the Glory in Tonic Solfa
Thine Be the Glory, Risen, Conquering Son in Tonic Solfa to MACCABAEUS, doh is D: the solfa with the words, staff notation, three verses and a piano.
- Key
- D major
- Doh
- D
- Time
- 4/4
- Starts on
- s (A)
- Range
- t, to d' (C♯ to D, a ninth)
- Tune
- MACCABAEUS
- Words
- Edmond Louis Budry, Richard Birch Hoyle
- Music
- George Frideric Handel
Tune MACCABAEUS by George Frideric Handel (1685–1759); words by Edmond Louis Budry (1854–1932) and Richard Birch Hoyle (1875–1939). Sources and licences.
The solfa with the words
| sThine---mbe--fthe | sglo----dry,--- |
| rri-m_fsen,s_fcon--mqu’ring- | rSon;------- |
| mEnd-f_slessl_sis-sthe- | d'vic----st’ry--- |
| fThou-mo’err_rdeath--dhast | dwon.------- |
| mAn-r_mgelsf_min-mbright- | rrai----dment--- |
| frolled-mthe-rstone-da-- | t,way,------- |
| dKeptt,_dther_dfold--ded- | lgrave----feclothes--- |
| swhere-lThys_febo---sdy | slay.------- |
| sThine---mbe--fthe | sglo----dry,--- |
| rri-m_fsen,s_fcon--mqu’ring- | rSon;------- |
| mEnd-f_slessl_sis-sthe- | d'vic----st’ry--- |
| fThou-mo’err_rdeath--dhast | dwon.------- |
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 D · 4/4
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
Thine be the glory, risen, conquering Son;
Endless is the victory Thou o’er death hast won.
Angels in bright raiment rolled the stone away,
Kept the folded grave-clothes where Thy body lay.
Refrain
Thine be the glory, risen, conquering Son;
Endless is the victory Thou o’er death hast won.
Lo! Jesus meets us, risen from the tomb;
Lovingly He greets us, scatters fear and gloom;
Let the Church with gladness hymns of triumph sing,
For her Lord now liveth; death hath lost its sting.
No more we doubt Thee, glorious Prince of Life;
Life is nought without Thee: aid us in our strife;
Make us more than conquerors through Thy deathless love;
Bring us safe through Jordan to Thy home above.
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. 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
Edmond Budry, a Swiss pastor, wrote the French Easter hymn À toi la gloire in 1884. Richard Birch Hoyle's English translation dates from 1923. The tune is Handel's chorus 'See, the conqu'ring hero comes', written in 1747 and later added to his oratorio Judas Maccabaeus.
- French words, À toi la gloire (1884): Edmond Louis Budry (1854–1932)
- English translation (1923): Richard Birch Hoyle (1875–1939)
- Melody, the chorus 'See, the conqu'ring hero comes' (1747): George Frideric Handel (1685–1759)
Tune MACCABAEUS by George Frideric Handel (1685–1759); words by Edmond Louis Budry (1854–1932) and Richard Birch Hoyle (1875–1939).
Questions about Thine Be the Glory
What is the doh of Thine Be the Glory?
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 Thine Be the Glory start on?
It starts on s (A in D major). Find doh first, then sing up or down to s.
Is Thine Be the Glory in the public domain?
Yes. Edmond Louis Budry died in 1932, Richard Birch Hoyle died in 1939, George Frideric Handel died in 1759; the words were first published in 1884 and the music in 1747. 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.