We Have Met in Peace Together in Tonic Solfa
We Have Met in Peace Together 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
| sWe--shaved'met-sin- | speace-fto--fge--mther- |
| lIn-lthis-shouse-mof- | rGod-da--rgain;--- |
| sCon---sstantd'friends-d'have- | tled-lus-r'hith--ser,- |
| feHere-mto-rchant-sthe- | ssol--feemn-sstrain,--- |
| fHere-fto-mbreathe-mour- | la---ldor-la--setion,- |
| lHere-tthe-d'Sav--tiour's- | mpraise-seto-lsing:--- |
| sMay-d'the-m'Spir--r'it- | d'of-tsal--lva--stion- |
| saCome-fwith-mheal--ling- | din-rhis-dwing.--- |
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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
- Anonymous
Tune LUX EOI by Arthur Seymour Sullivan (1842–1900); 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 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
We have met in peace together
In this house of God again;
Constant friends have led us hither,
Here to chant the solemn strain,
Here to breathe our adoration,
Here the Saviour's praise to sing:
May the Spirit of salvation
Come with healing in his wing.
We have met, and Time is flying;
We shall part, and still his wing,
Sweeping o'er the dead and dying,
Will the changeful seasons bring:
Let us, while our hearts are lightest,
In our fresh and early years,
Turn to Him whose smile is brightest,
And whose grace will calm our fears.
He will aid us, should existence
With its sorrows sting the breast;
Gleaming in the onward distance,
Faith will mark the land of rest:
There, 'midst day-beams round him playing,
We our Father's face shall see,
And shall hear him gently saying,
"Little children, come to me."
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
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 749 of its twenty-second edition (1853), “Opening of the School”.
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: Anonymous
- Music (1874): Arthur Seymour Sullivan (1842–1900)
Tune LUX EOI by Arthur Seymour Sullivan (1842–1900); words by Anonymous.
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, Mighty One, Whose Name Is Holy, Peace Be to This Habitation, Westward, Lord, the World Alluring.
Questions about We Have Met in Peace Together
What is the doh of We Have Met in Peace Together?
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 We Have Met in Peace Together start on?
It starts on s (A in D major). Find doh first, then sing up or down to s.
Is We Have Met in Peace Together in the public domain?
Yes. Arthur Seymour Sullivan died in 1900; the words were in print by 1853 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.