Who Shall Behold the Glorious Day in Tonic Solfa
Who Shall Behold the Glorious Day in Tonic Solfa to MATERNA, doh is C: the solfa with the words, staff notation, 2 verses and a piano.
The solfa with the words
| sWho- | sshall--mbe-mhold-sthe- | sglo---rriousrday,-mWhen,- |
| fthroned-son-lZi--ton's- | sbrow,-----sThe- |
| sLord--mshallmrend-sthe- | sveil--ra-rway-r'Which- |
| de'hides-r'the-m'na--ltions- | r'now!-----sWhen- |
| m'earth--m'nor'more-d'be-- | d'neath--tthetfear-d'Of- |
| r'His-tre--lbuke-sshall- | d'lie;-----d'When- |
| d'pain--lshalllcease,-d'and- | d'ev---serystear-sBe- |
| lwiped-d'from-sev--r'ery- | d'eye.----- |
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- Key
- C major
- Doh
- C
- Time
- 4/4
- Starts on
- s (G)
- Range
- r to m' (D to E, a ninth)
- Tune
- MATERNA
- Words
- Thomas Moore
- Music
- Samuel A. Ward
Tune MATERNA by Samuel A. Ward (1848–1903); words by Thomas Moore (1779–1852). 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 C · 4/4
Staff notation
The melody on the treble staff in C major, with the first verse under the notes.
The staff is drawn here when you scroll to it.
The words
Who shall behold the glorious day,
When, throned on Zion's brow,
The Lord shall rend the veil away
Which hides the nations now!
When earth no more beneath the fear
Of His rebuke shall lie;
When pain shall cease, and every tear
Be wiped from every eye.
Then shall the world no longer mourn
Beneath oppression's chain;
The days of splendor shall return,
And all be new again.
The fount of life shall then be quaffed
In peace by all who come,
And every wind that blows shall waft
Some long-lost exile home.
How to sing it from the solfa
- Find doh first. Play or hum C 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 (G), on the word “Who”, 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 de. 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
Thomas Moore 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 175, “The Latter Day”. The compilers changed some of the words, and this is their version.
The book printed the words without tunes, marked Common Metre Double (8.6.8.6.8.6.8.6), to be sung to any tune of that metre. This page sets them to MATERNA; any other Common Metre Double tune fits them as well.
- Words: Thomas Moore (1779–1852)
- Music (1882): Samuel A. Ward (1848–1903)
Tune MATERNA by Samuel A. Ward (1848–1903); words by Thomas Moore (1779–1852).
Sung to the same tune: And Let This Feeble Body Fail, Behold, the King of Zion Rides, I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say, Jerusalem! My Glorious Home, Joined in a Union Firm and Strong, My Shepherd Is the Lord on High, Not That Thy Boundless Love, My God, O God, That Madest Earth and Sky, O Thou, Who Didst Ordain the Word, The Earth, All Light and Loveliness, The Heavenly Spheres to Thee, O God, The World May Change from Old to New, Thou Must Go Forth Alone, My Soul, Ye Joyous Ones! upon Whose Brow.
Questions about Who Shall Behold the Glorious Day
What is the doh of Who Shall Behold the Glorious Day?
In this version, in C major, doh is C. 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 Who Shall Behold the Glorious Day start on?
It starts on s (G in C major), a pickup on the word “Who” before the first full bar. Find doh first, then sing up or down to s.
Is Who Shall Behold the Glorious Day in the public domain?
Yes. Thomas Moore died in 1852, Samuel A. Ward died in 1903; the words were in print by 1848 and the music in 1882. 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.