Glory to God ‎#84

84. Creator of the Stars of Night

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Text Information

• First Line: Creator of the stars of night
• Title: Creator of the Stars of Night
• Translator: John Mason Neale (1851)
• Meter: LM
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2013
• Scripture:
  Isaiah 45:23
  ;
  Romans 14:9
  ;
  Philippians 2:10-11
• Topic: Jesus Christ: Ascension and Reign; Prayer; Sovereignty of God; The Triune God; Jesus Christ: Advent
• Source: Latin hymn, 9th cent.; Trans. as in The Hymnal 1940, alt.
• Copyright: © 1940 Church Pension Fund

Tune Information

• Name: CONDITOR ALME SIDERUM
• Harmonizer: Alfred V. Fedak (2011)
• Meter: LM
• Key: E♭ Major
• Source: Sarum plainsong, Mode IV, 9th cent.
• Copyright: Harm. © 2011 Alfred V. Fedak
• Notes: (alternate tune: PUER NOBIS NASCITUR)

Text Information:

The Latin original of this text for Advent dates from at least the 9th century, and the English version was created a millennium later as part of the 19th-century recovery of early Christian hymns. It is provided here with its traditional plainchant setting.