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Text:Creator of the Stars of Night
Translator:John Mason Neale
Tune:CONDITOR ALME SIDERUM
Harmonizer:Charles Winfred Douglas

4. Creator of the Stars of Night

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: 1990
Scripture:
Source: Latin hymn, 9th century; The Hymnal 1940, alt.
Copyright: Alteration © Church Pension Fund. Used by permission.
Tune Information
Name: CONDITOR ALME SIDERUM
Harmonizer: Charles Winfred Douglas (1943)
Meter: LM
Key: E♭ Major
Copyright: Harmonization © 1943, 1961 Church Pension Fund. Used by permission.



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