Creator of the Stars of Night (Conditor Alme Siderum, Stylized) in Tonic Solfa
Creator of the Stars of Night in Tonic Solfa: the solfa line by line with the words, staff notation, all 6 verses, and a piano to sing along with.
- Key
- Eb major
- Doh
- Eb
- Time
- 6/4
- Starts on
- m (G)
- Range
- d to l (E♭ to C, a sixth)
- Tune
- CONDITOR ALME SIDERUM (STYLIZED)
- Words
- Anonymous, John Mason Neale
- Music
- Traditional Proper Sarum Melody
Melody and words from the Open Hymnal Project (public domain), edited by Brian J. Dumont; tune CONDITOR ALME SIDERUM (STYLIZED) (traditional Proper Sarum Melody); words by Anonymous; translated by John Mason Neale (1818–1866). Sources and licences.
The solfa with the words
| mCre-- | da----mtor-sof---lthe- | lstars---fof-snight,---sThy- |
| lpeo----fple's-sev----fer-- | mlas----rting-mlight,---sJe-- |
| fsu,---rRe--mdee----fmer,- | msave---rus-dall,---dAnd- |
| mhear---fThy-sser----fvants- | mwhen---rthey-mcall.--- |
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 Eb · 6/4
Staff notation
The melody on the treble staff in Eb major, with the first verse under the notes.
The staff is drawn here when you scroll to it.
The words
Creator of the stars of night,
Thy people's everlasting light,
Jesu, Redeemer, save us all,
And hear Thy servants when they call.
Thou, grieving that the ancient curse
Should doom to death a universe,
Hast found the med'cine, full of grace,
To save and heal a ruined race.
Thou cam'st the Bridegroom of the bride,
As drew the world to ev'ning tide;
Proceeding from a virgin shrine,
The spotless Victim all divine.
At whose dread name, majestic now,
All knees must bend, all hearts must bow;
All things celestial Thee shall own,
And things terrestrial, Lord alone.
O Thou whose coming is with dread
To judge and doom the quick and dead,
Preserve us while we dwell below,
From every insult of the foe.
D To God the Father, God the Son,
And God the Spirit, Three in One,
Laud, honor, might, and glory be,
From age to age eternally.
How to sing it from the solfa
- Find doh first. Play or hum Eb 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 m (G), on the first syllable of “Creator”, as a pickup before the first full bar.
- Count the time. 6/4 means six crotchet beats (two dotted minims) 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. 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
The words are anonymous, in print by 700. The English translation is by John Mason Neale (1852). The tune, CONDITOR ALME SIDERUM (STYLIZED), is Traditional Proper Sarum Melody. This version of the melody and the words comes from the Open Hymnal Project.
- Words (700): Anonymous
- Translated (1852): John Mason Neale (1818–1866)
- Melody: Traditional Proper Sarum Melody
Melody and words from the Open Hymnal Project (public domain), edited by Brian J. Dumont; tune CONDITOR ALME SIDERUM (STYLIZED) (traditional Proper Sarum Melody); words by Anonymous; translated by John Mason Neale (1818–1866). The Open Hymnal Project publishes this hymn as public domain; NoteFusion's engine wrote the solfa from its notes. The melody has not yet been checked against a printed hymn book.
Questions about Creator of the Stars of Night (Conditor Alme Siderum, Stylized)
What is the doh of Creator of the Stars of Night (Conditor Alme Siderum, Stylized)?
In this version, in Eb major, doh is Eb. 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 Creator of the Stars of Night (Conditor Alme Siderum, Stylized) start on?
It starts on m (G in Eb major), a pickup on the first syllable of “Creator” before the first full bar. Find doh first, then sing up or down to m.
Is Creator of the Stars of Night (Conditor Alme Siderum, Stylized) in the public domain?
Yes. John Mason Neale died in 1866; the words were first published in 1852 and the music in 1906. 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.