Conditor Alme Siderum (Creator of the Stars of Night) LSB 351

This is a beautifully chanted performance of Conditor Alme Siderum, with Latin and English texts sung alternately on each verse. The Latin text and plainchant tune are ancient. The text comes from the 5th-10th century and the Sarum (Salisbury, England) chant melody goes back to the 9th century. The melody is one of the most exquisite examples of plainchant, the one-line, sung musical style of the early church. To say that music has progressed in the last thousand years, one has to ignore a perfect match of word and music such as this.