Why can’t they just recite the hymn or sing the hymn themselves?Not only dreary but filled with spelling errors.
They’ve asked people to submit hymns but they didn’t specify the hymns had to be good, just free.
My understanding is they can’t use them due to the expense. They’re copyrighted material, for which they’d have to pay huge sums for permission to reproduce. Therefore they use public domain or donated material.Why can’t they just recite the hymn or sing the hymn themselves?
Much better if they would be faithful to the hymns provided in the LOTH.
If by that you mean the English hymns, I’d note that their inclusion in the English editions of the LOTH does not imply some kind of “canonization” or “officialdom.” The English hymns provided are approved for use but are mere suggestions. Other hymns can be used.Much better if they would be faithful to the hymns provided in the LOTH.
This is what I use (in Latin). However for those of you who prefer to pray in the vernacular, Christian Prayer (which I have but don’t use; I do the LOTH in Latin and French), some of the iambic hymns (octosyllable) can be sung in English on simple Gregorian melodies for the Divine Office. The Gregorian melodies for the minor hours (on ordinary days), Compline (again on ordinary days) and Vespers of week 1 are particularly adaptable to other languages (they also work in French on octosyllabic translations). A good example is no. 109.If we really wanted to be faithful to the hymn tradition of the Office, we would steer toward the Liber Hymnarius.
What I meant was to recite the hymns given in the English LOTH or sing it themselves.My understanding is they can’t use them due to the expense. They’re copyrighted material, for which they’d have to pay huge sums for permission to reproduce. Therefore they use public domain or donated material.
Okay. But It is just a suggestion. So that it could be convenient.If by that you mean the English hymns, I’d note that their inclusion in the English editions of the LOTH does not imply some kind of “canonization” or “officialdom.” The English hymns provided are approved for use but are mere suggestions. Other hymns can be used.
If we really wanted to be faithful to the hymn tradition of the Office, we would steer toward the Liber Hymnarius.
They would still have to pay for the rights to use them unless they were in the public domain.What I meant was to recite the hymns given in the English LOTH or sing it themselves.
Just like what Radio Maria does here when they broadcast the office, they recite the hymn
Even if it is there in the English LOTH already?They would still have to pay for the rights to use them unless they were in the public domain.
That’s my understanding. Those hymns are, for the most part, copyrighted. It’s the same as a parish is not being allowed to reproduce (either in print or by projection) the hymns they have in the hymnals they purchased without paying for a license to do so.Even if it is there in the English LOTH already?
Yes, because music licensing falls under different publication rules, and you have to pay for a license to use music under the recording industry rules.Even if it is there in the English LOTH already?
There is nothing wrong with their orthodoxy. Many folks don’t like the music they choose (and that’s largely due to limited choices), but there is nothing Protestant about it.I have the divine office app the brown colored one.
It’s a bit protestantuish for me. But I am willing to drop it, if I prove it’s not highly Catholic.
Agreed. Most Protestants don’t have anything as rich and comparable to the Liturgy of the Hours. Some do have something close; the Anglicans have Morning Prayer and Evensong. But the LOTH spans the entire day if used to its fullest, and has a beautiful and large patrimony of music to back it up, going back to roughly the 9th century (Gregorian chant, which is very much a licit option for the Liturgy of the Hours).There is nothing wrong with their orthodoxy. Many folks don’t like the music they choose (and that’s largely due to limited choices), but there is nothing Protestant about it.