Another request for information, please. Churches here are currently closed to congregations, but daily Mass is livestreamed from our cathedral. Our choir has met remotely throughout the pandemic and recorded music for livestreamed Sunday Masses. Although I'm not a huge fan of Msgr Frisina, we used to sing his very lovely Anima Christi before lockdown, and some choir members have asked to use it as a Communion motet for a livestreamed Mass. I'm not sure of the copyright situation, please could anyone advise? We have One License, including a livestream element, but I doubt that Frisina pieces would be covered. Thank you!
Hello I have given up on this one, and we will instead sing the public domain Chérion setting of Anima Christi as recently sung by the schola of the Venerable English College, Rome. Once lockdown is lifted (currently churches are closed here and choir rehearsals not allowed) we'll learn the plainchant version and do it properly. Copyright is a can of worms, especially when Masses are livestreamed.
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