The English Catholic Hymn Book (W. Knott & Son, 1966 - 266 pages)
  • RagueneauRagueneau
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    Anybody own this book?

    The English Catholic Hymn Book (W. Knott & Son, 1966 - 266 pages)

    http://books.google.com/books/about/The_English_Catholic_Hymn_Book.html?id=-8sxuwAACAAJ
  • RoborgelmeisterRoborgelmeister
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    Yes. It' Anglican, not Roman Catholic. No music, text only. Contains items not in the English Hymnal. Several items from both editions of the Westminister Hymnal. Good for what it was suited (nose-bleed high Anglo-Catholic shrine churches). Presumably everything in it is public domain, as no edition has ever included any copyright notices for any of the texts. Rob, Portland, Oregon
  • Adam WoodAdam Wood
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    Good for what it was suited (nose-bleed high Anglo-Catholic shrine churches)

    So you're saying it was awesome, then?
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  • PLTT
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    Bumping this thread, since I'm looking for a couple of pieces from this book, if anyone still has a copy.....

    P.S. it would be great if (assuming it is not in copyright), it could be scanned and made available online!
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  • Liam
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    While the content is not copyrighted, the engraving may still be, as it were.
  • ServiamScores
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    Considering the copyright is 1966, it certainly would be. But there are plenty of cases where books are under copyright but scans are to be found. Archive.org has a boatload of stuff.

    But are people taking old scans of hymnals and printing them in worship aids? I always re-engrave everything to make it clean and so each musical excerpt matches. Perhaps that's just me.
  • Richard MixRichard Mix
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    The UK protects layout due to lobbying by music engravers but there is no such provision in US copyright law (I also note the 2nd post says "text only").
  • ServiamScores
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    You could recreate the layout of another, but the original I,age would still be copyrighted, so you’d definitely have to recreate it from scratch.
  • Richard MixRichard Mix
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    A summary of US law is at IMSLP. An 'image' doesn't seem to meet the 'threshold of originality' of 17 U.S.C. § 103(b.
  • PLTT
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    So back to my question.....does anyone still have a copy of this book? I'm looking for a couple of items from it.
  • RoborgelmeisterRoborgelmeister
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    Yes, I have a copy. As I wrote above 9 years ago, it is text only. Let me know which hymn texts you . want
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