swellwelder
Stainless
- Joined
- Sep 21, 2002
- Location
- Valley City, ND USA
I know this is way off machine based question, but so far, any question I have asked on any subject has at least a few experts, so here goes!
There is a hymn with the title of "Nearer my God to Thee" that I would like to propose to the choir director to adapt to our male chorus. Seeing how the hymn is printed into many church hymnals it would seem to be in the public domain, but is there a way to find out? Also, to make it work for our group, sheet music would have to be ordered, and then adapted to a soloist(me,probably) meaning key change possibly and some other small changes. Would these changes to published music be infringement? By the way, we are a non-profit chorus, just ask for a free-will contribution at our concerts.
Anybody who is a Tennessee Ernie Ford fan has probably heard the arrangement I am thinking of, me being a baritone/bass it fits me just fine!
Dale Nelson
There is a hymn with the title of "Nearer my God to Thee" that I would like to propose to the choir director to adapt to our male chorus. Seeing how the hymn is printed into many church hymnals it would seem to be in the public domain, but is there a way to find out? Also, to make it work for our group, sheet music would have to be ordered, and then adapted to a soloist(me,probably) meaning key change possibly and some other small changes. Would these changes to published music be infringement? By the way, we are a non-profit chorus, just ask for a free-will contribution at our concerts.
Anybody who is a Tennessee Ernie Ford fan has probably heard the arrangement I am thinking of, me being a baritone/bass it fits me just fine!
Dale Nelson