How Great Thou Art
A number of parishes have approached me with concern that ‘How Great Thou Art’ does not appear in the OneLicense catalogue. If your parish doesn’t use a hymnal, this can restrict the use of a much-loved hymn.
OneLicense have tried to obtain this title, but at this stage, it looks like this golden-oldie will not be appearing in the OneLicense catalogue anytime soon.
If you would like to use ‘How Great Thou Art’, and you need to reproduce the lyrics in print or Powerpoint, you have three options:
1. Purchase a one-off perpetual Powerpoint) license from Crossroad publishers. (Powerpoint only not print
2. Purchase or use a CCLI License. How Great Thou Art appears in that catalogue. Report through them. (see below)
3. Play the hymn, but do not print the lyrics. You are able to perform any hymn in any church in Australia legally as long you do not copy the lyrics without permission. Most will be able to sing it from memory.
Crossroad Publishers have provided further information below. My thanks to Kerriann at Crossroads for her help and support.
James
OPTION 1: Purchase a perpetual Powerpoint license from Crossroad for How Great Thou Art
Purchase a one-off licence for the song from Crossroad. This option is helpful if a church decides that they only wish to use this song and require only a PowerPoint Licence. PowerPoint licences do not require renewing or reporting. The pricing of the PowerPoint licences is also determined by the size of the church and starts at $33 (incl GST) per song. Form attached.
OPTION 2: CCLI License
The CCLI® Church Copyright Licence™ permits churches to project or print out the words and music to the world’s great worship songs and hymns. With this licence, the church is covered for recording services on behalf of those unable to attend in person. Further, the licence permits the creation of custom musical arrangements where no published version exists. This is a yearly subscription licence for churches to use more than 300,000 songs from over 3,000 publishers. Pricing is determined by the size of the church and starts at $122. For more information about any of their licences please visit their website https://au.ccli.com/ or call their local office on 1300 225 400.
OneLicense have tried to obtain this title, but at this stage, it looks like this golden-oldie will not be appearing in the OneLicense catalogue anytime soon.
If you would like to use ‘How Great Thou Art’, and you need to reproduce the lyrics in print or Powerpoint, you have three options:
1. Purchase a one-off perpetual Powerpoint) license from Crossroad publishers. (Powerpoint only not print
- The price starts at $33 per mass centre (not parish) and depends on the size of your assembly. ($33 for up to 500 people per parish for the total congregation in a church for one day. Eg. 7am Mass + 9am Mass + 5pm Mass = x people).
- This means that you can show these lyrics in Powerpoint forever, without the necessity of reporting.
- Purchase directly from Crossroad. (see below).
- If you want to print the lyrics in a newsletter or funeral booklet it is 10c per copy, payable to Crossroad for every time you use the hymn (minimum of $22 per time).
2. Purchase or use a CCLI License. How Great Thou Art appears in that catalogue. Report through them. (see below)
3. Play the hymn, but do not print the lyrics. You are able to perform any hymn in any church in Australia legally as long you do not copy the lyrics without permission. Most will be able to sing it from memory.
Crossroad Publishers have provided further information below. My thanks to Kerriann at Crossroads for her help and support.
James
OPTION 1: Purchase a perpetual Powerpoint license from Crossroad for How Great Thou Art
Purchase a one-off licence for the song from Crossroad. This option is helpful if a church decides that they only wish to use this song and require only a PowerPoint Licence. PowerPoint licences do not require renewing or reporting. The pricing of the PowerPoint licences is also determined by the size of the church and starts at $33 (incl GST) per song. Form attached.
OPTION 2: CCLI License
The CCLI® Church Copyright Licence™ permits churches to project or print out the words and music to the world’s great worship songs and hymns. With this licence, the church is covered for recording services on behalf of those unable to attend in person. Further, the licence permits the creation of custom musical arrangements where no published version exists. This is a yearly subscription licence for churches to use more than 300,000 songs from over 3,000 publishers. Pricing is determined by the size of the church and starts at $122. For more information about any of their licences please visit their website https://au.ccli.com/ or call their local office on 1300 225 400.