Spanish hymn book with notes

Andy54

I live in Finland and also in Spain (Torrevieja) some months during the wintertime.

In Finland when you take part in mass, in every church there is a hymn book available. That book contains about 650 hymns with lyrics, notes and chords. Priest chooses about 10 hymns which all sing together during the mass.

Is there a similar hymn book used in Catholic mass in Spain? I would like to learn to sing and play Spanish hymns with piano. Where I could buy this kind of book?

Andy54

So far - I haven't got any comments. Is there a special reason for this: maybe my question was somehow unpolite, inappropriate or maybe poorly shaped, difficult to understand? Or maybe there is not that kind of book...?

chonak

Welcome to the forum, Andy54!

I can't offer any advice about hymnals used in Spain; more of us can probably comment on Spanish-language hymnals used in the US.

One book that might be useful for your purpose of study and practice could be "El Himnario" published by the Episcopal Church. Parts of it are on-line at Google Books:
https://www.google.com/books/edition/El_Himnario/spWxztJxE7wC?hl=en&gbpv=1

Of course it's not a Catholic hymnal, but many of the hymns it includes could also be used in Catholic Masses.

Another useful book might be this collection of hymns, edited by forum member Noel Jones:
https://sacredmusiclibrary.com/product/manual-de-cantos-religiosos-populares-organo-copy/

PaxMelodious

You need to ask some Catholics from Spain, not from America.

Yes, "Spanish" is spoken by some people in America. But (so I'm told) it's even more different from Spanish-in-Spain than their English is from English-in-England.

NLorena3

Consult Oregon Catholic Press for their hymnal Flor y Canto…or GIA for their hymnal Oramos Cantando.
Approximately half of US Catholics are Hispanic and one third are Spanish speakers…more in the 18 and under group.

monasteryliturgist

https://domenicozipoli.org/ive-spanish-hymnal
It doesnt have chords but easy enough to site read.

I have to disagree strongly with Flor y Canto... it is very "postalera"

chonak

Here are some links to sites that look useful:

This site has Finale score files for (some?) hymns contained in the "Cancionero Litúrgico Nacional".
http://www.musicaliturgica.com/

Here is a website about a parish hymnal from Spain:
http://www.cancionero-liturgico.org/cancion.html
It has links to download various versions of the hymnal, but it seems the piano edition
http://www.cancionero-liturgico.org/cancionero/cancionero-liturgico-P.pdf
is mostly written with melody-only scores, with chord names for accompaniment.

This site from the Madrid archdiocese is similar:
https://catequesis.archimadrid.es/partituras-del-cantoral-liturgico-3a-entrega/

And here is a copy of the Cantoral Litúrgico Nacional, 3rd edition:
https://archive.org/details/cantoral-liturgico-nacional/page/n241/mode/2up

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