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Dec. 10th, 2008 09:56 pmThe Latin teachers never mention this when they're telling you why you should take Latin, but it is rather fun and useful to actually know the language when you start singing all of the Christmas music in Latin.
Unfortunately for both my sister and I, Mr. Heman (and Dr. Kaiser for me in college) taught us Classical Latin pronunciation. The vowels are the same, and most of the consonants remain consistent, but both she and I know we're going to end up singing dicentes with a hard K sound, not the ch sound of Church Latin.
On the other hand, Hodie Christus Natus Est is definitely the most fun song we're singing on Christmas Eve, so it's definitely worth the possible pronunciation slip-up to get to sing it. *glees*
I love the sacred Christmas music. The secular stuff, I could cheerfully go without ever hearing again.
Unfortunately for both my sister and I, Mr. Heman (and Dr. Kaiser for me in college) taught us Classical Latin pronunciation. The vowels are the same, and most of the consonants remain consistent, but both she and I know we're going to end up singing dicentes with a hard K sound, not the ch sound of Church Latin.
On the other hand, Hodie Christus Natus Est is definitely the most fun song we're singing on Christmas Eve, so it's definitely worth the possible pronunciation slip-up to get to sing it. *glees*
I love the sacred Christmas music. The secular stuff, I could cheerfully go without ever hearing again.