Re: [Harp-L] Public Domain Blues Music?

[Philharpn@xxxxxxx]

You also can go to the web site Public Domain Music that has a list of 3,500 
tunes, some of them even blues from the W.C. Handy era. 

 http://www.pdinfo.com/list.htm

Quoting from the web site: The only alteration to the typeface is my 
bold-italic-underline in the 2nd paragraph about proof of public domain: you need a 
copy of the sheet music in your hand with a pre-1922 date.
Music and lyrics written by an American author and published in 1922 or 
earlier are in the Public Domain in the United States.  No one can claim ownership 
of a song in the public domain, therefore public domain songs may be used by 
everyone.   PD songs may be used for profit-making without paying any 
royalties.  If you create a new version or derivative of a public domain song, you can 
copyright your version and no one can use it without your permission.  
However, the song remains in the public domain, and anyone else can also make and 
copyright their own version of the same PD song.

Songs change over time.  Even though a public domain version exists, some 
versions may still be under copyright protection.  The only way to confidently 
identify a PD version is to find a copy of the song with a copyright date old 
enough for public domain status.  You can then use that PD version or work from 
it to create your own derivative work.  If you work from a version still under 
copyright protection, the copyright owner can likely make a valid claim for 
royalties.

There are songs written after 1922 which are PD in the US, but only rarely 
can they be confidently identified without the advice of an attorney or rights 
clearance agency.   Countries other than the US may offer copyright protection 
for 70 years or more after the death of the author.  There is no such thing as 
an "international copyright".  If you wish to use a song outside of the 
United States, you must check the copyright laws for each individual country where 
you use the song. I

The book is "Beale Street" and other classic Blues (Dover) for $14.95. You 
can find this book in any bookstore or music store and just about everywhere 
online.
SONGS INCLUDED:  =][=  99 Blues (1920)  =][=  Aunt Hagaar's Children Blues 
(1921)  =][=  Beale Street (1917)  =][=  Crazy Blues (1920)  =][=  The Down Home 
Blues (1921)  =][=  The Farm Yard Blues (1917)  =][=  The Hesitating Blues 
(1915)  =][=  The Hindenburg Blues (1918)  =][=  The Hooking Cow Blues (1917)  
=][=  I'm Crazy 'Bout Your Lovin' And I Wants It All the Time (1919)  =][=  I'm 
Free, Single, Disengaged, Looking For Someone to Love (1921)  =][=  I've Got 
De Blues (1901)  =][=  If You Don't Believe I Love You (1921)  =][=  The 
Jazz-Me Blues (1921)  =][=  The Jelly Roll Blues (1915)  =][=  Joe Turner Blues 
(1915)  =][=  The Jogo Blues (1913)  =][=  The Kaiser's Got the Blues (He's Got 
Those Weary Blues) (1918)  =][=  Livery Stable Blues (1917)  =][=  The Lonesome 
Blues (1916)  =][=  Long Gone (1920)  =][=  Memphis Blues (1912)  =][=  
Muscle Shoals Blues (1921)  =][=  The New Orleans Hop. Scop. Blues (1916)  =][=  
Ole Miss Rag (1916)  =][=  Preparedness Blues (1917)  =][=  Railroad Blues 
(1920)  =][=  Roumania (1920)  =][=  Royal Garden Blues (1919)  =][=  The Saint 
Louis Blues (1914)  =][=  San Francisco Blues (1916)  =][=  Shoeboot's Serenade 
(1915)  =][=  The Snakey Blues (An Etude in Ragtime) (1915)  =][=  Sugar Blues 
(1919)  =][=  Tishomingo Blues (1917)  =][=  The Weary Blues (1915)  =][=  The 
West Texas Blues (1919)  =][=  The Yellow Dog Blues (1919)  =][= 


Ln a message dated 8/17/2005 2:44:14 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
Chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:

you need to go to http://www.harryfox.com to check.


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>---- Original Message ----
>From: mfugazzi67@xxxxxxxxx
>To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: RE: [Harp-L] Public Domain Blues Music?  Little harp
>Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2005 11:20:09 -0700 (PDT)
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>>My band is getting ready to record an album...well
>>this winter, anyways.  We want to do one (maybe two)
>>covers, and were wondering how we could find out what
>>songs are public domain (so we don't have to pay for
>>them).
>>
>>Harp content....hmmmmm...since third major is a recent
>>discussion how about a riff???
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>>Mike Fugazzi
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