Klarinet Archive - Posting 001294.txt from 2000/06

From: mus_ldj@-----.edu
Subj: Re: [kl] More copyright stuff
Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 01:28:31 -0400

Is there anyway I can get band pieces for my Eb clarinet?

avrahm galper wrote:

> More copyright stuff
>
> The most performed song of the 20th century is HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU,
> according to ASCAP, THE PERFORMING RIGHTS SOCIETY.
>
> A Kentucky school teacher, Mildred Hill, wrote the melody Happy
> Birthday. A younger sister, Patty, wrote the lyrics. It was first
> published in 1893 as Good Morning to All.
>
> In 1924 Robert Coleman put the melody in a songbook and changed the
> second stanza to Happy Birthday to You.
> The Hill family sued for copyright, which they got.
> Only the tune is covered not the melody.
> Thus if the song is sung privately, its OK, but when in public you are
> required by US law to pay a royalty to Warner Bros.
>
> ASCAP says that waiters singing this in a restaurant are performing it
> publicly and are required to pay a fee.
> The song will be in Public Domain in 2010.
>
> One chain, the Red Lobster, have their own words for this song:
>
> Red Lobster's got a song for you
> A birthday wish from us to you
> We hope you get your birthday wish
> and come back soon to eat more fish.
>
> --
> Avrahm Galper
> CLARINET TONE TECHNIQUE AND STACCATO
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> (816) 753-7111
> http://www.avrahm-galper.sneezy.org
>
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