Klarinet Archive - Posting 000518.txt from 2001/01

From: Mark Charette <charette@-----.org>
Subj: Re: [kl] Australasian, and (S) American Folk/Public Domain music
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 11:00:30 -0500

> I don't know if Anchors Aweigh (the U.S. Navy song) is public domain?

The tune was written at the Naval Academy in 1906 for the graduating class of 1907 by the Bandmaster - Lt. Zimmerman. A. H. Miles, a midshipman, wrote the first 3 verses. The last verse was written in 1926 by a then-midshipman, R. Lovell. The tune was first played at the Army-Navy game of 1906 (Navy 10,Army 0)

So - the tune isn't copyrighted, but there's the possibility of the last verse still being under copyright ...

Mark C.

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