Klarinet Archive - Posting 000521.txt from 2001/01

From: fred jacobowitz <fbjacobo@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Australasian, and (S) American Folk/Public Domain music
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 11:08:16 -0500

Mark,
The WORDS are not an issue if you use only the music
on a recording. Further, unless a NEW copyright was
taken out when the last verse was added, the words are
also out of copyright. It should be really easy to
find out by querying Library Of Congress.

Fred Jacobowitz

--- Mark Charette <charette@-----.org> wrote:
> > 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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