Klarinet Archive - Posting 000067.txt from 2001/08

From: "Jim O'Briant" <jobriant@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] Re: Copyright for Dill Pickle Rag
Date: Sun, 5 Aug 2001 14:23:29 -0400

Gary Truesdail wrote:

> Can anyone tell me if Dill Pickle Rag
> is still in copyright. If so, who does
> it belong to. I might need permission.

If you're talking about the rag, "Dill Pickles" by Charles L. Johnson, the
answer is that it was originally copyrighted in the USA in 1903, and is now
in the Public Domain. (I researched it thoroughly before writing and
publishing my Brass Quintet arrangement of the same piece in 1995.)

> I just finished a Clarinet Quartet
> arrangement of this tune and it is great.

Technically, you should have verified copyright before writing the
arrangement. Since ":Dill Pickles" is in the Public Domain, there is no
problem. Had it still been under copyright, writing the arrangement without
permission would have been a violation of copyright.

Jim O'Briant
Bayside Music Press
Gilroy, CA

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