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> Rhapsody in Blue by George Gershwin is in public domain for instance as are say, the rags of Scott Joplin, Debussy's Deux Arabesques, etc. I could be wrong a

> Rhapsody in Blue by George Gershwin is in public domain for instance as are say, the rags of Scott Joplin, Debussy's Deux Arabesques, etc. I could be wrong about this, but aren’t individual performances of these works still protected? If I record an album of works by Debussy that performance isn’t in the public domain and couldn’t be used as sample tracks.

kristopolous 4y ago
Yes. But they can also be in the clear depending on who does it and how they choose to license it. If the performer doesn't mind and the work is public domain then it's an easy path For example, here's the famous Waldstein by Beethoven performed explicitly as a free and open recording https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ludwig_van_Beethoven_-_sonata_no._21_in_c_major_%27waldstein%27,_op._53_-_i._allegro_con_br.ogg https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ludwig_van_Beethov... Funny apocryphal story about that song. For a long time I had got in my head that was extremely disruptive for the time. I envisioned men with powdered wigs running distressfully throughout the aisles as he plays the work for the first time as their wives fan themselves and couch faint in the seats. I still think that every time I hear it and I think it's hilarious to imagine European high society losing their composure over this sonata. This and Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 are ridiculously close to modern music structure. That's a 110bpm breakbeat done with violins you're hearing.
- 2b3a51 4y ago
  A source for Creative Commons (not pd) classical music... https://www.gardnermuseum.org/experience/music https://www.gardnermuseum.org/experience/music These are recordings of live performances by a variety of musicians from a long lasting podcast series. Licence https://www.gardnermuseum.org/organization/rights-reproductions https://www.gardnermuseum.org/organization/rights-reproducti... and scroll down. https://musopen.org/music/performer/isabella-stewart-gardner-museum/ https://musopen.org/music/performer/isabella-stewart-gardner... I've just discovered that the ISGM library has been uploaded to musopen.org which is good as the ISGM Web page has a pretty basic search function.

kristopolous 4y ago

Yes. But they can also be in the clear depending on who does it and how they choose to license it. If the performer doesn't mind and the work is public domain then it's an easy path For example, here's the famous Waldstein by Beethoven performed explicitly as a free and open recording https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ludwig_van_Beethoven_-_sonata_no._21_in_c_major_%27waldstein%27,_op._53_-_i._allegro_con_br.ogg https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ludwig_van_Beethov... Funny apocryphal story about that song. For a long time I had got in my head that was extremely disruptive for the time. I envisioned men with powdered wigs running distressfully throughout the aisles as he plays the work for the first time as their wives fan themselves and couch faint in the seats. I still think that every time I hear it and I think it's hilarious to imagine European high society losing their composure over this sonata. This and Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 are ridiculously close to modern music structure. That's a 110bpm breakbeat done with violins you're hearing.

2b3a51 4y ago
A source for Creative Commons (not pd) classical music... https://www.gardnermuseum.org/experience/music https://www.gardnermuseum.org/experience/music These are recordings of live performances by a variety of musicians from a long lasting podcast series. Licence https://www.gardnermuseum.org/organization/rights-reproductions https://www.gardnermuseum.org/organization/rights-reproducti... and scroll down. https://musopen.org/music/performer/isabella-stewart-gardner-museum/ https://musopen.org/music/performer/isabella-stewart-gardner... I've just discovered that the ISGM library has been uploaded to musopen.org which is good as the ISGM Web page has a pretty basic search function.