Is Beautiful Dreamer a copyright protected song?!


Question: Is Beautiful Dreamer a copyright protected song!?
A friend of mine asked me to compose a Violin piece for him based on Beautiful dreamer, it is finished and he will probably play it for his recital but I was wondering if the song is copyrighted or if it was possibly public domain!. Www@Enter-QA@Com


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In the US any music published before January 1, 1923 is in the public domain!. "Beautiful Dreamer" by Stephen Foster was first published in 1864 (after his death) so the original melody and harmony are public domain and free for anyone to use as a basis for new arrangements!. As long as you don't use the elements of a copyrighted arrangement as the basis for your piece you should be OK!.

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While the tune itself is old enough to be in public domain, most arrangements are copyrighted!. For instance, if you bought the sheet music arranged by John Smith, published in 1995 (or whatever) then John Smith's specific arrangement would be copyrighted!. So, it would be illegal to photocopy his work and sell/distribute it!. Likewise, if Susan Jones records Beautiful Dreamer, then her specific recording would be copyrighted- it protects her from people illegally copying or downloading her work!.

However, you may certainly compose your own arrangement freely, without infringing on anyone's copyright!. Since you are not selling the piece or professionally publishing it, there is nothing to worry about!.

Should you decide to publish/sell your arrangement, further investigation or copyright protection is certainly warranted!.Www@Enter-QA@Com

Stephen C Foster ( b Pittsburgh, 4 July 1826; d New York, 13 Jan 1864)!. It's a good bet that all of his music is in the public domain!. Specific engravings may have a copyright held by a publisher, but you should be safe using the melody to build your own composition!. Www@Enter-QA@Com

I think it is public domain!.!.!.but!.!.!.I recall some years ago that Paul McCartney may have purchased the rights to this song!.!.!.Www@Enter-QA@Com

Check at Harry Fox!. If there is a nickel to be made on copyrighted music, they would know!. www!.harryfox!.comWww@Enter-QA@Com



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