[Pdr] Sister Rosetta Tharpe Collection

[Jonathan Gray]

Many gospel songs that seem to have been around forever were in fact
composed by the likes of Thomas Dorsey, Charles A. Tindley, Sallie Martin
and others. Much of my favourite stuff from the 1920-1950s, from the
quartets, on the gospel highway, etc, is composed in 20th century. There is
a bunch of stuff that is traditional - the older spirituals, etc - but even
this was often set to music and circulated on sheets in a form that may be
protected.

Copyright is way too long, and way too complicated!

J.

On Tuesday, May 8, 2012, Sam Leon <sam.leon at okfn.org> wrote:
> Really sad :(
> I suppose the question with the gospel songs is to the extent they are
considered original compositions rather than reworkings of something much
older.
> Sam
>
> On Tue, May 8, 2012 at 10:49 AM, Adam Green <mradamrgreen at googlemail.com>
wrote:
>
> yes indeed i have rather embarrassingly got that completely wrong...
> luckily the audio section currently seems to be mostly OK -- though i
> think i will have to take down the following:
>
> http://publicdomainreview.org/2011/08/07/tokyo-rose-1944/
> http://publicdomainreview.org/2012/04/23/rae-bourbon/
> http://publicdomainreview.org/2011/09/01/charlie-and-his-orchestra/
>
http://publicdomainreview.org/2011/08/07/fats-waller-and-his-orchestra-live-at-the-yacht-club-1938/
> (for another 2 years)
> http://publicdomainreview.org/2011/08/07/orson-welles-show-1941/
>
> some of the best stuff... :-(
>
> regarding sister rosetta tharpe ,, yes as long as its the composer of
> the music died before 1941 (inclusive) then we are okay... is this
> easy to check? is this the case with all gospel songs???
>
>
>
> On 8 May 2012 11:39, Sam Leon <sam.leon at okfn.org> wrote:
>> Looks like the music situation is more complex than we first imagined
given
>> this layers of rights business.
>>
>> Having said that I think Sister Rosetta Tharpe's gospel work still is
PD...
>>
>> Anyone up for featuring a collection? She's the unsung ursprung of soul
>> music.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Sam
>>
>> On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 3:13 PM, Sam Leon <sam.leon at okfn.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> Completely opaque -- no idea what's going on.
>>>
>>> I'll post to pd-dicsuss.
>>>
>>> Chars,
>>> Sam
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 3:09 PM, Adam Green <mradamrgreen at googlemail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> In EU recordings are in PD after 50 years since publication. in US
>>>> completely different ,, with nothing effectively in the PD recordings
>>>> wise. it matters not where the recordings were made, but rather where
>>>> the reuse is "being done" ...   this is my understanidng of the
>>>> situation
>>>>
>>>> On 7 May 2012 16:06, Jonathan Gray <j.gray at cantab.net> wrote:
>>>> > I probably should know the answer to this - but I feel like it may be
>>>> > more complicated than this. Perhaps ask on pd-discuss list?
>>>> >
>>>> > J.
>>>> >
>>>> > On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 12:41 AM, Sam Leon <okfn.sam.leon at gmail.com>
>>>> > wrote:
>>>> >> Most of the recordings are more than 50 years old. Are there
>>>> >> complications
>>>> >> if it's recorded outside of Europe?
>>>> >> S
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Sent from a mobile device
>>>> >>
>>>> >> On 6 May 2012, at 23:02, Jonathan Gray <j.gray at cantab.net> wrote:
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Is her stuff definitely in PD (in Europe)?
>>>> >>
>>>> >> J.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> On Sunday, May 6, 2012, Sam Leon <sam.leon at okfn.org> wrote:
>>>> >>> Pending responses from the real curators.
>>>> >>> Are we up for doing a collection of Sister Rosetta Tharpe's amazing
>>>> >>> work?
>>>> >>> Much of which is now public domain and on

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Jonathan Gray
http://jonathangray.org
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