O Canada AUDIO

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Original wav version from University of California converted to mp3 by sookietex O Canada VBR MP3 1.86 mb, O Canada OGG format 2.54 mb which is a free, open standard container format maintained by the Xiph.Org Foundation. The OGG format is unrestricted by software patents and is designed to provide for efficient streaming and manipulation of high quality digital multimedia.

Title: O Canada. Performer: Irving Gillette [i.e. Henry Burr] and mixed chorus. Issue Number/Label: 2287: Edison Blue Amberol. Year of Release: [1914]. Audio: Stream cylinder 0083.





Note: Edison Blue Amberol: 2287. Note: Year of release from "The Edison Phonograph Monthly," v.12 (1914). Note: Tenor, orchestra accompaniment. Collection Name: Blanche Browning Rich collection.

This file is in the public domain, because the lyrics and melody of the anthem are explicitly declared to be in the public domain by the National Anthem Act of Canada.

Composer/Performer: Lavallée, Calixa, 1842-1891. Composer, Performer: Burr, Henry. Subject: National songs--Canada. Item Location: Special Coll., Performing Arts - Cylinder 0083 (Take 1). O Canada is the national anthem of Canada. The song was commissioned by the Lieutenant Governor of Quebec, the Honourable Théodore Robitaille, for the 1880 St. Jean-Baptiste Day ceremony. Calixa Lavallée wrote the music to a patriotic poem composed by Sir Adolphe-Basile Routhier. The text was originally only in French. An English translation of the lyric appeared in 1906, and 1908 Robert Stanley Weir (November 15, 1856 – August 20, 1926) composed an English version.

Sound recordings were not eligible for federal copyright protection until 1972 and recordings made prior to this date are only protected by state and common-law copyright. All Edison cylinders are presumed to be in the public domain as the assets of Edison Records were transferred to the National Park Service, a federal agency.

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Composition Licence: This MP3 (or other media file) is in the public domain because its copyright has expired. This applies to the United States, where Works published prior to 1978 were copyright protected for a maximum of 75 years. See Circular 1 "COPYRIGHT BASICS" from the U.S. Copyright Office. Works published before 1924 are now in the public domain.

This file is also in the public domain in countries that figure copyright from the date of death of the artist (post mortem auctoris), in this case Lavallée, Calixa, 1842-1891 and Robert Stanley Weir (November 15, 1856 – August 20, 1926), and that most commonly runs for a period of 50 to 70 years from December 31 of that year.

Artist/Composer: University of California, Santa Barbara
Keywords: Moses; Edison; O Canada; National anthem
Creative Commons license: Public Domain

Oh Jonah! Gospel

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Oh Jonah! PERFORMER(S) Golden Jubilee Quartet, COLLECTED BY
James, Willis Laurence

DATE: 1943 (June-July). FORMAT: Sound Recording. NOTES, GENRE: Gospel. CALL NUMBER: AFS 7045b1. DIGITAL ID: afcftv 7045b1/

Copyright and Other Restrictions: The Library of Congress is not aware of any U.S. copyright protection (see Title 17, U.S.C.) or any other restrictions in the material in this Collection.

The Prophet Jonah, as depicted by Michelangelo in the Sistine Chapel

As is often the case with materials collected in the course of ethnographic field research, however, it is difficult or impossible to sufficiently identify specific songs sung by participants which precludes performing a comprehensive assessment of the copyright status of underlying musical rights in lyrics or compositions. Research performed by the staff of the American Folklife Center in anticipation of the release of this Collection in American Memory indicates that the underlying musical works appear to be in the public domain.

The staff of the American Folklife Center encourages the public to contact them regarding the materials in this Collection at: EMAIL: folklife@loc.gov OR Library of Congress. American Folklife Center, 101 Independence Avenue, SE. Washington, D.C. 20540-4610 Credit Line: Now What a Time: Blues, Gospel and the Fort Valley Music Festivals (1938 - 1943). Library of Congress, American Folklife Center.

"Now What a Time": Blues, Gospel, and the Fort Valley Music Festivals, 1938-1943 consists of approximately one hundred sound recordings, primarily blues and gospel songs, and related documentation from the folk festival at Fort Valley State College (now Fort Valley State University), Fort Valley, Georgia. The documentation was created by John Wesley Work III in 1941 and by Lewis Jones and Willis Laurence James in March, June, and July 1943.

Also included are recordings made in Tennessee and Alabama (including six Sacred Harp songs) by John Work between September 1938 and 1941. These recording projects were supported by the Library of Congress's Archive of American Folk Song (now the Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center). Song lists made by the collectors, correspondence with the Archive about the trips, and a special issue of the Fort Valley State College student newsletter, The Peachite: Festival Number, are also included.

One interesting feature of this collection is the topical rewording of several standard gospel songs to address the wartime concerns of the performers. This online presentation is made possible by the generous support of The Texaco Foundation.