My old Kentucky Home AUDIO

My old Kentucky Home 64Kbps MP3 1.86 mb, My old Kentucky Home VBR MP3 3.71 mb, My old Kentucky Home OGG format 1.59 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.

One of the all time favourites on cylinder, performed by the German soprano Frieda Hempel and the Criterion Quartet (John Young (Tenor), Horatio Rench (Tenor), George Reardon (Baritone), Donald Chalmers (Bass).



Edison Royal Purple cylinder #29008 (take 3, mould 1), recorded in 1918

Lyricist: Foster, Stephen Collins, 1826-1864

Composition Licence: It was published by Stephen Foster in 1853. 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 caase Stephen Collins Foster July 4, 1826 – January 13, 1864, and that most commonly runs for a period of 50 to 70 years from December 31 of that year.

Performance Licence: this 1918 recording (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 Thomas Alva Edison (February 11, 1847 – October 18, 1931, and that most commonly runs for a period of 50 to 70 years from December 31 of that year.