Show IMPORTANT: This list is based on USA Copyright Law and is intended only as a help in researching public domain music. This list is NOT sufficient documentation that music is in the Public Domain. To prove PD status in the USA, you MUST find a published copy of the song with a copyright date of 1922 or earlier. Our PD Sheet Music Reprints are exact reprints of books and sheet music published in 1922 or earlier and include music, lyrics, and complete original copyright information. Some of these songs may not be PD in countries other than the USA. TitleV=Verse C=Chorus N=Note P=Production Are Christmas carols in the public domain?As a general rule of thumb—as of 2021 in the United States—any work from before 1926 is most likely in the public domain. So if you want to cover classic Christmas songs like O Christmas Tree, Silent Night or Jingle Bells you won't need any special license because they were all written before 1925.
Is the Charlie Brown theme public domain?Although the music from Charlie Brown isn't part of public domain, there are quite a few popular songs that are.
What Christmas songs are not public domain?A List of Copyright-free Christmas Music!. Auld Lang Syne.. Away In A Manger.. Deck The Halls.. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen.. Good King Wenceslas.. Hallelujah Chorus.. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing.. I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day.. Is music to Carol of the Bells public domain?The song is based on the Ukrainian folk chant "Shchedryk". The music is in the public domain; Wilhousky's lyrics, however, are under copyright owned by Carl Fischer Music.
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