A song that I believed to be in the public domain was not in the MusicWorks database. I would like to use a Frank Sinatra recording of a public domain song for an upcoming project. Just a few of the reasons why Public Domain Report is the world's most established and reliable source for U.S. public domain music. All research is performed under the supervision of a copyright attorney PDR provides a well-indexed library of authenticated public domain sheet music PDR offers an extensive date of death list to assist with international copyright questions.
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No song is reported without concrete evidence that its U.S. copyright has expired. Click here to send your question to the Public Domain Report experts. Too many to count, and surely more than one million. Of course, most of those songs were never successful and not very noteworthy. The PD MusicWorks database is therefore focused on the most significant songs and composers.