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Writing 2 books. To Learn English and French- Query about music rights

jaffa20 · 2008-08-10 23:21:31

Ok,i have an idea where i want to write 2 books based around traditional music lyrics. I use music as a way to learn language, to pick up expressions towards achieving fluency. This is how i learnt french. I am looking for french and english songs (traditional) which are not copyright because they are old or unknown. I…

10-08-2008 11:21pm

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Ok,i have an idea where i want to write 2 books based around traditional music lyrics. I use music as a way to learn language, to pick up expressions towards achieving fluency. This is how i learnt french. I am looking for french and english songs (traditional) which are not copyright because they are old or unknown. I don't want to start working on this project without knowing that it is achievable. i've googled and found nothing. Is there a such thing as copyright free music?

Thanks in advance.

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#2 11-08-2008 11:32am

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Take a look for music that is in the "public domain" and look at:
http://www.pdinfo.com/ for starters on US based music.

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