What are public domain songs?
Public domain songs are songs that are not affected by copyright fees. These are usually songs that are pre-1923 whose copyrights have expired, or where there has never been a copyright applied for in the first place. These include classical songs, hymns, children’s songs, old Christmas carols etc. These songs are called public domain songs and it is these titles that we use to build our library of public domain sheet music for you. To easily access our Platinum public domain files, you can use the ‘Public Domain By Music Genre’ links on the left side of most of our pages. You can also use the ‘Search By Artist’ at the top of our page. Try it now and enter Scott Joplin to see how you can locate digital files both licensed and public domain from Scott Joplin.
