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[Jazz Jerry]

According to Wikipedia it was composed in 1911 by Irving Berlin who possibly stole part of the melody from Scott Joplin and recorded the same year very successfully by Arthur Collins. There are recordings by Collins on Spotify but I could not find ARB.

Cheers,

Jerry



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> On 29 Jun 2014, at 19:29, "Jack Mitchell" <fjmitch at westnet.com.au> wrote:
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> I'm pretty sure "Alexander's Ragtime Band" was composed in 1911.  It was recorded in that year by the Victor Military Band though the recording wasn't issued until 1912..
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> Roger Wade
> Really Old Records
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> Quite so, Roger, but the copyright period is 70 years after the death of the composer, not the date of composition. Irving Berlin died in 1989.
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> Best wishes
> Jack Mitchell
> Really Old Collector
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