Though this is from the 2023 release, this is a fun way to explore public domain music. From WNYC's website, "Every year on January 1, certain new works — songs, books, movies — enter the U.S. public domain, meaning they can be freely shared, copied, adapted, and recorded… by anyone! In 2023, because of the laws on copyright terms, works now in the public domain come from the year 1927 and earlier.

We asked for your help to explore the trove of material in the public domain and show how it can be used creatively, by recording your own spin on a work in the public domain, and sharing it with us. More than 80 of you delivered some excellent adaptations of public domain works, so kudos and thanks to all the creators for participating."1

1 New York Public Radio. (2023, Jan. 5). WNYC's Public Song Project. https://www.wnyc.org/story/public-song-project/.