Hi Dennis, There have definitely been some high-profile covers of "Summertime" in the 21st century -- it still gets reinterpreted for the contemporary pop market on a regular basis, and it is virtually unique among American Songbook tunes in this respect.
Yes, I know it's not exactly a "songbook" tune -- _Porgy and Bess_ is, of course, an opera -- but the song very quickly got mainstreamed into the songbook tradition. Cheers, - DJA ----- WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org On 28 Jan 2011, at 1:29 PM, Dennis Bathory-Kitsz wrote: > On Fri, January 28, 2011 11:37 am, Christopher Smith wrote: >> Alexander's Ragtime Band, Billy Boy, Beautiful Dreamer, are all in the public >> domain and are commonly re-arranged. > > But the original post said 21st Century. I suggested some late 20th Century, > but only Poker Face for current. There are probably more covers. > > My reference to public domain was that protected nonpop pieces rarely get > covers. Too much red tape. > > Dennis > > > > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
