Ka ʻAnoʻi (Aia i Alakaʻi) – Kamealoha – Published 1897 ʻImi Au Ke Aloha – Liliʻuokalani – Published 1916 Iā ʻOe E Ka Lā E ʻAlohi Nei – Nāhinu – 1881 If you have any additions or insight on the status of any of these tunes, please shoot me an email: the SeaĪloha Ka Manini – Lot Kauwe (d.1922) = PD I apologize for the terrible formatting but I can’t justify the time it would take to make it look nice. Not all songs were well-documented and some businessmen and families found ways to copyright older songs again which has often pushed the copyright date out way further than the written or first-published dates. Hawaiian music publishing from the early 20th century is a total mess. That said, I’ve marked songs I’m pretty confident are public domain with “PD”. You should absolutely do more detailed research if you want to use a song commercially.
All my conclusions come mainly from He Mele Aloha and Huapala, along with some Google searches for obituary information and liner notes. I have not verified the publishing status of any of these songs. These are mostly just a first-pass look at what is likely fair-game. Since this hasn’t been documented well anywhere I can easily find, I figured I’d share my work for anybody who might find it useful. Since licensing is expensive and humbug, finding and teaching songs in the public domain in many cases makes more sense for a small-time ukulele instructor like myself.Īny song published before 1925 (as of 2021) is considered in the public domain – free to use without licensing.Īs I’ve researched Hawaiian songs in the PD, I’ve been compiling a list of potential options. Copyrighted material needs to be licensed for commercial use (educational use is a wishful thinking grey-area).
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