I have transcribed the American folk song Rising Sun Blues (later famous as House of the Rising Sun) from “Tom” Ashley’s 1933 recording into a simple score for my curiosity and would like to share it on IMSLP. This has led me to a couple of questions.
- It would seem natural to me to create a work page under composer "Anonymous". But there already is a work page under composer Martin Ludenhoff:
House of the Rising Sun (Ludenhoff, Martin). In my humble opinion all that Ludenhoff contributed is an arrangement for guitar solo of the 1964 Animals version of the song. So am I creating a new work page? - If creating a new work page, should I do anything to connect the two pages? Inserting links on both seems natural.
- Could posting my transcription pose any copyright issues? I am assuming that the folk song is in the public domain. If relying on Ahley’s way of performing it, could Ashley’s heir claim that I am infringing their copyright? Ashley died in 1967,
Wikipedia link: The House of the Rising Sun