This list contains 100+ public domain song options that can be used in the Noteflight Public Domain Arrangement Contest. You are welcome to use another song, and you are solely responsible for researching the work to ensure it is in the public domain. Start your arrangement today!
Song Title | Composer Name |
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A Mighty Fortress Is Our God | Martin Luther, Frederick H. Hedge |
Abide With Me | W.H. Monk |
Air | George Frideric Handel |
Air On The G String | Johann Sebastian Bach |
All Through The Night | Welsh Folksong |
Alouette | Traditional |
Amazing Grace | John Newton, Edwin O. Excell, Traditional American Melody |
America, The Beautiful | Samuel A. Ward, Katherine Lee Bates |
And Can It Be That I Should Gain | Charles Wesley, Thomas Campbell |
Andante Cantabile | Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky |
Angeline The Baker | Traditional |
Angels From The Realms Of Glory | Henry T. Smart, James Montgomery |
Arioso | Johann Sebastian Bach |
As With Gladness Men Of Old | Conrad Kocher, William Chatterton Dix |
At The Cross | Isaac Watts, Ralph E. Hudson |
Ave Maria | Franz Schubert |
Baa Baa Black Sheep | Traditional |
Baby, Won’t You Please Come Home | Bessie Smith, Charles Warfield, Clarence Williams |
Barbara Allen | Traditional English |
Barcarolle (from The Tales Of Hoffmann) | Jacques Offenbach |
Battle Hymn Of The Republic | William Steffe, Julia Ward Howe |
Bethena Rag | Scott Joplin |
Blue Danube Waltz | Johann Strauss Jr. |
Bring A Torch, Jeannette Isabella | 17th Century French Carol |
Buffalo Gals (Won’t You Come Out Tonight?) | Cool White, John Hodges |
Can Can | Jacques Offenbach |
Canon In D | Johann Pachelbel |
Carmen (Habanera) | Georges Bizet |
Clair de Lune | Claude Debussy |
Coventry Carol | Robert Croo, Traditional English Melody |
Danny Boy | Frederick Edward Weatherly, Traditional Irish Folk Song |
Easy Winners | Scott Joplin |
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
Elite Syncopations | Scott Joplin |
Flower Duet | Leo Delibes |
Fum, Fum, Fum | Traditional Catalonian Carol |
Fur Elise | Ludwig van Beethoven |
Go, Tell It On The Mountain | John W. Work, Jr., African-American Spiritual |
Greensleeves | Traditional English Folksong |
Hallelujah Chorus | George Frideric Handel |
He Hideth My Soul | Fanny J. Crosby, William J. Kirkpatrick |
He’s Got The Whole World In His Hands | Traditional Spiritual |
Hornpipe | George Frideric Handel |
Humoresque | Antonin Dvorak |
Hungarian Dance No. 5 in F Minor | Johannes Brahms |
I Love To Tell The Story | William G. Fischer, A. Catherine Hankey |
I Saw Three Ships | Traditional English Carol |
I’ve Been Working On The Railroad | American Folk Song |
In The Bleak Midwinter | Gustav Holst, Christina Rossetti |
In The Hall Of The Mountain King | Edvard Grieg |
Indiana (Back Home Again In Indiana) | James F. Hanley, Ballard MacDonald |
Jesu, Joy Of Man’s Desiring | Johann Sebastian Bach |
Jupiter (from The Planets, Op.32) | Gustav Holst |
Kingsfold (My Soul Proclaims Your Greatness) | Traditional English Melody |
La Cucaracha | Mexican Revolution Folksong |
La Donna e Mobile | Giuseppe Verdi |
Maple Leaf Rag | Scott Joplin |
Meditation (from Thais) | Jules Massenet |
Mexican Hat Dance (Jarabe Topatio) | F.A. Partichela |
Michael Row The Boat Ashore | Traditional Folksong |
Mine Eyes Have Seen The Glory | William Steffe, Julia Ward Howe, Robert Sterling |
Minuet | Luigi Boccherini |
Minuet In G | Johann Sebastian Bach |
Morning | Edvard Grieg |
My Bonnie Lies Over The Ocean | Traditional |
My Country, ‘Tis Of Thee (America) | Thesaurus Musicus, Samuel Francis Smith |
Nimrod (from Enigma Variations Op.36) | Edward Elgar |
Nobody Knows The Trouble I’ve Seen | African-American Spiritual |
O Mio Babbino Caro | Giacomo Puccini |
Oh! Susanna | Stephen Foster |
Old MacDonald | Traditional |
Pat-A-Pan (Willie, Take Your Little Drum) | Bernard de la Monnoye |
Pavane | Gabriel Faure |
Peacherine Rag | Scott Joplin |
Piano Sonata No. 8, Op. 13 (‘Pathetique’), 2nd Movement | Ludwig van Beethoven |
Pineapple Rag | Scott Joplin |
Pomp And Circumstance | Edward Elgar |
Pretty Saro | Traditional |
Romeo And Juliet (Love Theme) | Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky |
Rondo Alla Turca (Piano Sonata No. 11) | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
She’ll Be Comin’ ‘Round The Mountain | Traditional |
Sheep May Safely Graze | Johann Sebastian Bach |
Shenandoah | American Folk Song |
Simple Gifts | Traditional Shaker Hymn |
Sleepers, Awake (Wachet Auf) | Johann Sebastian Bach |
Softly And Tenderly | Will L. Thompson |
Stars And Stripes Forever | John Philip Sousa |
Still, Still, Still | Salzburg Melody, Traditional Austrian Text |
Strenuous Life | Scott Joplin |
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot | Traditional Spiritual |
Symphony No. 5 in C Minor | Ludwig van Beethoven |
Symphony No. 9 (Ode To Joy) | Ludwig van Beethoven |
The Camptown Races | Stephen Foster |
The Cascades | Scott Joplin |
The Crawdad Song | Traditional |
The Flight Of The Bumblebee (from The Tale Of Tsar Saltan) | Nicolay Rimsky-Korsakov |
The Four Seasons | Antonio Vivaldi |
The Friendly Beasts | Traditional English Carol |
The Happy Farmer | Robert Schumann |
The Huron Carol | Traditional |
The Love Of God | Frederick M. Lehman |
The Muffin Man | Traditional |
The Nutcracker Suite | Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky |
The Star Spangled Banner | Francis Scott Key, John Stafford Smith, National Anthem |
The Surprise Symphony | Franz Joseph Haydn |
The Water Is Wide | Traditional |
To A Wild Rose | Macdowell |
Toccata and Fugue in D Minor | Johann Sebastian Bach |
Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day | Traditional English Carol |
Toyland | Victor Herbert, Glen MacDonough |
Trumpet Tune | Henry Purcell |
Trumpet Voluntary | Jeremiah Clarke |
Wade In The Water | African-American Spiritual |
Waltz Of The Flowers | Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky |
Wayfaring Stranger | Southern American Folk Hymn |
What Shall We Do With The Drunken Sailor | Traditional, American Sea Chantey |
When The Saints Go Marching In | James M. Black, Louis Armstrong, Katherine E. Purvis |
William Tell Overture | Gioacchino Rossini |
You Made Me Love You (I Didn’t Want To Do It) | Joe McCarthy, James V. Monaco |
You’re A Grand Old Flag | George Cohan |