mr. wintle: that song, chester, is from a publication.s the first book published in the unitedtas, the first music book tt contained music. it was an interesting figure. he was born and raised in boston in the book was published there. he was a singing school teacher. he would teach the masses how to read music using a method for reading music and would have these schools where he would teach song singing. this book is interesting for a number of reasons. this piece "chester" is one that captured the imagination of composers throughout american history. it was a very famous piece from the 20th century by a man named william shuman that uses "chester" is a theme of the moment and there are a number of pieces throughout the lo back to william billings the sourcef their tunes and that goes back to what i was saying about rhapsody and blue and the idea of trying to find the americanness in classic music. william -- bill ings was one of the touchstones. the way he is described physically, one leg shorter than the other, and eyepatch, this inte

mr. wintle: that song, chester, is from a publication.was the first book published in the united states, the first music book that contained music. it was an interesting figure. he was born and raised in boston in the book was published there. he was a singing school teacher. he would teach the masses how to read music using a method for reading music and would have these schools where he would teach song singing. this book is interesting for a number of reasons. this piece "chester" is one that captured the imagination of composers throughout american history. it was a very famous piece from the 20th century by a man named william shuman that uses "chester" is a theme of the moment andhere a a number of pieces throughout the look back to william billi the source of their tunes and that goes back to what i was saying about rhapsody and blue and the idea of trying to find the americanness in classic music. william -- bill ings was one of the touchstones. the way he is described physically, one leg shorter than the other, and eyepatch, this

mr. wintle: i am not -- ms. vita: i'm not a copyright expert. it is a great question. people should be interested in it the answer to it, but i suggest they go to the copyright website. look up the copyright office. host: how often do you deal with those types of issues in your work? ms. vita: james would know that more but it is frequent. mr. wintle: >> we will break away to the white house. you're watching live coverage on c-span. pres. biden: folks, thanks for being here. earlier today, i made a point to speak to all the governors, most likely to be impacted by this storm. i spoke to governor desantis several times, governor cooper, about the impact of the storm that made landfall at 7:45 this morning as a category three hurricane. and it's moved over land and it's now shift over to category one but it is still very dangerous with winds up to 75 miles an hour. and the impacts this storm are being felt throughout the southeast, even as it moves up the eastern coast of the united states affecting georgia, south carolina, north carolina, and we have to remain vigilant.

mr. wintle: that song, chester, is from a publication. published in the united states, the first music book that contained music. it was an interesting figure. was born and raised in boston in the book was published er he was a singing school teacher. he would teach the masses how to read music using a method for reading music and would have these schools where he would teach song singing. this book is interesting for a number of reasons. this piece "chester" is one that captured the imagination of composers throughout american history. it was a very famous piece from the 20th century by a man named william shuman that uses "chester" is a theme of the moment and there are a number of pieces throughout the look back to william billings as the source of their tunes and that goes back to what i was saying about rhapsody and blue and the idea of trying to find the americanness in classic music. william -- bill ings was one of the touchstones. the way he is described physically, one leg shorter than the other, and eyepatch, this interesting lo