File:Mahagonny Alabama Song.ogg

Summary

Excerpt of the Alabama Song from Act 1, Scene 2 of the opera "Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny"

Licensing

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This is a sound sample from a commercial recording. Its inclusion in the article Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny is claimed as fair use because:

• it illustrates an educational article that includes a historical and critical examination of the excerpt;
• it is a sample of under 30 seconds from a much longer recording, and could not be used as a substitute for the original commercial recording; and
• it is not replaceable with an uncopyrighted or freely copyrighted sample of comparable educational value.

I believe that this use of the excerpt is in good faith, and that its inclusion enhances rather than reduces the commercial value of the recording from which it was drawn