Pete Beard provides a biography of Wanda Gág, the author of Millions of Cats, in part 25 of his video series "Unsung Heroes of Illustration" [1], with many examples of her work.
The Front Page (the Broadway play) will also enter the public domain in 2024, even though it's hard to imagine a better adaptation than His Girl Friday from 1940.
Off the top of my head I probably only know the melody for fewer than half of the listed songs, though some of the others might sound familiar if I heard them. Mack the Knife may be the biggest hit on the list, since it evolved into a jazz/popular music standard and The Threepenny Opera is still regularly performed as well.
I wonder what songs from 2023 will still be popular or recognizable once they fall out of copyright some 100 years from now?
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I wonder what songs from 2023 will still be popular or recognizable once they fall out of copyright some 100 years from now?