# Woodland Dance Audio

- File: `sallie-gooden-1922.mp3`
- Tune: Sallie Gooden (traditional fiddle tune).
- Performer: A. C. (Eck) Robertson, solo fiddle.
- Recorded: July 1, 1922; Victor 18956, matrix B-26664.
- Publication: 1922 limited release / 1923 wider release. The archive catalogs it as 1923.
- Source: https://archive.org/details/ACEckRobertsonSallieGoodenVictor18956
- Transfer: Archive-derived MP3 of the uploaded Victor 18956 WAV; not a later performance.
- Source filename: `AC Eck Robertson - Sallie Gooden - Victor 18956.mp3`
- Expected source MD5: `72c4a9e8097e3c54eba7ff9c83b92503`
- Downloaded: September 8, 2026. Audio is unmodified, with playback volume reduced in the player.

## U.S. Rights Basis

The tune is traditional; this particular early recording is used on a U.S.
public-domain basis, not under a Creative Commons license. The archive supplies
provenance, not a blanket rights clearance. Recordings published in 1923 enter the
U.S. public domain after the end of their 100-year term, so either documented
publication date is outside protection by 2026. Do not substitute a later
recording of the same tune. This note does not establish worldwide clearance;
review relevant jurisdictions before an international production release.

References checked:

- Library of Congress (recording identity and traditional repertoire):
  https://www.loc.gov/programs/national-recording-preservation-board/recording-registry/registry-by-induction-years/2002/
  https://www.loc.gov/collections/songs-of-america/articles-and-essays/musical-styles/popular-songs-of-the-day/country/
- Texas State Historical Association (release chronology):
  https://www.tshaonline.org/texas-day-by-day/entry/634
- U.S. Copyright Office (pre-1972 recording terms):
  https://www.copyright.gov/music-modernization/pre1972-soundrecordings/

## Playback

Only requested on a user dance click; no page-load autoplay or preload.
Loops the complete historical recording while the dance remains active.
Click again or press Escape on the scene's controls to stop and rewind.
Mute is independent of the dance and remembers its setting until page reload.
Playback pauses when the scene leaves the viewport or the tab is hidden.

## Windmill Banjo

- File: `motor-march-1907.mp3`
- Title: Motor March.
- Composer: George Rosey.
- Performer: Vess L. Ossman, banjo; orchestral accompaniment.
- Transfer dated 1907: https://archive.org/details/MotorMarchByVessL.Ossman1907
- Original source filename: `MotorMarch1907.mp3`
- Expected source MD5: `ac19e72d774bf28f2a957bf26f0d42b5`
- Downloaded September 8, 2026; unmodified audio, quiet playback volume.
- This is early classic-style banjo, not a Flatt/Scruggs performance.

The February 1907 Talking Machine World trade publication advertises Motor March
by George Rosey, banjo solo by Vess L. Ossman (catalog 33084). This documents the
composition and an Ossman recording in circulation before 1923. The selected
transfer is cataloged as 1907 but does not identify its matrix, so no exact
session or pressing identification is claimed here.
https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Talking-Machine/00s/Talking-Machine-1907-02.pdf

Used on a U.S. public-domain basis for both the early published composition and
pre-1923 recording, not under a claimed Creative Commons license. The Copyright
Office's pre-1972 recording guidance linked above provides the recording term.
This is not worldwide rights clearance.

Click the mill to start/stop; Escape also stops while focused. No hover autoplay.
The windmill and cave share music exclusivity: choosing either mutes the other.
Explicit unmuting selects that tune again. Offscreen/hidden-tab pausing remains.
Credits stay here and on About, not next to the easter eggs.