Licensing & Rentals
Synchronization Licenses
If you wish to use a song for television, film, DVDs, videos, commercials, etc., you must obtain a Synchronization License. Send a request email.
Mechanical Licenses
In order to license a song for your CD, please use one of the following: For a run of 2,500 copies or fewer click here. For a run of over 2,500 copies click here. Please note that this is not for DVD or internet. For such requests, please see Synchronization Licenses.
Performance Licenses
If you wish to use a song for a performance (stage or other), you must obtain a Performance License. Send a request email.
Lyric Reprint Licenses
If you plan to reprint lyrics from a song in print format (in a book, on a CD jacket, in a magazine or on the web), you must obtain a Lyric Reprint License. Send a request email or visit on the web.
Permission To Arrange
If you would like permission to arrange a song, send a request email.
Performances
To license An American in Paris (musical), Crazy for You (professional & youth editions), Porgy and Bess (opera or musical), Nice Work If You Can Get It (professional & teen editions), My One and Only, Of Thee I Sing, Let ‘Em Eat Cake (stage & concert versions), Strike Up the Band (stage & concert versions), Pardon My English, Girl Crazy, Lady, Be Good! or Oh, Kay!, please contact Concord Theatricals. To license Lady in the Dark, please contact the Ira and Leonore Gershwin Trusts.