If this is, in fact, the same song, then this implies that it was an American composition and already popular there.

The third disc is made up primarily of traditional American compositions that have been recorded by many artists.

Gershkovitch tried to incorporate at least one American composition in each concert.

The golden boy of American composition in his youth, he withdrew into an increasingly reclusive maturity.

It was the first time the young musicians, dressed in elegant black, had tackled American compositions.

But as long as the four musicians have a chance to fill their briefcases with American compositions, they will be happy.

It is a controversial piece, and is probably the first American composition to use the saxophone.

It is still among the "most popular of American compositions".

Even so, the colony has played an important role in the history of American composition.

European critics called it one of the finest of American compositions.