The star-spangled banner - Smith, John Stafford

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""The Star-Spangled Banner" was recognized for official use by the Navy in 1889 and the President in 1916, and was made the national anthem by a congressional resolution on March 3, 1931 (46 Stat. 1508, codified at 36 U.S.C. § 301), which was signed by President Herbert Hoover. "The Star-Spangled Banner" is the national anthem of the United States of America. The lyrics come from a poem written in 1814 by Francis Scott Key, a then 35-year-old amateur poet who wrote "Defence of Fort McHenry" after seeing the bombardment of Fort McHenry at Baltimore, Maryland, by Royal Navy ships in Chesapeake Bay during the War of 1812. The poem was set to the tune of a popular British drinking song, written by John Stafford Smith for the Anacreontic Society, a London social club, c.1770. "The Anacreontic Song" (orTo Anacreon in heaven (John Stafford Smith)), already popular in the United States in other parodies, set to Key's poem and renamed "The Star-Spangled Banner", soon become a well-known American patriotic song. With a range of one and a half octaves, it is known for being difficult to sing. Although the song has four stanzas, only the first is commonly sung today, with the fourth ("O thus be it ever when free men shall stand …") added on more formal occasions. The words of "The Star Spangled Banner" were written by Mr. Key in 1814 under stirring circumstances. He was detained on board one of the British ships which attacked Fort McHenry. All night the bombardment continued, indicating that the fort had not surrendered. Toward the morning the firing ceased, and Mr. Key awaited dawn in great suspense. When light came, he saw that "our flag was still there," and in the fervor of the moment he wrote the lines of our national song."

⌛ Period → Romantic

◈ Genre / Form Patriotic music

♯ Key B- major

⁄ Time Signature 4/4

◆ Difficulty

Intermediate (Grade 4-5)

↕ Range B-2 – F5

¶ Language → English

Measures 34

Texture mixed texture

Parts 3

Pages 2

CPDL # 81265

Editor Andrew Sims

Posted 2024-07-07

License CPDL License

♫Pitch Ranges

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B-2 – F4

¶Lyrics / Text

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