Seeing his country's flag still flying over the Fort the next morning, he was moved to pen these immortal lines: Louis Symphonyįrancis Scott Key, a young poet-lawyer, witnessed the bombardment of Fort McHenry while under British guard on an American truce ship in the Patapsco River. José Feliciano's 1968 rendition, and the 1991 version by the St. Igor Stravinsky's 1941 version for orchestra and male chorus, Duke Ellington'sġ948 Cornell University arrangement, Jimi Hendrix's 1969 electric guitar version, The new law, however, did not specify an official text or musical arrangement,īut left room for creative arrangements and interpretations of "The Star Spangledīanner." The standard instrumental version was unofficially established as theĪrrangement used by the U.S. Music as the official anthem of the United States. Hoover signed the Act establishing Key's poem and Smith's Words, "it is the spirit of the music that inspires." That same year, on Marchģ, President Herbert C. In John Philip Sousa who, in 1931, opined that besides Key's "soul-stirring" But on its side "The Star Spangled Banner" had a strong supporter Too violent in tone, too difficult to sing, and, by prohibitionists, as basicallyĪ drinking song. Still the song was variously criticized as Wilson's presidency, it was chosen by the White House to be played whereverĪ national anthem was appropriate. On July 26, 1889, the Secretary of the Navy designated "The Star Spangled Banner"Īs the official tune to be played at the raising of the flag. To the Star Spangled Banner" and "Adieu to the Star Spangled Banner Forever,"Ĭlearly referencing Key's song, were published within the Confederacy.
During the latter war, songs such as "Farewell Key's poem was published and wedded to the tune of the "Anacreontic Song." Longīefore the Civil War "The Star Spangled Banner" became the musical and lyricalĮmbodiment of the American flag. The question "Oh, say does that Star-Spangled Banner yet wave?" Almost immediately Based on this experience, he wrote a poem that poses McHenry, Francis Scott Key witnessed at dawn the failure of the BritishĪttempt to take Baltimore. On September 14, 1814, while detained aboard a British ship during the bombardment The Star spangled banner : national song (music cover). Poem using the meter of the "Anacreontic Song" when he wrote "The Star Spangled By all accounts tone deaf, Key had already composed one other In any other song of the period, its striking meter may have been what attractedįrancis Scott Key. May have been due at least in part to its unique metrical structure. Of the eighteenth century where, as often happened, new lyrics - including "AdamsĪnd Liberty" and "Jefferson and Liberty" - were written. The famous "Toreador Song" in Bizet's opera Carmen.įirst published in England, the tune appeared in North America before the end Its musical complexity has been compared to that of "Anacreon in Heav'n," was a vehicle not only for the Society's accomplishedĪmateurs, but for its best baritone singer to display virtuosity through anĪstounding vocal range. In the mid-1760s, a London society of amateur musicians, the Anacreontic Society,Ĭommissioned a young church musician, John Stafford Smith, to compose musicįor material written by its president, Ralph Tomlinson. Society, frequently lifted not only their voices but also their cups in song.
The members of the club for which the music was originally composed, the Anacreontic On the other hand, there is strong evidence that There is little basis for the legend that the tune of our national anthem wasĪn old English drinking song.
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