

With a range of 19 semitones, it is known for being very difficult to sing. Set to Key's poem and renamed "The Star-Spangled Banner", it soon became a well-known U.S. "To Anacreon in Heaven" (or "The Anacreontic Song"), with various lyrics, was already popular in the United States. The poem was set to the tune of a popular British song written by John Stafford Smith for the Anacreontic Society, a men's social club in London. flag, with 15 stars and 15 stripes, known as the Star-Spangled Banner, flying triumphantly above the fort during the U.S.

The lyrics come from the Defence of Fort M'Henry, a poem written on September 14, 1814, by the then 35-year-old lawyer and amateur poet Francis Scott Key after witnessing the bombardment of Fort McHenry by British ships of the Royal Navy in Baltimore Harbor during the Battle of Baltimore in the War of 1812. "The Star-Spangled Banner" is the national anthem of the United States. There are also versions for Brass Quintet & String Orchestra in my stores. If you believe that any review contained on our site infringes upon your copyright, please email us.The national anthem of the USA arranged for full orchestra.

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