The Star-Spangled Banner is ... the history and lyrics to the well-known anthem below. The music was written by British composer and early musicologist John Stafford Smith around 1773, but remained ...

Let’s take a line-by-line tour of the history and meaning behind the lyrics. Like so many famous songs of yore, "The Star-Spangled Banner ... Music Foundation. Marc Leepson is an American ...

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At an NFL game on Christmas Day, which saw the Baltimore Ravens go up against the Houston Texans, music was – as is custom at any sporting showdown – central to the occasion. Before the game began, ...

By now you’ve probably heard the claim that America’s national anthem, “The Star-Spangled Banner,” is an expression ... the word “slave.” To an American of 2017, the word is likely ...

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