The Star-Spangled Banner” is played at sports games, school events, and military ceremonies, but do you know the meaning of our national anthem? The song’s centuries-old history makes it worth ...

Boiled down to its essence, "The Star-Spangled Banner" is a song about survival ... because of its remarkable range between high and low notes. The song spans one-and-a-half octaves, so singers ...

Those that stayed were witness to one of the most iconic performances at the Music and Art Festival: his “Star-Spangled Banner.” “I was backstage writing up some notes,” recalled ...

One of the first musicians to interpret the “Star Spangled Banner” in a way that displayed a Black consciousness was the piano prodigy known as “Blind Tom.” Born into slavery in Georgia in ...

A Cultural Biography of “The Star-Spangled Banner,” by Mark Clague Mark Clague ... He set the word ‘free’ to a note so high nobody can reach it. That was deliberate.” ...