Fascinating facts about Francis Scott Key, the writing of what would become America's national anthem, and the War of 1812 ...

Rechristened “The Star-Spangled Banner” soon thereafter, Key’s words were, within weeks, appearing in newspapers across the nation.

After witnessing a crucial episode of the War of 1812, Francis Scott Key wrote the poem that, set to the melody of an ...

It’s a song every American has heard countless times, but how much do you really know about our national anthem?

Today the Baltimore Orioles played a home game against the New York Mets. For the “Star Spangled Banner,” Dan Deacon used his electronic flair to make his performance unique.

The graphic staff lines, clustered notes, and reordered, spatialized lyrics map her ASL translation, designed to match the singer's rhythmic and dynamic range with her own. The compositional ...

Among the world’s best-known national anthems, “The Star-Spangled Banner” (1814) emerged out of a welter of patriotic musical activity during the decades following our victorious conclusion ...

The poem that inspired the song, America the Beautiful, is 130 years old today, and despite the threats to democracy, it resonates more than ever.

It was surreal in many ways. The Buffalo Bills were making their first-ever Super Bowl appearance on the famed game's silver anniversary with the United States of America on the brink of war.

Chenoweth nailed this famously difficult song, which requires a crazy wide vocal range, spanning one and half octaves. She nailed the national anthem with wicked brilliance, says columnist Ginnie ...