This piece of sheet music bearing the words and music of "The Star Spangled Banner" will be auctioned on Dec. 3. In the 1800s, it was owned by Mary Barnitz of York County, Pa. Also of interest ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.” ...