Most elementary school classes note that the music for “The Star-Spangled Banner” came from a British drinking song. But in his well-received book, historian Marc Ferris, author of “Star ...

A poem that is set to music is usually called a tone poem and the Star Spangled Banner is a tone poem running around in a song’s clothing. In investigating this horrible deception, I found ...

‘Oh, say can you see...’, goes ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’. But what are the words to the rest of the US national anthem? Discover the history and lyrics to the well-known anthem below. The music was ...

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 ...