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WASHINGTON, Jan. 20, 1965 (UPI) - Lyndon Baines Johnson was inaugurated as President ... concluded with the Marine Band playing "The Star-Spangled Banner." The inaugural stand on the steps of ...

in reference to the words and music of "The Star-Spangled Banner." The martial and glorious melody can be sung, by children as well as adults, if it is played in the key of B flat -- and it can be ...

First and most obvious, the Star Spangled Banner is a song composed with a fairly extensive vocal range. When performed in the key of ‘B flat’, the melodic range of the song is from a ‘B ...

Key saw it and wrote a poem that became the national anthem. The actual flag Key saw — the Star-Spangled Banner — is now housed in a climate-controlled, light-protected chamber at the ...