A Brief Review Of The Star Spangled Banner

The star-spangled banner has been performed over the years by many artists. There have been few that have really stuck out and remained in our memory. It was created during a time of revolution and the beginning of a nation. There is no time to be more patriotic than when you are fighting for your country. The song represents the freedom that americans have fought and died to defend. There is not a place on earth with so much freedom and equal rights as in America. When veterans hear the star-spangled banner it brings them pride because they fought for our freedom. The national anthem makes every american feel a sort of pride for their country.

However, The Star-Spangled Banner is also not just America’s national anthem, but it is also a part of the American heritage.

We are all familiar with our national anthem and some of us may have even learned in elementary school that the lyrics were penned by Francis Scott Key but do you know who composed the music? The music for the “Star Spangled Banner” was composed by John Stafford Smith. He was a musicologist, composer, and church organist from Gloucester, England. He lived from 1750 to 1836 and was the son of church organist Martin Smith. John was a choirboy at the Chapel Royal in London, England and he was a pupil of the famous composer William Boyce. John Stafford Smith was elected as a member of the exclusive Anacreontic Society and composed the music for the society's constitutional song "To Anacreon in Heaven" (a.k.a. "The Anacreontic Song)." It was this same music that was used for the “Star Spangled Banner”. This melody after it was originally composed became popular not only in England but also in Ireland, where, with different words, it was used as a drinking song. Later, the melody came to America. One of the earliest alterations of this melody in America was the Boston patriotic song by Thomas Paine, "Adams and Liberty," which appeared in 1797. Sometime later, it was used with other lyrics in "Jefferson and Liberty." This melody was so popular in America, in fact, it was adapted to more than 20 different songs.

The pledge of allegiance and “Star Spangled Banner” are examples of compulsive patriotism in America that not everyone sees. The Pledge of Allegiance and the “Star-Spangled Banner” are orthodoxes Americans have recited for many years since the 1800s. The pledge of allegiance was practiced everyday in the beginning of class, starting at kindergarten, having all the students and teachers participate. I do not call to mind ever learning about what the pledge signified or meant. Never did I ask myself why we said this pledge of allegiance every single day, it was just a mandatory order of each day. The “Star Spangled Banner” is the national anthem that is recited before sport’s events, like football games, and also at official government procedures. Both are traditions in America that show pride for their country, it’s freedom, and history.

The smell of fresh cut grass radiated through the air as friends began our last trot onto the field as teammates. The season seemed like it would never end, but none of us would have traded it for anything in the world. Early mornings and upsettingly late nights had all culminated in this one moment. It had been four years since we had first taken the field together as one unit, but as “all good things,” it had to come to an end. A light summer breeze blew across the field, kicking up small dust tornados that danced with ferocity and then vanished.

Many people hail “The Star Spangled Banner” as the greatest piece of American music. The audiences of America’s national anthem seem, instinctively, eager to express their respect by embracing the notion to remove their hats and stand up. However, not many people ponder over the question of what “The Star Spangled Banner” truly means. What does it mean? Why does it deserve so much reverence and honor? What exceptional difference allows it to prevail over the masterpieces of prominent composers like Mozart and Beethoven? The answer is fairly simple. “The Star Spangled Banner” symbolizes America’s perseverance, its set of moral laws and ethics, and its history that constitutes what America truly means.

Their eyes searched the sky for a glimpse of the American flag that flew above the fort. Finally in the early hours of September 14, 1814 Francis Scott Key saw the Star Spangled Banner standing tall above Fort McHenry. The sight so inspired him that he wrote a poem entitled, "The Defense of Fort McHenry" which was published as a broadside and later set to the tune of an old British drinking song. The Great Garrison Flag that flew above Fort McHenry was the inspiration for the name "The Star Spangled Banner" and still hangs in the Smithsonian in Washington

Other than all of the important war events that took place at the fort, the National Anthem of the U.S.A. was written because of the events that took place during the Battle of Baltimore. The writer, Francis Scott Key, was inspired at how the American flag was still standing after the British bombed Fort McHenry. The National Anthem was originally made just to be read, but over time started to be sung as a song. Come see this patriotic landmark today!

This familiar anthem The Star Spangled Banner is America’s long-standing unchanging tradition that is played at each sporting event nationwide, school events, assemblies, Independence Day events, etc. It was invented when the U.S entered World War 1 by a man named Francis Scott Key who gave his poem to his brother, who noted that key’s poem fit the melody of The Anacreontic Song. It started out playing in the World Series game in 1918, where from that point in time it has played all sporting events since then. The Star Spangled banner exemplifies how traditions including anthems, origin narratives, as well as symbols are invented to meet the need of a national group, also known as an invented tradition. Even if it’s for just a moment of time regardless of class, race, gender, or people with disabilities people are ban together to show unconditional pride to their country’s flying colors. In the U.S students grades k-12 take part in the pledge of allegiance, where the entire class stands up and recites the pledge of allegiance at the start of their school day. In another country, it might be a morning prayer per say.

d. Because this song is so well known, you have to know the phrases extremely well.

The issues that stems from Francis Scott Key when he wrote a poem which was later set to music. Later becomes America's national anthem, “The Star-Spangled Banner.” The poem, originally titled “The Defense of Fort McHenry,” was written after Key witnessed the Maryland fort being bombarded by the British during the War of 1812. Due to the inability to deal with the inequality and dishonesty in this nation, the problem continues.

When “The Star-Spangled Banner” started playing during his competition, Sam Kendricks, U.S. pole vaulter and second lieutenant in the U.S. Army Reserve, abruptly stopped, dropped his pole, and stood at attention when he heard the anthem playing. Kendricks comes from a military family. His father, Scott served 10 years in the U.S. Marines and is now his son’s coach. Kendricks finished with a bronze medal with a vault of 19 feet 2½ inches.

Meaning in music is derived from parenthetical analysis of several technical aspects including lyrics, form, historical context, emotional content, and personal connection. A hermeneutical approach to the Star-Spangled Banner can yield only interpretational results. Therefore, we must examine the more concrete details of the work, and how the music relates to the meaning of the protests as stated by Colin Kaepernick in August of 2016.

“Oh, say can you see, by the dawn’s early light? (Francis Scott Key)?” Many people are familiar or have learned in their youth the United States National Anthem, but most people are unaware of it’s meaning or it’s origins. A man by the name of Francis Scott Key wrote this poem at the Battle of Baltimore. He is primarily known for being a successful lawyer and writing our national anthem, the Star Spangled Banner.

The star spangled banner was originally written as a poem by Francis Scott Key, on September 13th, 1814. He wrote the poem after he witnessed the attack at fort McHenry by the British ships. Francis was inspired by the American flag, and how it flew over the place after their victory. When the star spangled banner was written it was set to tune to the British song which was written by John Stafford Smith called To