Anthem

The Star-Spangled Banner is an awkward, unsubtle piece of music, but in the hands of great musicians it can be quite effective. Why is the American national anthem the way it is? How did it come to be both a spectacle of the mediocre and the sublime? History of the Star-Spangled Banner, and it’s origin in the Anacreontic Song Boston Globe article that more directly tells the story of Stravinsky’s Star Spangled Banner https: