Composition Year | 1778 |
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Genre Categories | National anthems; For voices; Scores featuring the voice; |
Related Works | Pieces based on The Star-Spangled Banner The Music of 'The Star-Spangled Banner' from Ludgate Hill to Capitol Hill (historical research, analysis, and commentary, with extensive bibliographic notes). |
Work Title | The Star-Spangled Banner |
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Alternative. Title | Original title: The Anacreontic Song |
Composer | Smith, John Stafford |
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. | IJS 2 |
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. | 1778 |
First Publication. | 1779-1780 as The Anacreontic Song — London: Longman & Broderip, 3 pages. 1814 as The Star-Spangled Banner |
Librettist | Francis Scott Key (1779–1843) 1814 Ralph Tomlinson (The Anacreontic Song) |
Language | English |
Dedication | To the American People |
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period | Classical |
Piece Style | Classical |
Related Works | Pieces based on The Star-Spangled Banner The Music of 'The Star-Spangled Banner' from Ludgate Hill to Capitol Hill (historical research, analysis, and commentary, with extensive bibliographic notes). |
Extra Information | National anthem of the United States. (The U.S. Congress so designated it in 1931.) The original words for the music, entitled The Anacreontic Song, were written by Ralph Tomlinson. Francis Scott Key wrote an earlier text for this melody in 1805, When the Warrior Returns, in commemoration of Stephen Decatur's victory in the naval battle in Tripoli. The melody was extremely popular in both England and the United States at the time. According to James Fuld's The Book of World-Famous Music (5th ed., 2000, Dover), there were more than 85 lyric poems set to this tune - mostly of a patriotic nature - published between 1790 and 1820 in the United States alone. |