Anthem (Patreon)

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 http://musicologynow.ams-net.org/2014/01/to-be-or-not-is-star-spangled-banner.html Boston Globe article that more directly tells the story of Stravinsky’s Star Spangled Banner https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bostonglobe.com/ideas/2016/06/30/stravinsky/rfnaZtqjCQXZAobdv7kVkI/amp.html MA Law (still on the books) banning people from embellishing the national anthem https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartIV/TitleI/Chapter264/Section9 Article on the controversy around Peter Breiner’s arrangement http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A33967-2004Aug25.html Jimi Hendrix’s Star Spangled Banner (condemnation of America) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKAwPA14Ni4 Whitney Houston’s Star Spangled Banner (celebration of America) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_lCmBvYMRs Pete Seeger’s Star Spangled Banner (celebration of America, with tweaks) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3gcGJhfYFE&list=PLZxSSLX6InCS0hy7w1Fz-HvO213OHaiSq Peter Breiner’s Star Spangled Banner (celebration of America, with tweaks) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mL0x8819RjE Stravinsky’s Star Spangled Banner (celebration of America, with tweaks) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdDwbTIp2bY Renee Flemming’s Star Spangled Banner (high note on the second apex) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GLKxDWw4bs \m/ SUPPORT ME ON PATREON http://www.patreon.com/adamneely FOLLOW ME ON THE INTERNETS http://www.facebook.com/adamneely http://www.instagram.com/its_adamneely Check out some of my music http://sungazermusic.bandcamp.com http://insideoutsidemusic.bandcamp.com http://adamneelymusic.bandcamp.com Peace, Adam