![]() ![]() MYTH #5: “The Star-Spangled Banner” as baseball’s game day ritual begins with Babe Ruth and the 1918 World Series. 1779 souvenir publication of the source tune that gave Francis Scott Key the melody courtesy the William L. Correction: “The Anacreontic Song” was the constitutional anthem of an elite, London-based, amateur music society…but it gets complicated. MYTH #4: Key’s Banner is based on the melody of a bawdy old English drinking song. Correction: “The Star-Spangled Banner” was always conceived of by Key as a song and he wrote his “lyric” to fit a specific melody of his own choosing. MYTH #3: Key wrote a “poem” later set to music by someone else. Correction: Most likely, Key wrote his draft on a clean sheet of paper using pen and ink. MYTH #2: Key drafted “The Star-Spangled Banner” on the back of an envelope or letter. Correction: Key was aboard his own American truce ship during the battle. MYTH #1: Francis Scott Key was held prisoner aboard a British ship during the bombardment of Baltimore. Contact: 73, addition, Clague has recently added to his popular “Banner Mythconception” essay series debunking common misunderstandings surrounding “The Star-Spangled Banner” and Francis Scott Key, the lawyer and poet who wrote the anthem’s lyrics. Clements Library, University of MichiganOne of the nation’s foremost experts on “The Star-Spangled Banner” is Mark Clague, associate professor of musicology at the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance.Ĭlague is the founding board chair of the Star Spangled Music Foundation and editor and producer of the “Star Spangled Songbook” and its associated recording project “Poets & Patriots: A Tuneful History of ‘The Star-Spangled Banner.'”Īs Independence Day approaches, Clague is available to speak with journalists about the history of the U.S. 1814 first sheet music edition of “The Star-Spangled Banner,” arranged by Thomas Carr courtesy the William L. ![]()
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