Download or read book The Star Spangled Banner, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint) written by Oscar George Theodore Sonneck and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-23 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Star Spangled Banner, Vol. 1 In the Report on 'the star-spangled Banner, ' 'hail Columbia, ' 'america, ' 'yankee Doodle' (washington, Government Printing Office, the chapter on The star-spangled Banner began with an account of the origin of Francis Scott Key's poem. This was followed by a brief summary of the European and American history' of the tune To Anacreon in Heaven, to which The Star Spangled Banner is sung, by a comparative investigation of extant manuscripts of Key's poem, and finally by a survey of the different versions of the melody as now in use. For this revised and enlarged edition of the chapter a division into two independent sections was found to be more logical and convenient, one on To Anacreon in Heaven, the other on The star-spangled Banner proper. As a prelude to this chapter it is not necessary, but it may not be inadvisable to state, in view of certain tendencies to the contrary in the matter of The star-spangled Banner, that research in musical history, in common with every other kind of historical research, aims solely at the orderly establishment of facts and the logical interpretation of available facts. Such facts or the conclusions from such facts may not always be welcome, but the historian is or should be a seeker after historical truth, often enough stranger and more romantic than fiction. He should never allow possible preferences of his compatriots or his personal idiosyncrasies to obscure his historical vision. For instance, every patriotic American would rejoice, with the author of this Report, if it could be shown by documentary or other unimpeachable evidence that The star-spangled Banner, both in words and music, was of American origin. If that can not be Shown, then every patriotic American will be sensible enough not to betray irritation of his patriotic pride because the music of our star-spangled Banner had its origin in some monarchical country of Europe, whether that be Turkey, Russia, Germany, France. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.