THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER

Composer: John Stafford Smith (c. 1775)
Published in 28 hymnals

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Piano/Organ
	Let Freedom Ring (Patriotic Music for Or…

Instrumental
	STARS & STRIPES FOREVER

Choral
	SINGING MEN

Composer: John Stafford Smith

b. Gloucester, bap. Mar. 30, 1750; d. London, Sept. 21, 1836; English musicologist and composer Go to person page >

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Tune Information

Composer:	John Stafford Smith (c. 1775)
Meter:	Irregular
Incipit:	53135 13216 71___
Key:	A♭ Major

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Texts

O say can you see, by the dawn's early light

O say can you see, by the dawn's early light,
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming?
Whose broad stripes and bright stars, through the perilous fight,
O'er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming?

And the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there.
O say does the Star-spangled Banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?
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Alternative Tunes

NATIONAL ANTHEM

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Arrangements

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STARS & STRIPES FOREVER

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Baptist Hymnal 1991 #635

Text: The Star-Spangled Banner

Bulletin Score (melody only) (PDF, SIB, Scorch)
Bulletin Score (PDF, SIB, Scorch)
Full Score (PDF, SIB, Scorch)

MIDI file from Baptist Hymnal 1991 #635
MIDI file from Baptist Hymnal 1991 #635

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Page Scans

Baptist Hymnal 2008 (2008), p.884

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Instances

Tune Title	First Line	Instances (12)	Text Title	Authors	Composers	Meter	Scripture	Tune Key	Incipit	Languages	Publication Date
NATIONAL ANTHEM		Christian Classics Ethereal Hymnary #512			John Stafford Smith	Irregular			531351321671___		2007
NATIONAL ANTHEM	O say, can you see, by the dawn's early light	Baptist Hymnal 1991 #635	The Star-Spangled Banner	Francis Scott Key	John Stafford Smith	Irregular	Psalm 20:7	A Flat Major			1991
NATIONAL ANTHEM	O say, can you see, by the dawn's early light	Baptist Hymnal 2008 #644	The Star-Spangled Banner	Francis Scott Key	John Stafford Smith	Irregular		A Flat Major		English	2008
NATIONAL ANTHEM	O say can you see, by the dawn's early light	Hymnal 1982: according to the use of the Episcopal Church #720		Francis Scott Key, 1779-1843		Irregular		B Flat Major		English	1985
[O say, can you see]	O say, can you see	Sing Joyfully #601	The Star-Spangled Banner	Francis Scott Key	John Stafford Smith			A Flat Major		English	1989
[O say can you see, by the dawn's early light]	O say, can you see, by the dawn's early light	Hymns of Faith #549	The Star-Spangled Banner	Francis Scott Key	John Stafford Smith		Psalm 118:9	A Flat Major			1980
STAR-SPANGLED BANNER	O say, can you see	The Worshiping Church #423	The Star-Spangled Banner	Francis Scott Key	John S. Smith	Irregular	Job 12:23; Psalm 118:9	A Flat Major		English	1990
STAR SPANGLED BANNER	O say can you see by the dawn's early light	African American Heritage Hymnal #606	The Star-Spangled Banner	Francis S. Key, 1779-1843	John S. Smith, 1750-1836	Irregular	Psalm 20:7	A Flat Major		English	2001
STAR SPANGLED BANNER	O say can you see by the dawn's early light	Gather Comprehensive, Second Edition #873	Star-Spangled Banner	Francis S. Key, 1779-1843	John S. Smith, 1750-1836	Irregular		A Flat Major		English	2004
STAR SPANGLED BANNER	O say can you see	Gather Comprehensive #891	Star-Spangled Banner	Francis S. Key, 1779-1843	John S. Smith, 1750-1836	Irregular		A Flat Major		English	1994
The Star-Spangled Banner	Oh say! Can you see, by the dawn's early light,	Welsh and English Hymns and Anthems (Reformatted) #IX	The Star-Spangled Banner		John Stafford Smith						1995
NATIONAL ANTHEM	O say, can you see, by the dawn's early light,	Celebration Hymnal #802	The Star-Spangled Banner	Francis Scott Key	John Stafford Smith	Irregular	Psalm 20:7	A Flat Major		English	1997