Our unique Star Spangled Songbook contains 73-sheet music editions of historic arrangements of “The Star-Spangled Banner” plus its musical antecedents and parodies. Chief among these is the original source of the melody Key would use—London’s amateur musicians club theme “The Anacreontic Song.” Included are other songs by the music’s creator John Stafford Smith as well… Continue reading Star Spangled Songbook Tells a Musical History of the Nation's Anthem