This piece of sheet music bearing the words and music of "The Star Spangled Banner" will be auctioned on Dec. 3. In the 1800s, it was owned by Mary Barnitz of York County, Pa. Also of interest ...

In an Apple Music interview (via Tennessean) following the “Star-Spangled Banner” duet announcement, Church said of Sullivan: “She may be the best singer. I was floored. I’m a fan.

The “Pariotic Song,” as the sheet music unfortunately misspells ... the original Francis Scott Key manuscript of “The Star-Spangled Banner” alongside the tattered flag that inspired ...

In 1844, the abolitionist newspaper the Liberator published “A New Version of the National Song,” with lyrics by a man named E. A. Atlee. Although no music was printed, every reader would have ...

6. A fifth stanza was added to "The Star-Spangled Banner" during the Civil War. It’s little known today, but it appeared in songbooks and sheet music in 1861. It goes like this: When our land is ...