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Star Spangled Banner

File:ssbanner.nwc (April 2002) 2 kB
Full name of work:Star Spangled Banner
Composer:Stafford-Smith, John (1750-1836)
Lyricist:Key, Francis Scott (1779-1843)
Music category:Anthems
Instruments:brass quintet
Name of file creator:Jeff Adlon
Running time:1:11
e-mail address:jadlon "at" bellsouth "dot" net
Comments:I'll share my version of the Star Spangled Banner for brass quintet. It's strongly influenced by 21 years of experience performing the Armed Forces version of the anthem, but I managed to add a few of my own ideas and a couple influenced by a recording of the version from the Brass Band Journal of the late 1800's.
I wrote it in the strange key because I like the sound the ensemble got in this pitch range. There's also a hidden stave for Eb trumpet. It plays a lot easier on Eb.

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