 Star Spangled Banner |
| File: | ssbanner.nwc (April 2002) 2 kB |
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| 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. |