Who wrote the national anthem?

Another critic commented, "One of the worst National Anthem performances I've ever seen in my life. Not Roseanne bad, but up there." But a different fan replied to the comment in defense of Jewel, writing, "Are you drunk? I was at the race today, and it was a total highlight of the pre-race festivities." Others also praised the singer for her creativity, with one fan writing, "I don’t see or hear anything disrespectful or offensive. It takes guts and talent to add a personal touch to an anthem." Someone else replied to this comment, writing, "No, it takes narcissism to change the national anthem. I am not offended or outraged or anything like that but just sing the song the way it was written and the way we all know it and quit trying to 'improve' it." . 📺: NBC and Jewel is not the first artist to try to put their own spin on America's national anthem. As one critic previously referenced, actress Roseanne Barr gave a shocking performance in 1990. And in 2018, Fergie made headlines for her jazzy rendition of the " For other famous national anthem performances, check out the links below.

The Chinese anthem was played in Hong Kong for the first time in the 1997 handover of British control of Hong Kong to China, and in the 1999 handover of Portuguese control of Macao to China. They were subsequently adopted as the national anthems in Hong Kong and Macao. For many years until the 1990s, the song was banned in Taiwan. Chiu, Lisa. "The Chinese National Anthem." ThoughtCo, Aug. 29, 2020, thoughtco.com/chinese-national-anthem-688128. Chiu, Lisa. (2020, August 29). The Chinese National Anthem. Retrieved from https://www.thoughtco.com/chinese-national-anthem-688128 Chiu, Lisa. "The Chinese National Anthem." ThoughtCo. https://www.thoughtco.com/chinese-national-anthem-688128 (accessed June 15, 2023).

The Lyrics Sing The National Anthem Francis Scott Key was a gifted amateur poet. Inspired by the sight of the American flag flying over Fort McHenry the morning after the bombardment, he scribbled the initial verse of his song on the back of a letter. Back in Baltimore, he completed the This The Star-Spangled Banner O say can you see, by the dawn’s early light, What so proudly we hail’d at the twilight’s last gleaming, Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight O’er the ramparts we watch’d 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 that star-spangled banner yet wave O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave? On the shore dimly seen through the mists of the deep Where the foe’s haughty host in dread silence reposes, What is that which the breeze, o’er the towering steep, As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses? Now it catches the gleam of the morning’s first beam, In full glory reflected now shines in the stream, ’Tis the star-spangled banner - O long may it wave O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave! And where is that band who so vauntingly swore, That the havoc of war and the battle’s confusion A home and a Country should leave us no more? Their blood has wash’d out their foul footstep’s pollution. No refuge could save the hireling and slave From the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave, And the star...

U.S. History Highlights: Part One To Anacreon in Heaven, where he sat in full glee, A few sons of harmony sent a petition, That he their inspirer and When this answer arrived from the jolly old Grecian: Voice, fiddle, and flute, no longer be mute, I’ll lend you my name and inspire you to boot And besides I’ll instruct you like me to intwine The myrtle of Venus with Bacchus’s vine. Alternate lyrics The melody was used repeatedly throughout the 18th and 19th centuries with lyrics that changed with the affairs of the day. Lyrics set to the tune celebrated national heroes or spoke of political struggles, including Oh! who has not seen by the dawn’s early light, Some poor bloated drunkard to his home weakly reeling, With blear eyes and red nose most revolting to sight; And the plight he was in—steep’d in filth to his chin, Gave proof through the night in the gutter he’d been, While the pity-able wretch would stagger along, To the shame of his friends, ’mid the jeers of the throng. An 1844 version, “Oh, Say Do You Hear,” with lyrics by E.A. Atlee was written for the abolitionist cause. Its first stanza is as follows: Oh, say do you hear, at the dawn’s early light, The shrieks of those bondmen, whose blood is now streaming From the merciless lash, while our banner in sight With its stars, mocking freedom, is fitfully Do you see the backs bare? Do you mark every score Of the whip of the driver trace channels of gore? And say, doth our star-spangled banner yet wave O’er the land of...

On a rainy September 13, 1814, British warships sent a downpour of shells and rockets onto Fort McHenry in Baltimore Harbor, relentlessly pounding the American fort for 25 hours. The bombardment, known as the Battle of Baltimore, came only weeks after the British had attacked Washington, D.C., burning the Capitol, the Treasury and the President's house. It was another chapter in the ongoing War of 1812. A week earlier, Francis Scott Key, a 35-year-old American lawyer, had boarded the flagship of the British fleet on the Chesapeake Bay in hopes of persuading the British to release a friend who had recently been arrested. Key's tactics were successful, but because he and his companions had gained knowledge of the impending attack on Baltimore, the British did not let them go. They allowed the Americans to return to their own vessel but continued guarding them. Under their scrutiny, Key watched on September 13 as the barrage of Fort McHenry began eight miles away. "It seemed as though mother earth had opened and was vomiting shot and shell in a sheet of fire and brimstone," Key wrote later. But when darkness arrived, Key saw only red erupting in the night sky. Given the scale of the attack, he was certain the British would win. The hours passed slowly, but in the clearing smoke of "the dawn's early light" on September 14, he saw the Key put his thoughts on paper while still on board the ship, setting his words to the tune of a popular English song. His brother-in-law, command...

The American national anthem is a song that millions of people around the world are aware of, but people don’t know much about the history of how 'The Star-Spangled Banner' came to be. Author and critic Erica Wagner explains the origins of America's national anthem and explores the reverence the United States has for its flag... I’m American, but a long-time resident in Britain. I have always known that Americans are much more attached to their flag than I think is true of many other nations. I think this is because it is built on a set of ideals: it was a vision of democracy; the radical idea that all men were created equal. What united Americans? Their flag. What makes the US unique really is that it was a nation created by a disparate group of people who wanted to build a country based on a set of ideals. Of course, there were already people living in the continental US, but we are talking mainly about Europeans who came to the ‘New World’, asking how they could unite themselves. Q: Francis Scott Key wrote Defence of Fort McHenry in 1814, but The Star-Spangled Banner only became the official national anthem in 1931. Why the wait? A: The country had got along perfectly well without a national anthem. It was only when Robert L Ripley pointed out in 1929 that America didn't have an official anthem that people started demanding one.

The original text of “La Marseillaise” had six verses, and a seventh and last verse (not written by Rouget de Lisle) was later added. Only the first and sixth verses of the anthem are customarily used at public occasions. The text of these two verses follows, along with an English translation: Allons, enfants de la patrie, Le jour de gloire est arrivé. Contre nous, de la tyrannie, L’étendard sanglant est levé; l’étendard sanglant est levé. Entendez-vous, dans les campagnes Mugir ces féroces soldats? Ils viennent jusque dans nos bras Égorger nos fils, nos compagnes. Aux armes, citoyens! Formez vos bataillons, Marchons, marchons! Qu’un sang impur Abreuve nos sillons. Amour sacré de la Patrie, Conduis, soutiens nos bras vengeurs. Liberté, liberté chérie, Combats avec tes défenseurs; combats avec tes défenseurs. Sous nos drapeaux, que la victoire Accoure à tes mâles accents; Que tes ennemis expirants Voient ton triomphe et notre gloire! Aux armes, citoyens! etc. (Let us go, children of the fatherland, Our day of glory has arrived. Against us the bloody flag of is raised; the bloody flag is raised. Do you hear in the countryside The roar of those savage soldiers? They come right into our arms To cut the throats of our sons, our comrades. To arms, citizens! Form your battalions, Let us march, let us march! That their impure blood Should water our fields. Sacred love of the fatherland, Guide and support our vengeful arms. Liberty, beloved liberty, Fight with your defenders; fight...