The national anthem of the USA arranged for full orchestra. There are also versions for Brass Quintet & String Orchestra in my stores.


"The Star-Spangled Banner" is the national anthem of the United States. The lyrics come from the Defence of Fort M'Henry, a poem written on September 14, 1814, by the then 35-year-old lawyer and amateur poet Francis Scott Key after witnessing the bombardment of Fort McHenry by British ships of the Royal Navy in Baltimore Harbor during the Battle of Baltimore in the War of 1812. Key was inspired by the large U.S. flag, with 15 stars and 15 stripes, known as the Star-Spangled Banner, flying triumphantly above the fort during the U.S. victory.

The poem was set to the tune of a popular British song written by John Stafford Smith for the Anacreontic Society, a men's social club in London. "To Anacreon in Heaven" (or "The Anacreontic Song"), with various lyrics, was already popular in the United States. Set to Key's poem and renamed "The Star-Spangled Banner", it soon became a well-known U.S. patriotic song. With a range of 19 semitones, it is known for being very difficult to sing. Although the poem has four stanzas, only the first is commonly sung today.

"The Star-Spangled Banner" was recognized for official use by the United States Navy in 1889, and by U.S. President Woodrow Wilson in 1916, and was made the national anthem by a congressional resolution on March 3, 1931 (46 Stat. 1508, codified at 36 U.S.C. § 301), which was signed by President Herbert Hoover.

Before 1931, other songs served as the hymns of U.S. officialdom. "Hail, Columbia" served this purpose at official functions for most of the 19th century. "My Country, 'Tis of Thee", whose melody is identical to "God Save the Queen", the United Kingdom's national anthem, also served as a de facto national anthem. Following the War of 1812 and subsequent U.S. wars, other songs emerged to compete for popularity at public events, among them "America the Beautiful", which itself was being considered before 1931, as a candidate to become the national anthem of the United States.

John Stafford Smith (30 March 1750 ? 21 September 1836) was a British composer, church organist, and early musicologist. He was one of the first serious collectors of manuscripts of works by Johann Sebastian Bach.

Stafford Smith is best known for writing the music for "The Anacreontic Song", which became the tune for the US patriotic song "The Star-Spangled Banner" following the War of 1812, and in 1931 was adopted as the national anthem of the United States.

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Here?s how to play ?The Star-Spangled Banner? (US national anthem) on piano!

With this piano sheet music, you can play the famous national anthem of the United States of America.

What's more - these sheets include "The Star-Spangled Banner" in all 12 major keys!

Have you ever had trouble singing along to a song because it was too high, or too deep?
This is an especially common problem with the American national anthem, because the piece has such a big vocal range (19 semitones).
With this sheet music, all you have to do to transpose it to a different key is turn the page!

In every key, you will find the same beautiful piano arrangement of ?The Star-Spangled Banner? which is not too hard to play and sounds fantastic!

The lyrics of the US national anthem were written by Francis Scott Key, the music was composed by John Stafford Smith.

The whole melody of ?The Star-Spangled Banner? is included in this piano arrangement, so it sounds great if it?s just performed instrumentally.

But of course, you can also use these piano sheets to accompany singers, or sing along yourself!

These sheets come with the song?s full lyrics.

Here are the full lyrics to ?The Star-Spangled Banner?:

?Oh, say can you see by the dawn's early light
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming?
Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight,
O'er the ramparts we watched 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.
Oh, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave??

Here?s how to play ?The Star-Spangled Banner? (US national anthem) on piano!

With this piano sheet music, you can play the famous national anthem of the United States of America.

It?s a beautiful piano arrangement of ?The Star-Spangled Banner? in G major, it?s not too hard to play and sounds fantastic!

The lyrics of the US national anthem were written by Francis Scott Key, the music was composed by John Stafford Smith.

The whole melody of ?The Star-Spangled Banner? is included in this piano arrangement, so it sounds great if it?s just performed instrumentally.

But of course, you can also use these piano sheets to accompany singers, or sing along yourself!

These sheets come with the song?s full lyrics.


Here are the full lyrics to ?The Star-Spangled Banner?:


?Oh, say can you see by the dawn's early light

What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming?

Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight,

O'er the ramparts we watched 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.

Oh, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave

O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave??