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struggle4progress Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-06-06 02:01 PM
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America’s song already has multiple versions
By DAVID GOLDSTEIN
The Star’s Washington Correspondent

WASHINGTON — Psst ...

For all the outrage, two out of three Americans don’t even know all the words to the national anthem, according to a Harris Poll. A lot of them don’t even know the song ...

“What’s sort of surprising for us here who’ve lived with ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’ is that everyone has their shorts in a bunch about it,” said Loras Schissel, a musicologist at the library. “It’s old news” ...

Composer Igor Stravinsky rearranged the composition in 1944 and got it banned in Boston for his trouble ...

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DavidDvorkin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-06-06 03:50 PM
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1. Start with an English drinking song . . .
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