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About this Item

Title

  • Star-spangled banner

Names

  • Key, Francis Scott 1779-1843 Lyricist
  • Smith, John Stafford, 1750-1836
  • Merkley, C. Arranger

Created / Published

  • Boston, MA : Oliver Ditson and Co., [1877?].

Headings

  • -  National songs--United States
  • -  Patriotic music--United States

Genre

  • sheet music

Notes

  • -  Music has illustrated cover entitled: "Columbia, a collection of American national melodies."
  • -  Record created through migration from the Performing Arts Encyclopedia Database.

Medium

  • 4 p. ; 11 x 14 in.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • M1630.3.S7 M25a

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2023871324

Online Format

  • image

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Citations are generated automatically from bibliographic data as a convenience, and may not be complete or accurate.

Chicago citation style:

Key, Francis Scott Lyricist, John Stafford Smith, and C. Arranger Merkley. Star-Spangled Banner. [Boston, MA: Oliver Ditson and Co., ?, 1877] Notated Music. https://www.loc.gov/item/2023871324/.

APA citation style:

Key, F. S. L., Smith, J. S. & Merkley, C. A. (1877) Star-Spangled Banner. [Boston, MA: Oliver Ditson and Co., ?] [Notated Music] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2023871324/.

MLA citation style:

Key, Francis Scott Lyricist, John Stafford Smith, and C. Arranger Merkley. Star-Spangled Banner. [Boston, MA: Oliver Ditson and Co., ?, 1877] Notated Music. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2023871324/>.