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Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 3 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.) 1 1 Browse Search
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Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 3 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.), Book III (continued) (search)
other theatres, and on circus nights. It was printed in The Porcupine Gazette three days later, 28 April, in the May number of The Philadelphia magazine, in The Connecticut Courant of 7 May. Soon no public entertainment was considered satisfactory without it; and it has continued in use without textual change until the present day. We owe The Star Spangled banner to the existence of a longpopular melody and to the inspiration of a thrilling event— the British attack on Fort McHenry, 13 April, 1814. Words and music of To Anacreon in heaven, constitutional song of the Anacreontic Society in London, were published in 1771. They became so beloved of all convivial souls that the words (with or without the music) were reprinted in twenty-one known magazines and song collections in England between 1780 and 1804, and the melody (with the original or adapted words) was printed no less than thirty times in America between 1796 and 1813. For this tune, in the thrill of the moment of disco