[JPL] SSB History Questions

[Larry Appelbaum]

Eric,

You might find this of interest:
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.natlib.ihas.200000017/default.html.

Happy 4th everyone.

Larry
 
> Reading Lenore's remarks made me start thinking about some things.
> 
> Francis Scott Key wrote the poem, right? The melody is an old English 
> melody, I think.
> 
> Who wrote the harmony? And when was it written? And what instrument did 
> the writer have in mind?
> 
> It seems to me that I remember that the piano, as we know it, is about 
> the same age as the U.S. is. I also think I remember that the first 
> piano concert in America took place on Tremont Street in Boston in the 
> mid 1800s.
> 
> If this is true, were the chords written for an instrument that was not 
> capable of playing chords that are as extended as a piano can play? Are 
> the chords played today on the piano that simplistic or at some point 
> did someone extend the chords for piano accompaniment?
> 
> Eric Jackson
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