If interpreted by a brass band, an orchestra or a rock band, there are patriotic songs that everyone in America finds familiar, exciting and exhilarating. But how do you know how these songs developed? And what do you know who wrote them?

There are some surprising facts behind all this wonderful music.

Then, start the grill, check out the fireworks, and Strike Up The Band, as we have the secrets behind the most influentialnationalistic musical moments of all time.

"Star Spangled Banner, Francis Scott Key, 1814.

Schoolchildren in America all learn how Key watched the British bombardment of Fort McHenry during the War of 1812 and admired the courage of United States troops laid siege to it four stanzas of "The Star Spangled Banner" (only the first usually is done). Key based the melody on an English drinking song called "To Anacreon in Heaven". The song is only from the nationalAnthem since 1931, and there was a strong movement to replace it with one of the other tracks in that list.

'Tis America (My Country' for you), Samuel F. Smith, 1832.

The music was set in 1700 because, at times to Henry Cary. First popular in Great Britain as "God Save the King (Queen)," The song became bi-continental in 1832. Modern audiences have been greatly moved by the R & B version by Ray Charles, a truly wonderful blend emotion with what musicianscalled "The Groove".

"Rally Round 'flag," George F. Root, 1862.

Written for the Union army and its supporters during the Civil War was the song very popular in the north. This did not prevent Confederate troops to write his own lyrics and sings the song in the south.

"When Johnny Comes Marching Home," Louis Lambert, c. 1863

Lambert was a pseudonym for the Union Army bandmaster Patrick S. Gilmore. His lyrics were set to an old Irish folk songPeople across the entire Reconstruction Era (1865-1896). Appears in an extended version of the instrumental soundtrack of Stanley Kubrick movie "Dr. Strangelove."

"Battle Hymn of the Republic," Julia W. Howe, 1861.

Howe is another songwriter who, through the use of a piece of music already succeeded in this case, a camp-meeting tune of 19 (Including the century, "John Brown's Body"). The profound power of words with the compelling melody can not be combined,denied, and was sung at the funeral of Winston Churchill, Robert Kennedy and Ronald Reagan.

"Overture: 1812," Petr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, 1880.

Patriotic music is not always the 4th Celebration July, rotate, or even links to the United States. Tchaikovsky Russia a beating heart with his "1812 Overture in E major, Op. 49", written for 70 to mark the anniversary of the victory of the struggle of his country during the Napoleonic wars.

"Semper Fidelis, John PhilipSousa, 1889.

Popular since its debut, the effective and lively melody takes its name from the U.S. Marine Corps motto meaning "always faithful" and is dedicated to the Marines.

"America the Beautiful," Katharine Lee Bates, 1895, 1904, 1913.

Originally a poem that Bates twice revised after its first publication in 1885, "America the Beautiful" was sung in different melodies. The song associated with today is "Materna" by Samuel A. Ward, alongin 1882, but was also often performed to the tune of "Auld Lang Syne."

Stars and Stripes Forever, John Philip Sousa, 1896.

On Christmas Day there is "The Stars and Stripes Forever," the official march (U.S. Code, Title 36, Chapter 10). Sousa wrote lyrics for the song, but are little known today (for example: "Let martial note in triumph float / And liberty extend its mighty hand / A flag appears' mid thunderous applause, / The flag of the WesternCountry). "

"Yankee Doodle Boy, George M. Cohan, 1904.

"You're A Grand Old Flag," George M. Cohan, 1906.

"Over There", George M. Cohan, 1917.

As "the man who owned Broadway" is known, Cohan was a superstar before the term was coined. While his film biography is called "Yankee Doodle Dandy", the title of his first significant contribution to America is actually "The Yankee Doodle Boy." Cohan thrilled audiences in the United States again in 1906 with "You're a Grand Old Flag", even if the originalLine was "You're a Grand Old Rag." E 'was the entry of America into World War in 1917 that inspired Cohan to write "Over There", for which a Medal of Congress.

"God Bless America" Irving Berlin, 1938.

Read The extremely Berlin (900 + songs, although the notes do not), originally wrote the song immediately after the First World War, but not completed until shortly before the Second World War. Kate Smith first performed during his radio show on Armistice Day 1938An immediate sensation, the song was often suggested that the word "Star Spangled Banner" the national anthem.

"Star Spangled Banner, Jimi Hendrix, 1969.

The legendary guitarist took the stage near dawn until the last day of Woodstock Music and Art Fair. The 13 tracks in long hours of delivery of the song was an arsonist venerable. In a performance that was somehow savage and grand at the same time, Hendrix wrestled new levels of emotion from the song andGenerations have never again felt the same way.

"Apocalypse Now", Francis Ford Coppola, 1979.

The music in question is "Ride of the Valkyries" from the opera of Richard Wagner "Die Walkure" (1854-56). The composition fits perfectly into director Coppola's nightmarish vision of the Vietnam War. The order, with a helicopter attack at dawn, never fails, the emotions of the public greater.

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