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The Star-Spangled Banner: A Guide to Resources

Sound Recordings

Below is a selected list of sound recordings. Please visit the Library's Audio Recordings page to find many more.

1. American operatic baritone Thomas Chalmers with orchestra and chorus (includes verses 1 and 2), 1914.

2. American operatic soprano Geraldine Farrar with orchestra (includes verses 1 and 4), 1916.

3. The U.S. Marine Band, taken from the Marine Band Dream Hour recordings, circa 1953.

4. American operatic contralto Louise Homer with orchestra (includes verses 1 and 4), 1917.

5. Irish tenor John McCormack with orchestra and chorus (includes verses 1 and 4), 1917.