The National Anthem

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The National Anthem

• According to the Library of Congress, the United
  States Bureau of Education commissioned a
  Spanish-language version of "The Star Spangled
  Banner" en Español back in 1919. That was before
  the English version became the official anthem in
  1931.
• The Bureau called the song "La Bandera de las
  estrellas. "La Bandera de las estrellas" can be
  found online at the Library of Congress'
  Performing Arts Digital Library interactive Web
  site
• http//memory.loc.gov/cocoon/ihas/loc.natlib.ihas.
  100000007/default.html

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Lyrics

• Verse
• Amanece no veis, a la luz de aurora,
• Lo que tanto aclamamos la noche al caer?
• Sus estrellas, sus barras flotaban ayer
• En el fiero combate en senal de victoria.
• Fulgor de cohetes, de bombas es truendo,
• Por la noche decian "Se va defendiendo!"
• Oh, decid! Despliega aun su hermosura
  estrellada,
• Sobre tierra de libres, la bandera sagrada?
• Verse
• En la costa lejana que apenas blanquea,
• Donde yace nublada la hueste feroz,
• Sobre aquel precipicio que elevase atroz,
• Oh decidme! que es eso quen la brisa ondea?
• Se oculta y flamea, en el alba luciendo,
• Reflejada en la mar, donde va resplandeciendo.
• Aun alli desplego su hermosura estrellada,
• Sobre tierra de libres, la bandera sagrada!
• Verse

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Full Description

• Title La bandera de las estrellas sheet music
• Composer Smith, John Stafford
• Arranger Damrosch, Walter
• Lyricist Key, Francis Scott
• Place of Publication/Creation New York, NY
• Publisher G. Schirmer
• Date Issued 1919
• Physical Description 4 p., 12 x 9 in.
• Type of Material notated music
• Subjects
• National songs--United States
• Patriotic music--United States
• Note(s)
• Spanish translation by Francis Haffkine Snow.
  This version of the song was prepared by the U.S.
  Bureau of Education.
• Call Number M1630.3.S7S1919A
• Repository Music Division

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Other Spanish Versions of the Anthem

• The U.S. State Department, on its "usinfo" Web
  site for non-English speakers or people from
  other countries has four separate Spanish
  versions of the national anthem.
• http//usinfo.state.gov/esp/home/topics/us_society
  _values/national_symbols/anthem_spanish.html
• The logic behind foreign-language versions is
  that U.S. embassies could use the translations in
  ceremonies so guests could understand what was
  being sung.