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THREE TUNES OF GLORYIn 1841, Francis Scott Key wrote what "Ol' Blue Eyes" called patriotic lyrics to an almost unsingable tune. That tune alternated with America the Beautiful as our unofficial National Anthem until 1931, when President Roosevelt requested Congress to select our anthem. Their choice was the Star Spangled Banner. Listening to the Marina Corps Band playing Hail to the Chief, I was reminded of the Scottish Clan Pipers playing the same tune to their chief, which they have done for a few centuries. When the Scottish regiments came to the Colonies, they brought their music along with them. After the War of Independence and the departure of the British, one piece of music was lost to the piping world. Then an amazing thing occured. An American musician rummaging through papers in a Pennsylvania loft discovered a sheet of music and gave it to a local pipe band. The tune was an instant hit, and its haunting, romantic melody caught on all over the piping world, eventually returning home to the land of its origin-Scotland. Actually, it is not too amazing, since the tune is called Amazing Grace.Ian Wilson is a descendant of the Sutherland Clan from Scotland and is a freelance writer. --> return to menu / back ... (click) --> return to top of the page (click) |
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