Possibly the most thoughtful, ego-free rendition ever given to the national anthem.
Aretha Franklin, who received an honorary degree at Harvard University’s 2014 Commencement, opened the Morning Exercises in Tercentenary Theatre with a rendition of “The Star-Spangled Banner”.
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Thoughtful? I suppose that a great deal of thought went into Ms. Franklin’s “performance,” but that’s the crux of the matter. This writer is truly tired of yet another interpretation of the Star-Spangled Banner (let it be said that I can’t stand the tune nor the text, having often compared it to a militaristic drinking song.
This link will take one to the most moving arrangement of the anthem, presenting it more as a hymn: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tmu_Tqon6Ro. It is now the “official” version of one of my ensembles and I plan on sharing it with two more this summer.