Notes 17.c Star Spangled Banner Vocal by Whitney Houston, Music played by The Florida Orchestra, Words by Francis Scott Key Originally a poem written by Francis Scott Keys as he watched from a British war ship as they bombarded Fort McHenry in the war of 1812. Later the poem was put to music of an old English song. Official named the National Anthem by congress in 1931 99 Luftballons – Nena Goofy Single released in 1982 in German, then English. Carlo Karges (Nena’s Guitar Player) wrote the lyrics while watching balloons released at a Rolling Stones concert float over the Berlin Wall. Berlin Wall was a wall that separated Berlin into West / East. West being free, East controlled by communist USSR. 1961-1989. Symphony No. 1 3rd Movement “Hunter’s Funeral” – Gustav Mahler Austrian Composer and Conductor 1860-1911 “Hunter’s Funeral” was inspired by a woodcarving (picture below), and uses “Frere Jacques” as the theme of the movement, but in a Minor key. The Minor key makes the song sound sad and haunting. Every day I Have the Blues – B.B. King Dates: 1925 - 2015. American Blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist. #6 on Rolling Stone’s 100 Greatest guitarists of all time. Blues and Rock legend that has been making music through some of America’s hardest times as a Country and people. Franz Schubert – “Unfinished Symphony” Finale Dates: 1797 – 1828, was an Austrian composer. Wrote some 600 Lieder, ten complete or nearly complete symphonies, liturgical music, operas, incidental music and a large body of chamber and solo piano music To this day, musicologists still disagree as to why Schubert failed to complete the symphony; or even whether he did fail to complete it. Low Rider – War Was is an American funk band from California that formed in 1969. Low rider was released in 1975 and was #1 on the charts. Just a fun song that has little or no meaning outside of how cool low rider cars are .