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° 3
mf ff mp

& 4 œ ™™
poco cresc.
j ˙™ nœ œ bœœ
soprano.alto
œJ œ œœ œœ bœ ˙ Œ nœ ##œœ #˙œ œ
oh say can you see by the dawn's ear - ly light?
mf ff mp poco cresc.

œ bœ bœ œ b œœ b ˙˙ n œ œ b œœ œ œ n œ̇ œ
? 43 ˙ œ
tenor.bass
¢ Œ

(s)

° - - œ™ ˙ œj œ U
5 f proud - ly we hailed

sa & œ ˙œ #˙ œ œ œ œ nœ
œ œŒ œŒ #œ œ ˙
(proud - ly) (proud - ly)
what so (a) at the twi - light's last gleam - ing.

œ - - f
œ ˙ œ œ œœ U
? œ œ œ #œ #˙ œœ ˙˙ œœ ˙
tb
¢ Œ Œ b˙
(proud - ly) (proud - ly)
u
(t.b)

° Œ
p f

œ ™ œj œœ##œœ #˙œ™ ˙
œ œ bœœ
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& œ #˙˙ œ̇ ™ œ œ
sa
œ
œ œ œ Œ
who's broad stripes and bright stars through the per - i - lous fight o'er the
p f

˙˙ œœ ˙˙ œ œ b œœ n œ œœ ˙™ ˙™
? Œ œ™ œ œ
¢
n˙™ ˙™
tb
J Œ

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°
(s) cresc.
j
ram - parts we watched, we're so
Ϫ
œ œ œ™
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sa &
œ œ œ ˙œ œ œœ bœœ bœ œœ bœœ
J œ œ nœœ ˙
b˙
ram - parts we watched we're so
(a)
gall - ant - ly stream - ing!

Ϫ
(t) cresc.
ff
œj œ
ram - parts we watched,
˙ bœ œ bœœ
? Œ œ bnœœ b˙
¢
œ œ œ œ œ bœ
tb
Ó bœ b˙
ram - parts, we're so
(b)

° j
pp mp mf
Ϫ
20
œ
sa &
˙ œ œœ œœ œœ ˙˙ œŒ œ œ œœ œœ œ˙ œ œœ œ œ œ œ œœ
œ

and the rock - et's red glare, the bombs burs - ting in air, gave proof through the
pp mp mf

˙ œ œ œ œœ ˙˙ œ œ œœ œ œœ ˙ œœ œœœœ œœ
? œ œ™
¢
˙ œJ œ
tb
Œ

° œ œœœœ
26 mf f
œ #œ œ bœœ œœ œœ œ œœ œœ œœ
molto cresc.
sa &
œ̇ #œ œŒ œ œ œ b˙˙™ œ ˙

night that our flag was still there. oh say does that star span - gled banner yet

œ # œœ bœ b˙ ™
molto cresc. mf f

b œœ œœ œœ b œ œ n œœ b œœ œ̇ œ œ œ
? ˙ Œ Œ ˙™ œ œ
tb
¢ #˙ Œ Œ
(bann - er)
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° œ ˙
ff
œj nœœ œœ b˙™
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sa &
œ ˙ ˙œ œ bœœ œ™
˙ ˙™ bœœ œœ ˙ œ œJ
J
>. ƒ
wave, or the land of the free! and the

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™ œœ ™ œ œ œœ œ b œœ œ̇ œ
j j œ j
ff
œœ n œ œ
? ˙˙™ œ
bœ bœ
¢  J J
. ƒ
tb

(land of the free)

(b)

repeat individual, rhythm ad. lib

to create sound cloud increasing in
volume and intensity through final

° e e e
cadence.
37 pp ff U
e e e
˙™ ˙™
˙™ ˙™
sa &

u
(home of the) brave!

e e e ˙™ ˙™
pp ff U
? e e e
tb
¢ b˙ ™ ˙™
u
(a few basses)

b˙ ™ b˙ ™ b˙ ™
b˙ ™
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