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The music was originally written by John Stafford Smith, as "The Anacreontic Song"

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Q: Who wrote the music tune for the US National Anthem?
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Did francis Scott key wrote the national anthem?

He wrote the lyrics. The tune came from an English drinking song.


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Key wrote the words in 1814, which were soon set to the tune of a preexisting song. It became the official anthem in 1931.


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The Star Spangled banner or the U.S. National Anthem was taken from a poem written by Francis Scott Key, and was set to the tune of "The Anacreontic Song" by John Stafford Smith.


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