In August 1941, Stravinsky told friends that his “Star-Spangled Banner” would be premiered via a national broadcast from Los Angeles, by a Works Progress Administration orchestra of 100 ...

In his 68 years, Swiss-American Composer Ernest Bloch had won fame if not fortune for his soaring, rhapsodic Sche-lomo for cello and orchestra ... than The Star-Spangled Banner.

The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra perform during the Star-Spangled Spectacular, a concert with fireworks hosted by the BSO, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra at Oregon Ridge. (Karl Merton Ferron/Staff ...