To download your free recording now, just click the word “download” on the Soundcloud widget below (it may take a minute to arrive and should open a new window and if you have iTunes will play automatically). To join the Teachers Network, click here and you’ll be redirected to a web form and then returned to a free download page. Teachers selected to participate receive a $3000 stipend to defray living expenses. Applications will be available in November. We invite teachers of all levels and any subject to become a member of our Star Spangled Teacher Network to receive priority invitations to use future instructional tools as well as information about our NEH-sponsored national teacher institute Banner Moments: The National Anthem in American Life (June 30–July 10, 2014). This audio file is offered to all teachers free of charge as are all of the online instructional tools produced by The Star Spangled Music Foundation. When you play the file, “The Anacreontic Song” is heard first and “The Star-Spangled Banner” begins at 0:59. This Educators-Only file combines our world-premiere recording of the original version of “The Star-Spangled Banner,” printed by Thomas Carr in the fall of 1814, with the source tune of the melody - “The Anacreontic Song,” written in London in 1775/76. As a special thanks to the MSBOA and its members, the Star Spangled Music Foundation is happy to offer this free audio download of one of our unique teaching tools.