Igor Stravinsky emigrated to the United States in 1939 and settled in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where he delivered lectures at Harvard. In January 1944, he conducted his arrangement of 'The Star-Spangled Banner,' aiming to promote patriotism amid World War II. This version included a dominant seventh chord, leading to a warning from Boston police regarding tampering with the national anthem. Stravinsky pulled the arrangement from the bill due to this misunderstanding, although he was never arrested, contrary to popular myth.
Stravinsky emigrated to the United States in 1939, settled in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and delivered the Charles Eliot Norton lectures at Harvard during the 1939-40 academic year.
In January 1944, he conducted his own arrangement of 'The Star-Spangled Banner' out of a desire to foster patriotism during World War II.
Stravinsky's version of the anthem included a dominant seventh chord, which led to a warning from Boston police about tampering with the national anthem.
Although police issued a warning claiming there was a law against altering the anthem, they misread the statute, and Stravinsky ultimately withdrew his arrangement.
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