January 15, 1944
Igor Stravinsky orchestrated ‘The Star Spangled Banner’ for the Boston Symphony, featuring a dominant 7th chord that gives it a mournful feel. Someone alerted the Boston police, who arrived at Symphony Hall and accused him of ‘tampering with public property.’ He pulled the piece from the program. The version in the video is a 2010 recording of Stravinsky’s arrangement with Michael Tillson-Thomas and the London Symphony. Stravinsky was not arrested: the mugshot in the video is courtesy of Photoshop.
