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John Stafford Smith (bapt. 30 March 1750 – 21 September 1836) was a British composer, church organist, and early musicologist. He was one of the first serious collectors of manuscripts of works by Johann Sebastian Bach.
- 30 March 1750
- 21 September 1836 (aged 86), London, England
- Gloucester, England
- Composer
Written by British composer John Stafford Smith—whose identity was discovered only in the 1970s by a librarian in the music division of the Library of Congress—the song was sung to signal a transition between the evening’s orchestral music concert and after-dinner participatory singing.
John Stafford Smith (bapt. 30 March 1750 – 21 September 1836) was a British composer, church organist, and early musicologist. He was one of the first serious collectors of manuscripts of works by Johann Sebastian Bach.
- 1750
- Smith, John Stafford, 1750-1836
- 1836
- John Stafford Smith
HE music to which The Star-Spang/í't/ Banner is sung was written by John Stafford Smith, an English organist and composer of prominence. He was born at Gloucester about March, 1750, and died in London, September 21, 1836. About 1775 Smith wrote the music for a convivial song to a poem by Ralph Tomlinson—Th An- acreon in Heaven, which became well
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John Stafford Smith has been called "virtually the first English musicologist." He was also a popular composer of glees (unaccompanied part songs) and remains a significant figure in American history… Read Full Biography. STREAM OR BUY: Musical Period. Classical. Born. March 30, 1750 in Gloucester, England. Died.
Anacreon was an ancient Greek poet noted for his praise of love and wine. Written about 1775 by John Stafford Smith, the tune was originally the “constitutional song” of the Anacreontic Society, a gentlemen's music club in London. The Anacreontic Song. To Anacreon in Heaven, where he sat in full glee, A few sons of harmony sent a petition,
Jul 4, 2016 · The British composer’s identity was a subject of speculation until the 20th-century discovery of a manuscript that identified him as John Stafford Smith, a Gloucester native born in March 1750....