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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.
John Stafford Smith (Gloucester, 30 de março de 1750 — 21 de setembro de 1836) foi um compositor britânico. Era organista da igreja e musicólogo, sendo um dos primeiros colecionadores sérios de manuscritos de obras compostas por Johann Sebastian Bach. É também o autor da música do hino nacional dos Estados Unidos. Referências
The poem was set to the tune of a popular British song written by John Stafford Smith for the Anacreontic Society, a social club in London. Smiths' song, "To Anacreon in Heaven" (or "The Anacreontic Song"), with various lyrics, was already popular in the United States.
John Stafford Smith. English composer. Learn about this topic in these articles: contribution to U.S. national anthem. In The Star-Spangled Banner: Origin of the melody.
7 de mai. de 2024 · 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.
28 de set. de 2017 · Learn how Francis Scott Key wrote the lyrics of the U.S. national anthem in 1814, using a popular English drinking song by John Stafford Smith. Find out how the anthem became a symbol of national unity and patriotism, and how it is played at sporting events.
In the mid-1760s, a London society of amateur musicians, the Anacreontic Society, commissioned a young church musician, John Stafford Smith, to compose music for material written by its president, Ralph Tomlinson.
