Previous posts for March 30th may be found here: John Stafford Smith (2019), Celine Dion (2020), Eric Clapton (2021). Johann Wilhelm Wilms (2022), and Antonio de Cabezón (2023)
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John Stafford Smith (30 March 1750 – 21 September 1836) was a pioneer in the collection and study of musical manuscripts, a friend of Haydn and Mozart, and a minor composer.
Repurposing
The poem was set to the tune of a popular song written by John Stafford Smith Anacreontic Society, a men's social club in London. – Wikipedia, s.v. “The Star-Spangled Banner“
Because "some of the comic songs [were not] exactly calculated for the entertainment of ladies, the singers were restrained; which displeasing many of the members, they resigned one after another; and a general meeting being called, the society was dissolved" – Wikipedia, s.v. “The Anacreontic Song“
“O say, can you see”
Is sung to his tune,
But the song came to be
For the bar or saloon.
They’d raise up a glass
And the toast that they gave
Was rather more crass
Than “The Home of the Brave!”
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