Previous posts for March 30th may be found here: John Stafford Smith (2019), Celine Dion (2020), Eric Clapton (2021). Johann Wilhelm Wilms (2022), Antonio de Cabezón (2023), John Stafford Smith (2024), and Tommaso Traetta (2025)
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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.
In re: JSS
Smith is best known for writing the music for "The Anacreontic Song", which became the tune for the American patriotic song "The Star-Spangled Banner", and in 1931 was adopted as the national anthem of the United States. – adapted from Wikipedia
I'm enclosing a limerick herewith
With a thought about John Stafford Smith:
It was hardly foreseeable
That his song, though agreeable,
Would embody the American myth.
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