anacreontic

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Around 1776, the English composer John Stafford Smith wrote the tune “To Anacreon in Heaven” for the Anacreontic Society, a British gentlemen’s club that gathered regularly for dinners and concerts.

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Around the turn of the nineteenth century, “The Anacreontic Song” emerged as a vehicle for voicing partisanship in the new United States.

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And before Key’s “Banner” the most well-known version of “The Anacreontic Song” was the 1798 “Adams and Liberty,” an attempt to win support for John Adams during his contentious Presidency.

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By the time that Key decided to write his lyrics for “The Anacreontic Song,” it was already a staple of American musical life.

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The day after Key arrived back in the Baltimore harbor, his lyrics for “The Anacreontic Song” were printed as a broadside titled “Defense of Fort McHenry,” and entered newspapers soon after.

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