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.

From The New Yorker • Aug. 29, 2016

He wrote the poem “In Defense of Fort McHenry,” which was later set to the tune of a British song called “The Anacreontic Song” and eventually became the U.S. national anthem, “The Star-Spangled Banner.”

From Textbooks • Dec. 30, 2014

A later congressional librarian believed it was a military tune of obscure origins; others attributed it to Samuel Arnold, who had published a volume of Anacreontic melodies.

From New York Times • Jun. 27, 2014

The Anacreontic Society faded out, I think toward the end of the 18th century,” White said.

From Washington Post

That by Tennyson is Anacreontic, but he was not really set on kissing the Maids of Honour, as he is made to sing.

From Alfred Tennyson by Lang, Andrew