Person · Male

John Stafford Smith

From: Gloucester, United Kingdom
Active: 1750–1836
Releases: 1

Spotify

About

John Stafford Smith (bapt. 30 March 1750 – 21 September 1836) was an English composer, church organist, and early musicologist. He was one of the first serious collectors of manuscripts of works by Johann Sebastian Bach and a friend of his son Johann Christian Bach.

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" following the War of 1812, and in 1931 was adopted as the national anthem of the United States.

From John Stafford Smith on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.