The Anacreontic Song
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"The Anacreontic Song", also known by its incipit "To Anacreon in Heaven", was the official song of the Anacreontic Society, an 18th-century gentlemen's club of amateur musicians in London. Composed b
First page of the A. Blands edition (c. 1784–1790)
A bust of Anacreon.
Anacreontic Society
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The Anacreontic Society was a popular gentlemen's club of amateur musicians in London founded in the mid-18th century. These barristers, doctors, and other professional men named their club after the
The Anacreontic Song
…The Anacreontic Song", also known by its incipit "To Anacreon in Heaven", was the official song of the Anacreontic Society, an 18th-century gentlemen's club of amateur musicians in London. Composed by John Stafford Smith, the tune was later used by several writers as a…
James Gillray's "Anacreontick's in full Song", 1801
The Crown and Anchor tavern, where the Society met from the late 1770s, is visible on the right. The Church on the left is St Clement Danes.