anacreontic

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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.

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 tune for the lyrics was written by John Stafford Smith, a member of the Anacreontic Society and the famous church musician.

From Washington Post

The Anacreontic poet remains only Anacreontic in his epic.

From Literary Character of Men of Genius Drawn from Their Own Feelings and Confessions by Disraeli, Isaac