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John Stafford Smith
Sign in to saveBritish composer, church organist, and early musicologist (1750–1836)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 4
Top works
- From Sea to Shining Sea, Songs of America, Bk2
- Star-Spangled Banner - Charts and Tracks for Singers
- Star Spangled Banner, the
- Star Spangled Banner
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1750
- Active to
- 1836
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 10,966
- Total plays
- 28,329
Tags
classical periodcomposermusicologistclassicengland
John Stafford Smith (30 March 1750 – 21 September 1836) was a British composer, church organist, and early musicologist. He was one of the first serious collectors of manuscripts of works by Johann Sebastian Bach. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/John+Stafford+Smith">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Smith
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Place of birth
- Gloucester
- Place of death
- London
- Occupation
- musicologist
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Notable work
- The Star-Spangled Banner
- Instrument
- pipe organ
- Image
- Stafford Smith.png
- Work location
- England
- Voice type
- tenor
Show 8 more facts
- date of birth
- 1750-03-30
- date of death
- 1836-09-21
- Commons category
- John Stafford Smith
- Commons Creator page
- John Stafford Smith
- place of burial
- Gloucester Cathedral
- name in native language
- John Stafford Smith
- writing language
- English language
- P12749
- Tokyo Skytree
Sources (1)
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Works in European collections
1 object attributed to John Stafford Smith, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
![Two american patriotic songs: Star spangled banner/[Music: John Stafford Smith. Text: Francis Scott Key]](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.slub-dresden.de%2Ffon%2Fsnp%2Fa%2F007655%2Ffon_snp_a_007655_01.jpg&type=IMAGE)