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John Stafford Smith
Sign in to saveBritish composer, church organist, and early musicologist (1750–1836)
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Within Vinony's link graph, John Stafford Smith is referenced by 105 other articles, and connects out to Johann Sebastian Bach, International Standard Book Number and Joseph Haydn.
Vinony files it under 1750 births, 1836 deaths and 18th-century British classical composers.
Its subject is documented across 16 Wikipedia language editions.
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
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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
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
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- 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)