OLD TUNES – BELLEISLE MARCH
Belleisle March Belleisle is the French island Belle-Île-en-Mer. The siege of Belleisle took place during the Seven Years War between the French and the British. The actual siege lasted from … Continue reading →
OLD TUNES – BANKS OF THE DEE
Banks of the Dee (1775) This beautiful song was very popular, both in England and the colonies. It was composed by John Tait, a writer for the Signet and, for … Continue reading →
OLD TUNES – ANACREON IN HEAVEN
The Anacreontic Society
In the mid-1760s, a London society of amateur musicians, the Anacreontic Society, commissioned a young church musician, John Stafford Smith, to compose music for material written by … Continue reading →