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This song is by and for a London musicians' society, in glory of Bacchus (god of wine) and Venus (goddess of love), after the Greek poet Anacreon. The members of this society could continue to drink wine, if they were able to sing this song. The tavern where they sang was probably at Arundel Street, in the Strand. The music was reused with other lyrics in two patriotic songs, with no relation to drunkenness or sex: the former anthem of Luxembourg, and the present anthem of the United States of America.Français : Ceci est la partition de The Anacreontic Song (la chanson anacréontique), en référence à Anacréon, un poète Grec, aimant le vin et l'amour. Les paroles ont été écrites par et pour la société anacréontique, club de musiciens londoniens.
Cette chanson est une ode à Bacchus, dieu du vin et à Vénus, déesse de l'amour. Les musiciens pouvaient reprendre du vin, si ils arrivaient à chanter correctement un couplet de cette chanson. La musique a été réutilisée avec des paroles différentes dans deux chansons patriotiques, n'ayant aucun rapport avec l'ivresse ni le sexe: l'ancien hymne du Luxembourg et l'actuel hymne des États-Unis d'Amérique. |
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| Source | http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.natlib.ihas.100010458/default.html |
| Author | Poem by Ralph Tomlinson, music by John Stafford Smith, printed circa 1790 by A. Bland's Music Warehouse, London. |
| Other versions | File:The Anacreontic Song page1.jpg |
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