The Anacreontic Society was a gentlemen's club of the kind that was popular in London in the late eighteenth century. In existence from approximately 1766 to 1792, the Society was dedicated to the ancient Greek poet Anacreon, who was renowned for his drinking songs and odes to love. Its members, who consisted mainly of wealthy men of high social rank, would meet on Wednesday evenings to combine musical appreciation with eating and drinking.
The lyrics are "a good-natured takeoff on a bit of pseudoclassical mythology"We have prepared a PDF file with:
The original melody from an old publication
The complete lyrics
Our arrangement with guitar chords and a keyboard and
bass accompaniment
MP3 Sample of the instrumental arrangement
Download the PDF file
with the music, lyrics and arrangement notation......
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