Ferdinand Durang
Theater Actor
1785 – 1831
Who was Ferdinand Durang?
Ferdinand Durang was an American actor, best known as the first person to sing publicly Francis Scott Key's "The Star-Spangled Banner".
He was born in Baltimore, Maryland, the son of John Durang of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, America's first native-born actor. He served in the Pennsylvania militia. It is disputed whether he actually matched Key's poem with the tune of "To Anacreon in Heaven," a popular drinking song, but he is generally recognized as the first person to publicly sing it, at Captain McCauley's tavern in Baltimore in October 1814. He was a member of the Bowery Theatre Company. He died in 1831.
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- Born
- 1785
- Parents
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Died
- 1831
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on July 23, 2013
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