October 2024 – Royal Caribbean, an Official Partner of the Eurovision Song Contest, has revealed two new Eurovision-themed holidays in Europe on the soon-to-be-amplifiedAllure of the Seasin May andIndependence of the Seasin June. Fans can make memories in more ways than one with a lineup...
Thomas Ravenscroft(c.1582?–c.1633),Henry Purcell(c.1659–95), andHenry Carey(c.1687–1743). The earliest copy of the words appeared inGentleman’s Magazinein 1745; the tune appeared about the same time in an anthology,Thesaurus Musicus—in both instances...
In 1798 the tune became “Adams and Liberty,” written by Thomas Paine (later called Robert Treat Paine, Jr., and not the same person as the author of Common Sense, with whom he is sometimes confused) to celebrate and rally support for the nation’s second president, John Adams. This v...