| Composition Year | 1812 ca. |
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| Genre Categories | Secular choruses; Choruses; For mixed chorus, piano; |
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| Work Title | Hail to the Chief |
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| Composer | Sanderson, James |
| Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No. | IJS 2 |
| Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. | 1812 ca. |
| First Publication. | 1812 |
| Librettist | Walter Scott (1771–1832) |
| Language | English |
| Composer Time PeriodComp. Period | Classical |
| Piece Style | Classical |
| Instrumentation | mixed chorus (or 3 voices), piano |
| External Links | Wikipedia article |
| Extra Information | The attribution to Sanderson, an English composer, is questionable according to Fuld. (The Book of World-Famous Music, 5th ed., pp.263-64). An excerpt from the incidental music to a staged version of Walter Scott's "Lady of the Lake". |