Sir George Smart

(1776-1867)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Smart, George Thomas, Sir, 1776-1867 NRA: Smart Sir George Thomas (1776-1867) Knight Musician and Orchestral Conductor DNB: Smart, Sir George Thomas (1776-1867), conductor and organist LBT ID: GeSmart1867 VIAF ID: 22918824 LOC ID: n50053327	B/BAP: 1776-05-10 DIED: 1867-02-23
SOURCES: DNB; Virtual International Authority File; LOC Name Authority File
Trained as chorister at the Chapel Royal, he was a conductor and organist who gave the first performance of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony in London.
REFERENCES TO Sir George Smart: Jerdan, William, 1782-1869, The Autobiography of William Jerdan. 4 vols (London: Arthur Hall, Vertue & Co., 1852-53) Ch. 15: Learned Societies Found 1: ¶ 35