The Ingenious Mr. Hopkinson: A Life in Words & Musick

Date/Time
Date(s) - Apr 29, 2026
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm

Location
Morven Museum & Garden
55 Stockton Street
Princeton

Photo credit: An image of Francis Hopkinson’s Book Plate. Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts. University of Pennsylvania.

Francis Hopkinson, a member of the Continental Congress and a signer of the Declaration of Independence, was also an inventor, designer, accomplished poet, and multi-talented musician, credited as the first native composer of the United States. This lecture/performance, led by The Practitioners of Musick’s John Burkhalter, will include a rich and diverse selection of music, the same repertory owned and enjoyed by Hopkinson in printed and manuscript copies that survive to this day.

Individual tickets: $35; Bundle of two: $60.
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This program will be offered in person in Morven’s Stockton Education Center. Refreshments to be served. 

The Historical Society of Princeton is proud to offer this program in partnership with the Morven Museum and Garden.