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Thomas Augustine Arne (/ ɑːr n /; 12 March 1710 – 5 March 1778) was an English composer. He is best known for his patriotic song " Rule, Britannia! " and the song " A-Hunting We Will Go ", the latter composed for a 1777 production of The Beggar's Opera , which has since become popular as a folk song and a nursery rhyme. [1]
Charles Wesley. Charles Wesley junior. Samuel Wesley (composer, born 1766) Abiell Whichello. Aaron Williams (composer) Charles Henry Wilton. Categories: 18th-century British musicians. British composers by century.
Wikipedia Biography. Thomas Augustine Arne (/ɑːrn/; 12 March 1710 – 5 March 1778) was an English composer. He is best known for his patriotic song "Rule, Britannia!" and the song "A-Hunting We Will Go", the latter composed for a 1777 production of The Beggar's Opera, which has since become popular as a folk song and a nursery rhyme.
The first of these was ‘Cornus’ which was first performed at Drury Lane Theatre on 4th March 1738. It was performed many times during Arne’s lifetime and remained popular for a century after his death. It became a model for what was recognised as typical English music. 1740. Two years later in 1740 the second masque was performed; The ...
William (brother) Thomas Linley the younger (7 May 1756 – 5 August 1778), also known as Thomas Linley Junior or Tom Linley, was the eldest son of the composer Thomas Linley and his wife Mary Johnson. He was one of the most precocious composers and performers that have been known in England. [1] A highly talented violinist, Tom Linley was also ...
1710 Births. 1778 Deaths. Thomas Augustine Arne (12 March 1710, London – 5 March 1778, London) was an English composer, best known for the patriotic song Rule, Britannia!. He also wrote a version of God Save the King, which became the British national anthem, and the song A-Hunting We Will Go.
Arne was a leading British theatre composer of the 18th century, working at the West End's Drury Lane and Covent Garden. Read more on Wikipedia. Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Thomas Arne has received more than 285,260 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019).
