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Arne was a leading British theatre composer of the 18th century, working at the West End's Drury Lane and Covent Garden. He wrote many operatic entertainments for the London theatres and pleasure gardens, as well as concertos, sinfonias, and sonatas.
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- Chronological list of English classical composers - Wikipedia
Chronological list of English classical composers. This is a...
- Category:18th-century British composers - Wikipedia
Mar 8, 2024 · March 12, 1710, London, Eng. Died: March 5, 1778, London (aged 67) Notable Works: “Alfred, a Masque”. Movement / Style: Baroque music. Thomas Arne (born March 12, 1710, London, Eng.—died March 5, 1778, London) was an English composer, chiefly of dramatic music and song. According to tradition, Arne was the son of an upholsterer in King ...
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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 the leading British theatre composer of the 18th century, working at Drury Lane and Covent Garden
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.
Apr 11, 2024 · Thomas Tomkins (born 1572, St. Davids, Pembrokeshire, Wales—buried June 9, 1656, Martin Hussingtree, Worcester, Eng.) was an English composer and organist, the most important member of a family of musicians that flourished in England in the 16th and 17th centuries.
