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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.
Thomas Tallis (c. 1505 – 23 November 1585; also Tallys or Talles) was an English composer of High Renaissance music. His compositions are primarily vocal, and he occupies a primary place in anthologies of English choral music. Tallis is considered one of England's greatest composers, and is honoured for his original voice in English musicianship.
Mar 8, 2024 · Thomas Arne was an English composer, chiefly of dramatic music and song. According to tradition, Arne was the son of an upholsterer in King Street, Covent Garden. Educated at Eton, he was intended for the law, but by secretly practicing he acquired such mastery of the violin and keyboard.
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W. John Wainwright (composer) Robert Wainwright (composer) John Weldon (musician) Robert Woodcock. Categories: 18th-century English musicians. 18th-century British composers. English composers by century.
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.
Meet key figures in the development of British opera, through portraits, photographs, posters, playbills and programmes from our collections. Sir William Davenant. The first English opera is generally regarded as Sir William Davenant's The Siege of Rhodes, performed in 1656 at Davenant's home, Rutland House. At this time, theatres were closed ...
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.
