Thomas Arne
Born: 12th March 1710, London, England
Died: 5th March 1778, London, England
Nationality: English
Thomas Augustine Arne was an English composer of the late Baroque and early Classical periods. He is 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. 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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Further Reading: Arne
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Ian Page on Arne's Artaxerxes
26th May 2021
The British conductor talks to Katherine about his 2010 recording of Thomas Arne's English-language opera seria about forbidden love and political skulduggery in Ancient Persia, re-released earlier this month on Signum.
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John Andrews on Arne's The Judgment of Paris
10th Jun 2019
The conductor talks to David about his new recording of Thomas Arne's long-forgotten work, inspired by the contest of the three goddesses in Greek mythology.
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Popular Works: Arne
- Amid a thousand racking woes (from Artaxerxes) (2)
- Bacchus and Ariadne (4)
- Comus (3)
- Cuckoo Song from 'As You Like It' (2)
- Cymon and Iphigenia (4)
- Delia (2)
- God save the Queen (5)
- Harpsichord Sonata No. 1 (2)
- Harpsichord Sonata No. 2 in E minor (2)
- Jenny (2)
- Keyboard Concerto No. 1 in C major (3)
- Keyboard Concerto No. 3 in A major (5)
- Keyboard Concerto No. 4 in B flat major (3)
- Keyboard Concerto No. 5 in G minor (5)
- Keyboard Concerto No. 6 in B flat major (4)
- O ravishing delight (4)
- O too lovely, too unkind (from Artaxerxes) (2)
- Overture 1 in E minor (4)
- Overture 2 in A minor (3)
- Overture 3 in G major (3)
- Overture 4 in F major (3)
- Overture 5 in D major (3)
- Overture 6 in B flat major (3)
- Overture 7 in D major (3)
- Overture 8 in G minor (3)
- Rise, Glory, Rise (Rosamond) (2)
- Rule, Britannia (from Alfred) (45)
- Sleep, gentle Cherub, Sleep descend (2)
- Sonata No. 1 (3)
- Sonata No. 3 in G (3)
- Sonata No. 6 in G (2)
- The Morning (5)
- The Soldier Tir'd of War's Alarms (Artaxerxes) (4)
- To fair Fidele's grassy tomb (2)
- Trio Sonata in G major, Op. 3, No. 2 (3)
- Trio Sonata No. 2 in G major (4)
- Trio Sonata Op. 3 No. 5 (2)
- Under the Greenwood Tree (4)
- When daisies pied (from Love's Labours Lost) (7)
- Where the Bee Sucks (24)
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