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Thomas Augustine Arne
Robert Dunkarton
Short Name: Thomas Augustine Arne
Full Name: Arne, Thomas Augustine, 1710-1778
Birth Year: 1710
Death Year: 1778

Dr. Thomas Augustine Arne was born March 12, 1710, in London; became early celebrated as a composer, and established his reputation by settling Milton's "Comus" to music - light, airy, and original; he composed many songs, and nearly all his attempts were successful; died March 5, 1778, aged 68.

A Dictionary of Musical Information by John W. Moore, Boston: Oliver, Ditson & Company, 1876

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. 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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Tunes by Thomas Augustine Arne (13)sort descendingAsInstancesIncipit
ARLINGTON (Arne)Thomas Augustine Arne (Composer)93813332 11123 54332
ARNEDr. Arne (Composer)343321 12345 433
BALERMA (Barthélemon)Thos. A. Arne (Composer)113216 56113 23532
[Blow, blow, thou winter wind] (Arne)Dr. Arne (Composer)254321 61171 23425
CANAAN (Arne)Thomas Arne (Composer)151212 34346 543
FALKIRKThomas Augustine Arne (Adapted from)512343 21713 45543
HELMSLEYAugustine Arne , 1710-1778 (Composer)413517 65671 65435
HYMN OF EVEThomas Augustine Arne (Composer)355321 17624 43456
MUSIC (Arne)Dr. Arne (Composer)443212 34332 4365
AMERICA (Thesaurus Musicus)Thomas Augustine Arne, 1710-78 (Arranger)111271 23343 21217
[The Lord be with us as each day]Thomas A. Arne (Composer)2
UXBRIDGE (Arne)Dr. Arne (Composer)253211 76654 3456
[When Britain first, at Heaven's command]Dr. Arne (Composer)251112 34512 2343

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