Samuel Arnold (composer)
Samuel Arnold (10 August 1740 – 22 October 1802) was an English composer and organist.
Arnold was born in
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Works
Arnold's best-known works include:
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- The Maid of the Mill (1765)
- Abimelech (1768)
- The Prodigal Son (1773)
- Incidental music for Macbeth (1778)
- The Baron Kinkvervankotsdorsprakingatchdern (1781)
- The Castle of Andalusia (1782)
- Two to One (1784), libretto George Colman. Includes the song "Pensive I Mourn".[3]
- Turk and No Turk (1785)
- Inkle and Yarico (1787)
- Juvenile Amusements (1797)
He is also known for producing the first collected edition of the works of George Frideric Handel between 1787 and 1797, published in 180 parts. This was the most comprehensive collection of Handel's music prior to the appearance of the Händel-Gesellschaft edition in the next century.[4]
Bibliography
- Panton, Kenneth J. (2011). Historical Dictionary of the British Monarchy. Scarebrow Press, Inc. ISBN 978-0-8108-5779-7.
References
- ^ Panton 2011, p. 45.
- ^ Robert Hoskins: "Samuel Arnold", Grove Music Online ed. L. Macy (Retrieved 19 February 2009), (subscription access)
- ^ The European Magazine (1784) p.8
- ISBN 0-393-30086-2; "Composers: Samuel Arnold (1740 – 1802)" article at naxos.com. Archived 14 March 2007 at the Wayback Machine
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Samuel Arnold (composer).
- Free scores by Samuel Arnold (composer) at the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)
- Free scores by Samuel Arnold in the Choral Public Domain Library (ChoralWiki)
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