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Samuel Arnold (10 August 1740 – 22 October 1802) was an English composer and organist.

Arnold was born in London (his mother is said to have been Princess Amelia; his father was Thomas Arnold.[1][2] He began writing music for the theatre in about the year 1764. A few years later, he became the director of music at Marylebone Gardens, for which he wrote much of his popular music. In 1777 he worked for George Colman the Elder at the Little Theatre, Haymarket. In 1783 he became organist at the Chapel Royal and in 1793 he became the organist at Westminster Abbey, where he was eventually buried. He also wrote the earliest version of Humpty Dumpty. He was a close friend and associate of Haydn.

Works

Arnold's best-known works include:

• 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

External links

• 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)

Cultural offices
Preceded by James Nares	First Organist of the Chapel Royal 1783–1802	Succeeded by John Stafford Smith
Cultural offices
Preceded by Benjamin Cooke	Organist and Master of the Choristers of Westminster Abbey 1793–1802	Succeeded by Robert Cooke

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[de] Samuel Arnold (Komponist)

Samuel Arnold (* 10. August 1740 in London; † 22. Oktober 1802 ebenda) war ein englischer Komponist.

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[ru] Арнолд, Сэмуел

Сэмуел (Самюэль) Арнолд (англ. Samuel Arnold; 10 августа 1740, Лондон — 22 октября 1802, там же) – английский композитор , органист.

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