Samuel Arnold

Samuel Arnold
Short Name: Samuel Arnold
Full Name: Arnold, Samuel, 1740-1802
Birth Year: 1740
Death Year: 1802

Dr. Samuel Arnold, an English musician and composer; born in London, Aug. 10, 1739; composed for the theatre, the church, and also oratorio music; succeeded Dr. Nares as organist; died at Westminster, Oct. 22, 1802.

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

Wikipedia Biography

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. 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.

Tunes by Samuel Arnold (12)sort descendingAsInstancesIncipit
ARNOLD (Arnold)Samuel Arnold, 1740-1802 (Composer)3155354 24343 223
DOXOLOGIA (Arnold)Dr. Arnold (Composer)255667 77111 11271
[Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God of Hosts] (Arnold)Arnold (Composer)231556 53345 55316
[I said, I will take heed to my ways] (Arnold)S. Arnold, 1740-1802 (Composer)3
LEAMINGTONS. Arnold (Composer)454332 16544 32
[Lord, have mercy upon us] (Arnold)S. Arnold (Composer)355555 17712 32117
[Chant] (Arnold 31271)Samuel Arnold, 1740-1802 (Composer)1131271 62171
[O Lord, thou hast searched me] (Arnold)S. Arnold, 1740-1802 (Composer)3
THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNERSamuel Arnold (Composer)2753135 13213 45553
PLYMPTONDr. Arnold (Composer)2
SARAH (Arnold)S. Arnold. (1740-1802) (Composer)613212 34323 43232
[Chant] (Arnold 17433)Arnold (Composer)217433 24321

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