Thomas Augustine Arne
Born London, c 12 March 1710 (baptised 28 May).
Died London, 5 March 1778.
English composer.
Arne's most successful operatic works were probably two short ballad operas, Thomas and Sally (1760) and Love in a Village (1762). Between these he composed a full-length English opera in the Italian style, Artaxerxes. Among his many stage works he also composed a patriotic masque, Alfred, which contains perhaps his most famous song, 'Rule Britannia!'
Stage works performed in Scotland are shown in bold:
01 Rosamond (London 1733) (Addison)
02 Comus (London 1738) (Dalton, after Milton)
03 Alfred (private Cliveden 1740; public London 1745) (Thomson & Mullet)
04 The Judgment of Paris (London 1742) (Congreve)
05 Thomas and Sally, or The Sailor's Return (London 1761) (Bickerstaffe)
06 Artaxerxes (London 1762) (Metastasio, trans Arne)
07 Love in a Village (London 1762) (Bickerstaffe)
08 The Guardian Outwitted (London 1764) ()
09 The Fairy Prince (London 1771) ()
10 The Cooper (London 1772) (Arne)
11 Olimpiade (lost) (Metastasio)
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