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ARNE, Thomas Augustine

Born in London, March 12, 1710
Died in London, March 5, 1778

  • Thomas Arne [“Arn;” PRONUNCIATION] composed English theater music: masques, plays with music, and operas.
  • Arne often collaborated in theater productions with his sister, tragic actress Susanna Arne Cibber (she was the original soprano soloist in Handel’s Messiah).
  • Arne is perhaps best known for composing “God Save Our Noble King” (aka “My Country ‘Tis of Thee”).1

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Sources

  1. Peter Holman and Todd Gilman, “Arne, Thomas Augustine,” Grove Music Online (2001), accessed July 11, 2019, https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-0000040018.

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