Thomas Arne

Thomas Augustine Arne (; 12 March 1710 – 5 March 1778) was an English composer of the late Baroque and early Classical periods. He is known for his patriotic song "Rule, Britannia!" and the song "A-Hunting We Will Go", the latter composed for a 1777 production of The Beggar's Opera, which has since become popular as a folk song and a nursery rhyme. Arne was a leading British theatre composer of the 18th century, working at the West End's Drury Lane and Covent Garden. He wrote many operatic entertainments for the London theatres and pleasure gardens, as well as concertos, sinfonias and sonatas.

A Musical Bestiary - 2025-10-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Thomas Augustine Arne: Keyboard Sonatas Nos. 1 & 3 - 2025-08-25T00:00:00.000000Z

Zzzz. Carnival of the Insects - A Symphony for Life - 2025-06-12T00:00:00.000000Z

Terra Mater - 2025-01-31T00:00:00.000000Z

Arne: Organ Concertos - 2024-05-10T00:00:00.000000Z

Arne: Comus (Remastered 2022) - 2022-04-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Arne: Artaxerxes - 2021-05-14T00:00:00.000000Z

Arne: Fabricius Totam Continentem - 2021-03-17T00:00:00.000000Z

Thomas Arne: Sonatas and Songs - 2015-09-10T00:00:00.000000Z

Arias for Guadagni: The First Modern Castrato - 2012-05-25T00:00:00.000000Z

Rule Britannia! - 2010-12-10T00:00:00.000000Z

Arne: Overtures & Cantatas - 2010-05-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Organ Miscellany, Vol. 2 - 2010-01-26T00:00:00.000000Z

Arne: Overtures - 2006-06-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Aure, T.A.: Cantatas - The School of Anacreon / Delia / Frolick and Free / The Morning / Lydia / Bacchus and Ariadne / - 2006-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Orpheus with His Lute: Music for Shakespeare from Purcell to Arne (English Orpheus 50) - 2004-04-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Arne: Complete Trio Sonatas - 2001-02-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Fairest Isle: A New National Songbook (English Orpheus 47) - 2000-03-01T00:00:00.000000Z

The Dolmetsch Years Programme 3 - 2000-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf Collection - 2000-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Joan Sutherland Sings - 2000-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

The Art Of The Prima Donna - 2000-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Arne: Alfred - 1999-07-13T00:00:00.000000Z

Choral Favourites - 1996-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Arne: Artaxerxes (English Orpheus 33) - 1996-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

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