Samuel Arnold (composer)
Samuel Arnold (born August 10, 1740 in London , † October 22, 1802 there ) was an English composer .
biography
Arnold received his education at the Chapel Royal under Bernard Gates and James Nares and gained the audience's lasting favor with his first opera The Maid of the Mill (1764) and the oratorio The Cure of Saul (1767).
He became royal court composer in 1783, director of the Academy of Ancient Music in 1789 , organist at Westminster Abbey in 1793 and died in London on October 22, 1802.
plant
Arnold has written over 40 operas and intermezzi , all of which were received with approval, but were not as valuable as his church compositions , namely his seven oratorios.
His most meritorious work was the Cathedral Music , a collection of the best ecclesiastical compositions by English masters (1790, four volumes), which was re-edited by Rimbault in 1847. Arnold also obtained an edition of Handel's works in 36 folio volumes, which appeared in splendid furnishings under the auspices of the King (London 1786 ff.).
literature
- Arnold, 3) Samuel . In: Meyers Konversations-Lexikon . 4th edition. Volume 1, Verlag des Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig / Vienna 1885–1892, p. 858.
- William Barclay Squire: Arnold, Samuel . In: Leslie Stephen (Ed.): Dictionary of National Biography . Volume 2: Annesley - Baird. MacMillan & Co, Smith, Elder & Co., New York City / London 1885, pp 111 - 112 (English).
Web links
- Literature by and about Samuel Arnold in the catalog of the German National Library
- Works by and about Samuel Arnold in the German Digital Library
- Sheet music and audio files by Samuel Arnold in the International Music Score Library Project
- Sheet music in the public domain by Samuel Arnold in the Choral Public Domain Library - ChoralWiki (English)
- Samuel Arnold in the Bavarian Musicians' Lexicon Online (BMLO)
- Robert Hoskins: Arnold, Samuel. In: Grove Music Online (English; subscription required).
- Eva Zöllner: Arnold, Samuel. In: Henry Colin Gray Matthew, Brian Harrison (Eds.): Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , from the earliest times to the year 2000 (ODNB). Volume 2: Amos-Avory. Oxford University Press, Oxford 2004, ISBN 0-19-861352-0 , ( oxforddnb.com license required ), as of 2004
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Arnold, Samuel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 10, 1740 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | London |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 22, 1802 |
| Place of death | London |