Thomas Augustine Arne

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Thomas Augustine Arne

Thomas Augustine Arne (; 12 March 1710 – 5 March 1778) was an English composer. He is best 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.

Birth and Death Data: Born March 12, 1710 (London), Died March 5, 1778 (London)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1907 - 1940

Roles Represented in DAHR: composer

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= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
Victor	B-4930	10-in.	11/15/1907	Rule Britannia	Alan Turner	Male vocal solo, with male vocal duet and orchestra	composer
Victor	B-15059	10-in.	7/13/1914	Under the greenwood tree	Raymond Dixon [i.e., Lambert Murphy]	Male vocal solo, with male vocal chorus and woodwinds	composer
Victor	B-20022	10-in.	6/8/1917	Patriotic airs of the Allies	Pietro	Accordion solo	composer
Victor	B-21493	10-in.	3/7/1918	When daisies pied and violets blue	Laura Littlefield	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	PBS-036439	10-in.	8/22/1939	Air from Comus (Preach not me your musty rules)	John Charles Thomas	Baritone vocal solo, with piano	composer
Victor	BS-051073	10-in.	6/6/1940	When daisies pied and violets blue (The cuckoo song)	Justus Gelfius ; Marie Houston ; Frank La Forge	Soprano vocal solo, with flute and harpsichord	composer
Victor	BS-051087	10-in.	6/7/1940	Farewell, dear love	Marie Houston ; Frank La Forge	Female vocal solo, with harpsichord	composer
Victor	BS-056118	10-in.	9/16/1940	Air from Comus (Preach not me your musty rules)	Richard Crooks ; Frederick Schauwecker	Tenor vocal solo, with piano	composer
Columbia	19124	10-in.	11/16/1910	Rule Britannia	Prince's Military Band	Band	composer
Columbia	39537	10-in.	8/10/1914	Rule Britannia	Columbia Military Band	Band	composer
Columbia	76883	12-in.	2/16/1923	When daisies pied	Dora Labbette	Female vocal solo, with piano	composer
Brunswick	[Br cat 5143-a]	10-in.	approximately Sept. 1917	God save the King	Empire Military Band [Prince's Military Band]	Band	composer
Brunswick	E19337-E19339	10-in.	5/20/1926	When daisies pied and violets blue	Elisabeth Rethberg	Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Edison	3305	10-in.	9/19/1914	Rule Britannia	Albert Farrington	Male vocal solo and vocal ensemble, with band	composer
Gramophone	0EA4633	10-in.	1/28/1937	Rule Britannia	BBC Symphony Orchestra ; Adrian Boult	Orchestra	composer

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Arne, Thomas Augustine," accessed April 19, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/102607.

Arne, Thomas Augustine. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 19, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/102607.

"Arne, Thomas Augustine." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 19 April 2024.