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. |
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Recordings
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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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 October 10, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/102607.
Arne, Thomas Augustine. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved October 10, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/102607.
"Arne, Thomas Augustine." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 10 October 2024.
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