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Thomas Arne

1710 - 1778

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Thomas Arne is the 490th most popular composer (up from 576th in 2019), the 1,606th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,602nd in 2019) and the 18th most popular British Composer.

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Among composers, Thomas Arne ranks 490 out of 1,451. Before him are Théodore Dubois, Johann Crüger, André Messager, Danny Elfman, Giuseppe Sarti, and Rikard Nordraak. After him are Gian Francesco Malipiero, Princess Cecilia of Sweden, Riz Ortolani, Franz Schreker, Joachim Raff, and Jehan Alain.

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Among people born in 1710, Thomas Arne ranks 11. Before him are Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, Muhammad bin Saud, András Hadik, Domenico Alberti, Marie-Anne de Cupis de Camargo, and Mohammed ben Abdallah. After him are Carl Alexander Clerck, Thomas Simpson, William Cullen, James Ferguson, Abraham Trembley, and Johann II Bernoulli. Among people deceased in 1778, Thomas Arne ranks 11. Before him are Laura Bassi, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Anna Maria Mozart, James Hargreaves, Étienne-Gabriel Morelly, and Duke Louis of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. After him are Louis Victor, Prince of Carignano, Princess Christine of Hesse-Rotenburg, Alvise Giovanni Mocenigo, Charles De Geer, Francesca Cuzzoni, and Jean Baptiste Christophore Fusée Aublet.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Thomas Arne ranks 1,606 out of 8,785. Before him are Genesis P-Orridge (1950), Seal (1963), Thomas Addison (1793), John Powell (1963), Gerry Byrne (1938), and Ricky Gervais (1961). After him are Frank Lampard (1978), Colin Dexter (1930), Michael Redgrave (1908), Chris Patten (1944), Olaf Stapledon (1886), and Jane Boleyn, Viscountess Rochford (1505).

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Among COMPOSERS In United Kingdom

Among composers born in United Kingdom, Thomas Arne ranks 18. Before him are Michael Nyman (1944), Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872), John Dunstaple (1390), Ethel Smyth (1858), William Walton (1902), and John Blow (1649). After him are Neville Marriner (1924), Orlando Gibbons (1583), David Rose (1910), Frederick Delius (1862), Albert Ketèlbey (1875), and William Boyce (1711).

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