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THE COMPLETE OPERAS OF THE GENIAL THOMAS ARNE: God Save The Queen, Rule Britannia

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Thomas Arne 1778.
This list of compositions by Thomas Arne is sorted by genre.

 

[edit] Art songs

Arne composed numerous art songs throughout his career, most of which were written for the stage.
 
Many of his songs were published in anthologies throughout his lifetime, but the exact number of songs he composed is now unknown.
 
The following is a list of publications which included songs by Arne during his lifetime.
 
The number of songs by Arne is in square brackets.
Year(s) printedTitle of PublicationOther details
1737The British Musical Miscellany, vol. vi[1]
1741The Songs and Duetto in The Blind Beggar of Bethnal Green[1]
1743The British Orpheus, vol. iii[1]
1743–1745Universal Harmony[1]
1745Lyric Harmony, vol. i[18]
1745The Music in The Judgment of Paris[1]
1746Lyric Harmony, vol. ii[18]
1747Peter Prelleur's An Introduction to Singing[1]
1749Vocal Melody, vol. i[6]
1750Vocal Melody, vol. ii[8]
1751Vocal Melody, vol. iii[7]
1752Vocal Melody, vol. iv[2]
1753Willem Defesch's Songs Sung at Mary-bon Gardens[2]
1753The Agreeable Musical Choice, vol. v[7]
1754The Agreeable Musical Choice, vol. vi[6]
1755A Collection of Poems in Four Volumes by Several Hands[1]
1756The Agreeable Musical Choice, vol. vii[8]
1757A Favourite Collection of English Songs[6]
1758The Agreeable Musical Choice, vol. viii[6]
1760The Monthly Melody[22]
1760British Melody, vol. xi[4]
1761A Choice Collection of Songs , vol. xii[3]
1761The Winter’s Amusement, vol. xiii[6]
1762British Amusement[1]
1764The Royal Magazine, vol. xi[1]
1764A Favourite Collection of Songs, vol. xiv[5]
1765The New Songs Sung at Vauxhall[6]
1766Summer Amusement[8]
1768New Favourite Songs[4]
1774The Vocal Grove[7]
1777The Syren[7]

Catches, canons, glees

The exact number of catches, canons, and glees composed by Arne is now unknown.
 
 
He began writing such works for the pleasure gardens in the 1740s but the majority of his output in this area dates from the 1760s and 1770s.
 
 
Many of his glees were published in anthologies which, aside for a 11 glees written for
 
The Noblemen and Gentlemen's Catch Club", are the only surviving compositions of his in this area.
 
This is a list of the published anthologies containing catches, canons, and glees by Arne.
The number of songs by Arne is in square brackets.
Year(s) printedTitle of PublicationOther details
c.1755A Collection of Vocal HarmonyEdited by E.T. Warren. [8]
1763–1794A Collection of Catches, Canons and GleesEdited by E.T. Warren. Songs by Arne appear in volumes ii [4]; iii [5]; iv [2]; v [7]; vii [3]; viii [4]; xv [1]; xvi [1]; xx [1]
c.1790Apollonian Harmony, vol. iv[2]

 Instrumental music

Arne showed little interest in writing concert music.
 
The instrumental music he did compose derives mostly from his stage works.
 
This list contains his instrumental works that have been published separately from his stage works. Not listed below are a few solo violin and solo double bass pieces whose composition date is now unknown and whose publication did not occur until 1978.
CompletionTitleGenreOther details
1751Eight overtures in 8 partsovertureThis is a collection of overtures from various stage works by Arne including the overtures for Henry and Emma, Comus, and The Judgment of Paris. First used for a concert performance in 1751, the collection has been published numerous times, most recently by J. Herbage in 1937.
1756VIII Sonatas or LessonssonataPublished in 1983 by C. Hogwood
1757VII sonatassonataPublished by editor H. Murrill (London, 1939, 1951, 1960)
1767Four New Overtures or Symphonies in 8 and 10 Partsoverture, symphonyAnother selection of symphonic works mostly from Arne's stage works that were initially put together for a concert performance in 1767. Most recently published by editor R. Platt (London, 1973)
1793Six Favourite Concertoskeyboard concertoThese keyboard concertos were a part of various stage works by Arne and were compiled for publication in 1793. They were most recently published by R. Langley (London, 1981)

Odes and cantatas

A Grand Epithalamium, 1736, lost
 
Black-Ey’d Susan (cantata, R. Leveridge), 1740, lost

God bless our noble king, A, T, B, ATB, 2 hn, 2 ob, str, bc, 1745, GB-Lbl, ed. C. Bartlett (Wyton, 1985)
  • Fair Celia love pretended (cant., W. Congreve), 1v, vns, bc, Vocal Melody, i (1749)
  • Chaucer’s Recantation (cant.), 1v, str, bc, Vocal Melody, ii (1750)
  • Ode to Chearfulness, 1750, lost
  • Cymon and Iphigenia (cantata., J. Dryden), 1v, str, bc, vs (1750), pts Bu
  • Six Cantatas, fs (1755): Bacchus and Ariadne, 1v, 2 fl, 2 ob, 2 hn, str, bc; Delia, 1v, str, bc; Frolick and Free (G. Granville), 1v, 2 ob, str, bc; Lydia (after Sappho), 1v, 2 bn, str, bc; The Morning, 1v, fl/rec, str, bc; The School of Anacreon, 1v, 2 hn, str, bc; Lydia and The Morning, both ed. R. Hufstader (New York, 1971)
  • 5 odes in Del Canzionere d’Orazio (1757): Delle muse all’almo core, 1v, str, bc; Finche fedele il core, 2vv, 2 fl, str, bc; Finche fedele il core, 2vv, 2 vn, bc; Se vanti in Telefo, 1v, 2 hn, str, bc; Tu mi fuggi schizzinosa, 1v, 2 vn, bc [= Advice to Chloe]
  • The Spring (cant.), 1v, str, bc, British Melody (1760)
  • Love and Resentment (cant.), 1v, 2 cl, 2 vn, bc, Summer Amusement (1766)
  • The Lover’s Recantation (cant.), 1v, 2 fl, 2 ob, str, bc; vs in The Winter’s Amusement (1761), fs, Lbl, ed. P. Young (Leipzig, 1988)
  • Advice to Chloe (cant.), 1v, vns, bc, New Favourite Songs (1768)
  • An Ode upon Dedicating a Building to Shakespeare (D. Garrick), 1769, speaker, S, S, S, S, T, Bar, SATB, orch; 9 nos. in vs (1769)
  • Love and Resolution (musical dialogue), 1770, music lost
  • Reffley Spring (cant.), 2vv, 2 vn, bc, vs (1772)
  • Diana (cant.), 1v, 2 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 hn, 2 vn, bc; vs in The Vocal Grove (1774)
  • Whittington’s Feast (secular orat, Arne, after Dryden: Alexander’s Feast), 1776, S, S, T, B, SATB, 2 fl, 2 ob, 2bn, 2 tpt, 2 hn, timps, drum, str, bc, fs, US-Wc
  • A wretch long tortured with disdain (cant.), 1v, 2 fl, 2 ob, 2 hn, str, bc, full score GB-Lbl

Sacred music

Compared to his most important English contemporaries, William Boyce and John Stanley, Arne's output of sacred music was incredibly small.


The major reason for his lack of contribution to this area was due to his Roman Catholic faith, which was at odds with the Church of England during his lifetime.
CompletionTitleGenreOther details
1744The Death of AbeloratorioWords after Metastasio, lost except for Hymn of Eve (printed 1756)
1744JudithoratorioWords by I. Bickerstaff based on the Book of Judith, printed score without recits and choruses (1761), and a complete score at the British Library
unknownMass in FmassWritten for a performance at Lulworth Castle in Dorset. The music is either lost or potentially the same as that of an anonymous composer. Written for three voices and organ sometime before 1770.
unknownMass in GmassWritten for a performance at Lulworth Castle in Dorset. Written for four voices and organ sometime before 1770. Score still exists as does a revised version for fewer voices.
1770Libera medirgeWritten for the funeral of Francis Pemberton on 28 June 1770. Contains SSATB chorus, organ, soprano, tenor, and baritone soloists. Music exists and was printed by Oxford Publishing in 1950.
UnknownO salutaris hostiamotetCopy of the music exists at the British Library in London. Written sometime between 1771–1776.
17771 song in Samuel Arnold’s The Prodigal SonoratorioPublished in The Syren (1777).

Stage works

CompletionTitleGenreLengthPremièreLibrettist or playwrightOther details
1733Rosamondopera seria3 Acts7 March 1733, London, Lincoln's Inn Fieldsafter Joseph Addison's 1704 operaRevived as an afterpiece in 1740. The only existing score of the work is the afterpiece version.
1733The Opera of Operas, or Tom Thumb the Greatburlesque operaafterpiece29 October 1733, London, Little TheatreEliza Haywood and William Hatchett, after Henry FieldingTwo songs from the work still exist, one in The British Musical Miscellany, vol. iii (1735) and the other in J. Markordt, Tom Thumb (1781). The other 16 songs are now lost.
1734Dido and Aeneasmasque12 January 1734, London, Little TheatreBarton BoothOnly 2 songs still exist from The British Musical Miscellany, vol. i (1734). The rest of the masque is lost.
1734Love and Glorymasque2 Acts21 March 1734, London, Theatre Royal, Drury LaneT. PhillipsMusic now lost. The work contained 14 musical numbers.
1735Harlequin Orpheus, or The Magical Pipepantomime3 March 1735, London, Theatre Royal, Drury LaneunknownMusic now lost.
1735The Twin Rivalsincidental music for a play2 Acts21 August 1735, London, Little TheaterGeorge FarquharAll of the music is lost with the exception of the overture which is the same used for Harlequin Restor’d.
1735Harlequin Restor’d, or The Country Revelspantomime18 October 1735, London, Theatre Royal, Drury LaneThe overture is the only work to survive from this work with the exception of a few comic songs which may or may not be from the pantomime.
1735Greenwich Parkincidental music for a play10 November 1735, London, Theatre Royal, Drury LaneWilliam MountfortMusic now lost.
1735The Miserincidental music for a play13 November 1735, London, Theatre Royal, Drury LaneHenry FieldingMusic now lost. Fielding's play is based on Molière's L'avare.
1736Harlequin Restor’d, or Taste à la Modepantomime12 January 1736, London, Theatre Royal, Drury LaneRichard CharkeMusic now lost.
1736Zaraincidental music for a play12 January 1736, London, Theatre Royal, Drury LaneAaron HillAll music accept a march is lost. Hill's play is based on Voltaire
1736The Fall of Phaetonmasque28 February 1736, London, Theatre Royal, Drury LaneW. PritchardOnly one of the six songs survives.
1736The Rival Queens, or The Death of Alexander the Greatincidental music for a play22 November 1736, London, Theatre Royal, Drury LaneNathaniel LeeOnly a single duet, published in The Songs in As You Like It and Twelfth Night (1741), survives.
1737The King and the Miller of Mansfieldincidental music for a play29 January 1737, London, Theatre Royal, Drury LaneRobert DodsleyOnly one song published in The Musical Entertainer, vol. i (1737) survives.
1738Comusmasque3 Acts4 March 1738, London, Theatre Royal, Drury LaneJohn Dalton, after John Milton's ComusA copy of the full score published in 1740 is at the British Library. Arne revised the work as anafterpiece in 1772.
1738The Tender Husband, or The Accomplish’d Foolsincidental music for a play25 November 1738, London, Theatre Royal, Drury LaneRichard SteeleOnly a single song, published in The Songs in As You Like It and Twelfth Night (1741), survives.
1739An Hospital for Foolsdramatic fable15 November 1739, London, Theatre Royal, Drury LaneJames MillerThe four songs written for the play survive, but the dance music is now lost.
1740Don John, or The Libertine Destroy’dincidental music for a play13 February 1740, London, Theatre Royal, Drury LaneThomas ShadwellContained several songs, dance of shepherds, and dance of furies. The music is now lost.
1740Lethe, or Esop in the Shadesincidental music for a play1 April 1740, London, Theatre Royal, Drury LaneDavid GarrickArne wrote only one of the songs for this play, which was published in The Agreeable Musical Choice, vol. vi (1754). The other music for the production was composed by W. Boyce.
1740Alfredopera3 Acts1 August 1740, Cliveden House, Berks.David Mallet and James ThomsonOriginally written as a masque to celebrate the accession of George II in 1740. Was later revised into an all sung oratorio in 1745 and then greatly expanded into its final version as an opera in 1753. A score of the final version still survives.
1740Oepidius, King of Thebesincidental music for a play19 November 1740, London, Theatre Royal, Drury LaneJohn Dryden and Nathaniel Lee, after SophoclesContained one song and instrumental music for the sacrificial scene. Music now lost.
1740The Tempestincidental music for a play4 Acts28 November 1740, London, Theatre Royal, Drury LaneShadwell and Dryden, after William ShakespeareContained several songs as well as instrumental music by Arne. A number of the songs still survive in various song collections published during the 1770s. Two songs appear in Nine Shakespeare Songs by Thomas Augustine Arne (London, 1963).
1740As You Like Itincidental music for a play4 Acts20 December 1740, London, Theatre Royal, Drury LaneWilliam ShakespeareContained several songs as well as instrumental music by Arne. A number of the songs still survive in various song collections published during the 1770s. Three songs appear in Nine Shakespeare Songs by Thomas Augustine Arne (London, 1963).
1741Twelfth Night, or What You Willincidental music for a play4 Acts15 January 1741, London, Theatre Royal, Drury LaneWilliam ShakespeareContained several songs as well as instrumental music by Arne. Only three of the songs still survive.
1741The Peasant’s Triumph on the Death of the Wild Boarballet12 February 1741, London, Theatre Royal, Drury LaneSome of the dance music survives.
1741The Merchant of Veniceincidental music for a play4 Acts14 February 1741, London, Theatre Royal, Drury LaneWilliam ShakespeareTwo songs and one duet survive.
1741The Blind Beggar of Bethnal Greenballad opera2 Acts3 April 1741, London, Theatre Royal, Drury LaneRobert DodsleySeven of the nine songs survive.
1741The Rehearsalincidental music for a play4 Acts21 November 1741, London, Royal College of MusicGeorge Villiers, 2nd Duke of BuckinghamOnly one duet survives.
1742The Judgment of Parismasque1 Act12 March 1742, London, Theatre Royal, Drury LaneWilliam CongreveA score, including arias and choruses, dated from 1745 still exists.
1742Miss Lucy in Townballad farce6 May 1742, London, Theatre Royal, Drury LaneHenry FieldingRevived in 1770 as The Country Madcap. Contained 10 songs but all of the music is now lost.
1743The Mock Doctorfarce2 May 1743, Dublin, Aungier St TheatreJoseph AddisonAlthough the music is likely by Arne, an absolute assertion of his authorship can not be established. All of the music is now lost.
1744Theodosius, or The Force of Loveincidental music for a play26 April 1744, Dublin, Smock Alley TheatreNathaniel LeeAll five musical numbers still exist.
1744Cymbelineincidental music for a play8 November 1744, London, Little TheatreTheophilus Cibber, after Shakespeare. Text by William Collins.Only the dirge still exists.
1745The Temple of Dullnessburlesque opera3 Acts17 January 1745, London, Theatre Royal, Drury LaneColley Cibber, after interludes in Lewis Theobald's The Happy CaptiveOriginally included 16 songs. All of the music is now lost.
1745The Picture, or The Cuckold in Conceitincidental music for a play11 February 1745, London, Theatre Royal, Drury LaneJames Miller, after Molière's SganarelleOnly one song survives.
1745King Pepin’s Campaignburlesque opera2 Acts15 April 1745, London, Theatre Royal, Drury LaneWilliam ShirleyContained 19 musical numbers. Music now lost.
1746Harlequin Incendiary, or Colombine Cameronpantomime3 March 1746, London, Theatre Royal, Drury LaneContained 14 musical numbers. Music now lost.
1746The She-Gallants, or Once a Lover and Always a Loverincidental music for a play13 March 1746, London, Theatre Royal, Drury LaneGeorge Granville, 1st Baron LansdowneOnly one song survives.
1747The Sheep-Shearing, or Florizel and Perditaincidental music for a play1747, Dublin, Smock Alley TheatreMacnamara Morgan, after Shakespeare's The Winter's TaleMusic now lost.
1747The Wild-Goose Chaseincidental music for a play7 March 1747, London, Theatre Royal, Drury LaneJohn FletcherOnly one song written for the play which is now lost.
1748The Foundlingincidental music for a play13 February 1748, London, Theatre Royal, Drury LaneE. MooreOnly one song written for the play which still survives.
1748The Provok’d Wifeincidental music for a play21 March 1748, London, Theatre Royal, Drury LaneGarrick, after J. VanbrughOnly one song of the five written for the play still survives.
1748The Nunnery Expeditionincidental music for a playadvertised 20 April 1748, London, Theatre Royal, Drury LaneunknownNever performed and the music is now lost.
1748Much Ado About Nothingincidental music for a play14 November 1748, London, Theatre Royal, Drury LaneShakespeareOnly one song written for the play which still survives.
1749The Triumph of Peacemasque21 February 1749, London, Theatre Royal, Drury LaneDodsleyOnly one of the seven songs written for the masque still survives.
1749The Muses’ Looking Glassincidental music for a play9 March 1749, London, Covent Garden TheatreT. RandolphOnly one song written for the play which still survives.
1749Henry and Emma, or The Nut-Brown Maidmusical drama31 March 1749, London, Covent Garden TheatreT. Holt, after M. PriorContained 15 musical numbers of which all but two, the overture and a song also used in The Masque of Alfred (1757), are now lost.
1750Don Saveriocomic opera15 February 1750, London, Theatre Royal, Drury LaneBy the composer.Only two of the eighteen songs written for the opera still survives; one that was printed in London Magazine (1752) and another that was reused in Masque of Alfred (1757).
1750Harlequin Mountebank, or The Squire ElectrifiedpantomimeLondon, New Wells, Clerkenwell, 16 April 1750Music now lost.
1750The Sacrifice of IphigeniaentertainmentLondon, New Wells, Clerkenwell, 16 April 1750One song still survives that was published in London Magazine (1750).
1750Romeo and Julietincidental music for a play28 September 1750, London, Royal Opera House, Covent GardenShakespeareOnly a dirge written for the play which was printed c. 1765
1751The Country Lasses, or The Custom of the Manorincidental music for a play14 December 1751, London, Royal Opera House, Covent GardenC. JohnsonOne song published in Vocal Melody, iv (1752)
1752Harlequin Sorcererpantomime11 February 1752, London, Royal Opera House, Covent Gardenafter TheobaldTwelve musical numbers written of which four solo songs, one duet, and a minuet survive.
1752The Oracleincidental music for a play17 March 1752, London, Royal Opera House, Covent GardenS.-M. Cibber, after Saint-FoixOne song survives, published in Vocal Melody, iv (1752).
1752The Drummer, or The Haunted Houseincidental music for a play8 December 1752, London, Royal Opera House, Covent GardenAddisonOnly one musical number survives.
1754Elizaopera3 Acts29 May 1754, London, Little Theatre, HaymarketR. RoltAn incomplete score was published in 1757. Parts of Act 1 and Act 2 are now lost.
1755Britanniamasque2 Acts9 May 1755, London, Theatre Royal, Drury LaneA complete score published in 1755 still exists.
1756Injured Honour, or The Earl of Westmorlandincidental music for a play8 March 1756, Dublin, Smock Alley TheatreH. BrookeContained an anthem, dirge, and triumphal hymn. All of the music is now lost.
1756The Pincushion farcefarce20 March 1756, Dublin, Smock Alley TheatreMost likely by Arne himself but attributed to John GayAll of the music is now lost.
1756The Painter’s Breakfastincidental music for a play2 April 1756, Dublin, Smock Alley TheatreunknownAll of the music is now lost.
1756Catherine and Petruchioincidental music for a play2 April 1756, Dublin, Smock Alley TheatreGarrick, after Shakespeare's The Taming of the ShrewAll of the music is now lost.
1756Mercury Harlequinpantomime27 December 1756, London, Theatre Royal, Drury LaneH. WoodwardTwo songs survive.
1757The Fair Penitentincidental music for a play22 April 1757, London, Royal Opera House, Covent GardenN. RoweAll of the music is now lost.
1757Isabella, or The Fatal Marriageincidental music for a play2 December 1757, London, Theatre Royal, Drury LaneGarrick, after T. SoutherneTwo songs survive that are published in The Agreeable Musical Choice, viii (1758).
1758The Prophetess, or The History of Dioclesianmusical play1 February 1758, London, Royal Opera House, Covent GardenT. Betterton, after ?Fletcher and P. MassingerOne of the six musical numbers survives.
1758The Sultan, or Solyman and Zaidamasque23 November 1758, London, Royal Opera House, Covent GardenOriginally performed with a revised version of The Prophetess, or The History of Dioclesian. Only a duet survives.
1759The Ambitious Stepmotherincidental music for a play1 February 1759, London, Theatre Royal, Drury LaneRoweAll of the music is lost.
1759Cymbelineincidental music for a play15 February 1759, London, Royal Opera House, Covent GardenW. Hawkins, after ShakespeareOnly a dirge survives which was later re-used in The Winter’s Amusement (1761).
1759The Beggar's Operaballad opera3 Acts10 October 1759, London, Royal Opera House, Covent GardenJohn GayArne added a few new songs, a hornpipe, and made some small revisions to the original music by Gay.
1760The Desert Islandincidental music for a play24 January 1760, Theatre Royal, Drury LaneA. Murphy, after P. MetastasioOne song survives.
1760The Jovial Crew, or The Merry Beggarscomic opera2 Acts14 February 1760, London, Royal Opera House, Covent GardenE. Roome, M. Concanen and W. Yonge, after R. Brome7 songs survive which were published in A Collection of Songs, ix (c1760). The opera was revived as The Ladies’ Frolick at Drury Lane on 7 May 1770.
1760Thomas and Sally, or The Sailor’s Returncomic opera2 Acts28 November 1760, London, Royal Opera House, Covent GardenI. BickerstaffFull score published in 1761 and republished in 1977.
1761The Way to Keep Himincidental music for a play10 January 1761, London, Theatre Royal, Drury LaneMurphyTwo song survives.
1761The Provok’d Husband, or A Journey to Londonincidental music for a play7 April 1761, London, Royal Opera House, Covent GardenVanbrugh and C. CibberTwo song survives which were published in The Winter’s Amusement, xiii (1761).
1762Artaxerxesserious opera3 Acts2 February 1762, London, Royal Opera House, Covent GardenArne, after MetastasioA published score was made in 1762 without the recitatives and final chorus. However, some of the missing music was published in The Syren (1777) and in an 1820 re-publication by J. Addison.
1762Beauty and Virtue Reconciledserenata26 February 1762, London, Theatre Royal, Drury LaneArne, after MetastasioAll of the music is lost.
1762Love in a Villagepasticcio/comic opera3 Acts8 December 1762, London, Theatre Royal, Drury LaneBickerstaff, after Johnson's The Village OperaThe work contains 42 musical numbers of which only five were newly composed works by Arne. The other music is made up of 13 pieces borrowed from Arne's earlier stage works, a new overture was by C. F. Abel, and 23 songs by other composers, including Geminiani and Galuppi, albeit with new texts. Full score survives.
1763The Birth of HerculesmasqueNever performed but was rehearesed for performance in London, Royal Opera House, Covent GardenShirleyNineteen musical numbers were composed for the work but all of the music is now lost.
1764The Arcadian Nuptialsmasque19 January 1764, London, Royal Opera House, Covent GardenMost likely Arne.Only a dialogue survives which was published in A Favourite Collection of Songs (1764).
1764The Guardian Out-wittedcomic opera3 Acts12 December 1764, London, Royal Opera House, Covent GardenArneOnly the overture survives which was published in Periodical Overtures, xxvii (1770).
1765L’olimpiadeopera seria3 Acts27 April 1765, London, Kings Theatre in the HaymarketBottarelli, after MetastasioAll of the music is now lost.
1765The Summer’s Talepasticcio/ musical comedy6 December 1765, London, Royal Opera House, Covent GardenR. CumberlandContained two new songs by Arne and 2 songs from previous works by Arne which were arranged by S. Arnold.
1766Miss in her Teens, or The Medley of Loversfarce25 April 1766, London, Theatre Royal, Drury LaneGarrick, after Dancourt's La parisienneOne song survives.
1768Lionel and Clarissapasticcio/comic opera25 February 1768, London, Theatre Royal, Drury LaneBickerstaffThe work contained 1 new song by Arne and was arranged by C. Dibdin.
1770King Arthur, or The British Worthymasque3 Acts13 December 1770, London, Theatre Royal, Drury LaneGarrick, after DrydenContains revisions of Henry Purcell's King Arthur and 10 new songs by Arne.
1771The Fairy Princemasque3 Acts12 November 1771, London, Royal Opera House, Covent GardenColman the elder, after B. Jonson's OberonThe score was published in 1771 but without the dance music, recitatives, and some of the choruses.
1772Squire Badgerburletta2 Acts16 March 1772, London, Little TheatreArne, after Fielding's Don QuixoteOnly 1 of the 15 musical numbers survives. The work was revived under the name The Sot at the Little Theatre on 16 February 1775.
1772The Coopercomic opera2 Acts10 June 1772, London, Little TheatreArne, after N.M. Audinot and A.F. Quétant's Le tonnelierPublished in 1772 and re-published in 1956.
1772Elfridadramatic poem or opera5 Acts21 November 1772, London, Royal Opera House, Covent GardenColman the elder, after W. MasonPublished in 1772.
1772The Rosecomic opera3 Acts2 December 1772, London, Theatre Royal, Drury LaneMost likely ArneOf the 20 musical numbers only the overture survives.
1772The Pigmy Revels, or Harlequin Foundlingpantomime26 December 1772, London, Theatre Royal, Drury LaneJ. MessinkCharles Dibdin wrote most of the music for this work. Arne only composed the Morris Dance which was published in 1773.
1773Alzumaincidental music for a play23 February 1773, London, Royal Opera House, Covent GardenMurphy, after Dryden and VoltaireTwo songs were written, Procession of Virgins and Ode to the Sun, both of which are now lost.
1773The Trip to Portsmouthcomic opera11 August 1773, London, Little TheatreG.A. StevensVocal music by Dibdin; overture borrowed from The Rose and 2 new dance tunes by Arne.
1773Achilles in Petticoatsburlesque opera3 Acts16 December 1773, London, Royal Opera House, Covent GardenColman the elder, after GayVocal score published in 1774.
1774Henry and Emma (revised)musical drama3 Acts13 April 1774, London, Royal Opera House, Covent GardenH. Bate Dudley, after PriorFour new songs were written of which all are now lost.
1775May-Day, or The Little Gipsymusical farce2 Acts28 October 1775, London, Theatre Royal, Drury LaneGarrickVocal score published in 1776.
1776Phoebe at Courtoperetta2 Acts22 February 1776, London, Little TheatreArne, after R. Lloyd's The Capricious LoversMusic is now lost.
1776The Seragliocomic opera25 November 1776, London, Royal Opera House, Covent GardenDibdin and E. ThompsonOnly one song by Arne. The rest of the music is by Dibdin and Arnold. Music now lost.
1776Caractacusdramatic poem or opera5 Acts6 December 1776, London, Royal Opera House, Covent GardenMasonTwentyone musical numbers written. Music now lost.
1777Love Finds the Waypasticcio/comic opera3 Acts18 November 1777, London, Royal Opera House, Covent GardenT. Hull, after Murphy's The School for GuardiansMusic arranged by Fisher and contained an unknown number of new songs by Arne. Music now lost.
Trick upon Trickballad operaunknown productionR. FabianTwo songs survive which were published in The Winter’s Amusement (1761). Possibly performed at Covent Garden as a part of The Comical Resentment, or Trick for Trick on 26 March 1759.

Works misattributed to Arne

[edit] Sources

  • Peter Holman, Todd Gilman: "Thomas Augustine Arne", Grove Music Online ed. L. Macy. Retrieved 4 December 2008, (subscription access)
  • Davey, Henry (2007). History Of English Music. Kessinger Publishing Company. ISBN 978-1-4286-0670-8.
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