Author:Samuel Arnold

Samuel Arnold
(1740–1802)

Samuel Arnold

Works

• The Maid of the Mill (1765)
• Abimelech (1768)
• The Prodigal Son (1773)
• The Baron Kinkvervankotsdorsprakingatchdern (1781)
• The Castle of Andalusia (1782)
• Two to One (1784), libretto George Colman. Includes the song "Pensive I Mourn".<
• Turk and No Turk (1785)
• Inkle and Yarico (1787)

He is also known for producing the first collected edition of the works of George Frideric Handel between 1787 and 1797, published in 180 parts.

Attributed works

• The tune of "To Anacreon in Heaven", now used in "The Star-Spangled Banner", and usually attributed to John Stafford Smith, has sometimes been attributed to Arnold.

Works about Arnold

• "Arnold, Samuel (1)," in Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886, by Joseph Foster, London: Parker and Co. (1888–1892) in 4 vols.
• "Arnold, Dr," by John Weeks Moore in Complete Encyclopaedia of Music, Boston: Oliver Ditson Company (1880)
• "Arnold, Samuel," in A Dictionary of Music and Musicians, (ed.) by George Grove, London: MacMillan & Co., Ltd. (1900)
• "Arnold, Samuel," in Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, London: Smith, Elder, & Co. (1885–1900) in 63 vols.
• "Arnold, Samuel," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)