COMPOSER

Samuel Arnold

1740 - 1802

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Samuel Arnold (10 August 1740 – 22 October 1802) was an English composer and organist. Arnold was born in London (his mother is said to have been Princess Amelia; his father was Thomas Arnold). He began writing music for the theatre in about the year 1764. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Samuel Arnold has received more than 13,138 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Samuel Arnold is the 1,263rd most popular composer (down from 1,191st in 2019), the 4,288th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,889th in 2019) and the 66th most popular British Composer.

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  • 13k

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  • 45.73

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.20

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.71

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Samuel Arnold ranks 1,263 out of 1,451. Before him are Rhys Chatham, Karel Husa, Karl-Birger Blomdahl, Vladimir Martynov, Mariano Mores, and David Raksin. After him are Junichi Masuda, Virgil Thomson, John Ireland, Fartein Valen, Thomas Weelkes, and Paul Le Flem.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1740, Samuel Arnold ranks 26. Before him are Johan Tobias Sergel, Juan Ignacio Molina, J. F. Oberlin, Anders Johan Lexell, Princess Ernestine of Saxe-Weimar, and Johan Andreas Murray. After him are John Sullivan, Ivan Lepyokhin, William Paca, and Alexander Martin. Among people deceased in 1802, Samuel Arnold ranks 30. Before him are Joseph Ducreux, Ivan Argunov, Leopold I, Prince of Lippe, Pedro Rodríguez, Count of Campomanes, Charles Leclerc, and Corona Schröter. After him are Ivan Lepyokhin, and Francis Lewis.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Samuel Arnold ranks 4,288 out of 8,785. Before him are Charles Tate Regan (1878), Henry James Sumner Maine (1822), Edward Alleyn (1566), Steve Clark (1960), Terry George (1952), and Aubrey de Grey (1963). After him are Clive Brook (1887), William Primrose (1904), Ben Nicholson (1894), George Lillo (1691), Paul McGann (1959), and Arthur Whitten Brown (1886).

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Among COMPOSERS In United Kingdom

Among composers born in United Kingdom, Samuel Arnold ranks 66. Before him are Arthur Bliss (1891), Nicholas Hooper (1952), Gerald Finzi (1901), Thomas Linley the younger (1756), Rachel Portman (1960), and Maurice Greene (1696). After him are John Ireland (1879), Thomas Weelkes (1576), Gavin Bryars (1943), Monty Norman (1928), William Sterndale Bennett (1816), and Thomas Tomkins (1572).

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