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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 12,564 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Samuel Arnold is the 1,193rd most popular composer (down from 1,133rd in 2019), the 3,897th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,283rd in 2019) and the 65th most popular British Composer.

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  • 13k

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  • 45.06

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  • 17

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  • 4.00

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  • 2.64

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Samuel Arnold ranks 1,193 out of 1,216Before him are Junkie XL, Paul Creston, Wenzel Müller, Brad Fiedel, Maurice Greene, and Horatio Parker. After him are Karl-Birger Blomdahl, Henry Lawes, Valeri Brainin, Leigh Harline, Christian Wolff, and Sergei Slonimsky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1740, Samuel Arnold ranks 25Before him are Juan Ignacio Molina, Anders Johan Lexell, John Latham, Johan Tobias Sergel, Princess Ernestine of Saxe-Weimar, and Johan Andreas Murray. After him are Ivan Lepyokhin, John Sullivan, William Paca, and Alexander Martin. Among people deceased in 1802, Samuel Arnold ranks 29Before him are Thomas Girtin, Pedro Rodríguez, Count of Campomanes, Ivan Argunov, Corona Schröter, August Batsch, and Charles Leclerc. After him are Daniel Morgan and Ivan Lepyokhin.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Samuel Arnold ranks 3,897 out of 7,765Before him are James Milner (1986), Pauline Collins (1940), Charles Booth (1840), Maurice Greene (1696), Tricky (1968), and Cecilia Colledge (1920). After him are George Back (1796), Graham Swift (1949), Henry Daniell (1894), Paula Yates (1959), Charles Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer (1964), and Aynsley Dunbar (1946).

Among COMPOSERS In United Kingdom

Among composers born in United Kingdom, Samuel Arnold ranks 65Before him are Fred Frith (1949), Harrison Birtwistle (1934), John Ireland (1879), Adolph Deutsch (1897), Thomas Tomkins (1572), and Maurice Greene (1696). After him are Henry Lawes (1595), Thomas Campion (1567), Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji (1892), Nicholas Hooper (1952), Granville Bantock (1868), and George Alexander Macfarren (1813).