Samuel Arnold (composer), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Samuel Arnold (composer)

English composer and organist

Date of Birth: 10-Aug-1740

Place of Birth: London

Date of Death: 22-Oct-1802

Profession: composer, musicologist

Zodiac Sign: Leo

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 1764.
A few years later he became director of music at the Marylebone Gardens, for which much of his popular music was written.
In 1777 he went to work for George Colman the Elder at the Little Theatre, Haymarket.
In 1783 he became organist at the Chapel Royal, and in 1793 he became organist at Westminster Abbey, where he was eventually buried.