Theatre Career of Thomas Arne

This book concerns the life and theatrical career of the great native-born English composer and musician of the eighteenth century, Thomas Augustine Arne (1710-1778), best known today as the composer of "Rule, Britannia." It will appeal to those interested in the mid-to-late eighteenth-century London and Dublin theatre, opera, and music scenes.

Todd Gilman is librarian for literature in English at Yale University Library.

Contents Acknowledgements Preface Musical Examples Polemical Introduction Chapter 1: Young Thomas Augustine Arne Chapter 2: Drury Lane 1735-40 Chapter 3: From Cliveden to Dublin Chapter 4: Young Charles Burney Chapter 5: Drury Lane 1744-50 Chapter 6: Divisions and Difficulties Chapter 7: Dublin Encore Chapter 8: The Brent; or, English Syren Chapter 9: Harmony in an Uproar Chapter 10: Arne's Orbit Chapter 11: The Great Stratford Jubilee Chapter 12: Arne's Last Operas Chapter 13: Poor Devil of a Crotchet Monger Chapter 14: Decline and Death Appendix 1: Letters between Arne and Garrick Appendix 2: Arne's Will Bibliography