| 2035: | ductor. Was organist at Leeds ; in 1865 ap- |
| 2036: | pointed to Wesleyan Chapel, Eccleshill, near |
| 2037: | Bradford ; and of Enniskillen Parish Church |
| 2038: | in 1875. He very soon established a choral |
| 2039: | society there, and for nearly twenty years |
| 2040: | conducted a series of concerts, appearing like- |
| 2041: | wise as violinist and pianist, and occasionally |
| 2042: | as lecturer on musical topics. An active and |
| 2043: | useful career was closed by his death, at En- |
| 2044: | niskillen, March 24, 1894. His son, Charles |
| 2045: | Haydn Arnold, born 1871, is a pianist and |
| 2046: | organist. He made his debut at his father's |
| 2047: | concert, September 11, 1884 (with his sister |
| 2048: | Edith, two years his junior), and at the age |
| 2049: | of seventeen, in 1888, was appointed organist |
| 2050: | and choirmaster of St. Flannan's (cathedral) |
| 2051: | Church, Killaloe, near Limerick, where he is |
| 2052: | engaged as teacher, and also conductor of |
| 2053: | choral classes, &c. |
| 2054: | |
| 2055: | Arnold, Samuel, organist and composer, |
| 2056: | born London, August 10, 1740. He was edu- |
| 2057: | cated in the Chapel Royal, under Bernard |
| 2058: | Gates and Nares. In 1763 he was composer |
| 2059: | to Covent Garden Theatre, and he afterwards |
| 2060: | became owner of Marylebone Gardens, in |
| 2061: | 1769, at which he produced various dramatic |
| 2062: | entertainments, of which two were written |
| 2063: | by Thomas Chatterton. He retired from this |
| 2064: | enterprise in 1771, after much loss. In 1771 |
| 2065: | he married Miss Napier. He was made Mus. |
| 2066: | Bac. and Doc, Oxford, 1773. In 1783 he |
| 2067: | succeeded Dr. Nares as organist and composer |
| 2068: | to the Chapel Royal, and in the following |
| 2069: | year acted as sub-director of the Handel |
| 2070: | commemoration. He was conductor of the |
| 2071: | Academy of Ancient IMusic from 1789. and Academy of Ancient Music from 1789. and |
| 2072: | organist of Westminster Abbey from 1793. |
| 2073: | In conjunction with Dr. Callcott he estab- |
| 2074: | lished the Glee Club, and was connected with |
| 2075: | many of the musical enterprises of his time. |
| 2076: | He died at London, October 22, 1802, and is |
| 2077: | buried in Westminster Abbey, where a monu- |
| 2078: | ment to his memory is placed. |
| 2079: | |
| 2080: | Works. — Musical Dramas, <i;c. — Maid of |
| 2081: | the Mill, 1765 ; Rosamond, 1767 ; Portrait, |
| 2082: | 1770 ; Mother Shipton, 1770 ; Son-in-law, |
| 2083: | 1779 ; Summer amusements, 1779 ; Fire and |
| 2084: | water, 1780; Wedding night, 1780; Silver |
| 2085: | tankard, 1780; Dead alive, 1781; Castle of |
| 2086: | Andalusia, 1782 ; Harlequin Teague, 1782 ; |
| 2087: | Gretna Green, 1783 ; Hunt the slipper, 1784 ; |
| 2088: | Two to one, .784 ; Turk and no Turk, 1785 ; |
| 2089: | Siege of Cuz2:ola, 1785 ; Inkle and I'arico, Siege of Cuzzola, 1785 ; Inkle and Yarico, |
| 2090: | 1787; Enraged musician, 1788; Battle of |
| 2091: | Hexham, 1789 ; New Spain, 1790 ; Basket |
| 2092: | maker, 1790 ; Surrender of Calais, 1791 ; |
| 2093: | Harlequin and Faustus, 1793 ; Children in |
| 2094: | the wood, 1793 ; Auld Robin Grey, 1794 ; Zo- |
| 2095: | rinski, 1795 ; Mountaineers, 1795 ; Love and |
| 2096: | money, 1795; Who pays the reckoning? |
| 2097: | 1795 ; Shipwreck, comic opera, 1796, Op. 40 ; |
| 2098: | Bannian Day, 1796; Italian monk, 1797; |
| 2099: | False and true, 1798 ; Cambro-Britains, 1798 ; |
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