Thomas Augustine Arne
7 Trio Sonata, Op. 3
Year: 1757
Trio Sonata in G Major, Op. 3 No. 2: I. Largo
Introduction: This pure musician Thomas Arne who, in addition to his production for theater and popular entertainment, has also written serious works for instrumental purposes. We cannot remain indifferent to the purity of style of his seven Trio Sonatas, to the verve of his eight Overtures in 8 Parts, to the variety of spirit and writing of his eight Sonatas or Lessons for harpsichord, and to the entertaining virtues of his six Organ Concertos, certain movements of which have the particularity of being specified for « solo organo ». There is no wealth without creativity.
Thomas Augustine Arne (1710-1778)
Thomas Augustine Arne born March 12, 1710 in London is a British composer of the late Baroque period. He studies law at Eton because his father wants to devote him to a career as a lawyer but Thomas discreetly plays the violin and the spinet. He acquired such mastery that his father eventually no longer opposed his musical career. Apart from a few lessons with Michael Christian Festing, who would become director of the Royal Italian Opera, Arne is a self-taught musician. It was mainly at the opera that his musical taste was formed. His first operatic work Rosamond (1733), Arne had the libretto developed by Joseph Addison for the eponymous opera by Thomas Clayton, created in 1707, adapted in the Italian style. The virtuoso air « Rise, Glory, Rise » from this opera would be sung for four decades. He was quickly recognized as the greatest English lyric composer of his time with Comus (1738), a masque in three acts with a libretto by John Dalton after Milton. His melodic, inventive mastery, full of charm and freshness, is expressed in Alfred, a mask in three acts that remains famous for its final chorus « Rule, Britannia! ». and in William Congreve's one-act libretto masque The Judgment of Paris, two works premiered on 1 August 1740 at Cliveden House, residence of the Prince of Wales. His setting of Shakespeare poems, which he composed for revivals, marked the peak of his first style. Over the next decade, Arne published several collections of songs. In 1759 he received a doctorate in music from Oxford University. Two years later, his oratorio Judith was created; it is followed by the opera Artaxerxes (1762) which will remain in the British repertoire until the beginning of the 19th century. Arne sets David Garrick's ode to Shakespeare's Jubilee at Stratford (1769) to music and composed the masque The Fairy Prince (1771) as well as scores for William Mason's dramatic poems Elfrida (1772) and Caractacus (1776). In his first manner, Arne manifests a melodic sense characterized by his elegance and naturalness, due in part to the Scottish, Irish and Italian sources which inspire him. His style is quite characteristic of the « gallant style » in vogue, his music becomes more ornamented. Author of many famous melodies from his register opera, Arne, as has Henry Purcell, contributed greatly to enriching the English repertoire of songs. His output also includes cantatas, overtures, symphonies, sonatas for harpsichord and other instruments, as well as trio sonatas for strings and continuo bass. Thomas Augustine Arne is considered the most important English composer of the 18th century.
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