Arnold, SAMUEL, composer, was born in 1740, and died 22d October 1802, having become organist to the Chapels Royal (1783) and to Westminster Abbey (1793). His Maid of the Mill (1765), Prodigal Son (1773), and other operettas and oratorios, are well-nigh forgotten, compiled as they mostly were from the works of his predecessors; and he is best remembered by his valuable collection of cathedral music (1790).
Arnold, SAMUEL
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 1: A to Beaufort, p. 443
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