Thomas Arne
Thomas Arne
Thomas Augustine Arne, 1778
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an English composer. He is best known for the song "A-Hunting We Will Go" composed for a 1777 production of The Beggar's Opera, which has since become popular as a folk song and a nursery rhyme.
Born
Thomas Augustine Arne 12 March 1710 Covent Garden, London, England
Died
5 March 1778 (aged 67) London, England
adultbasic
Britain
Education
Eton College
era
1600-1800