Previous posts for March 12th may be found here: Thomas Augustine Arne (2019), Gordon MacRae (2020), Liza Minnelli (2021), Thomas Augustine Arne; Paul Weston (2023), Thomas Augustine Arne (2023), and Alexandre Guilmant (2024)
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Thomas Augustine Arne (12 March 1710 – 5 March 1778) was an English composer best remembered for "Rule, Britannia!"
Discovery
Upon leaving school, Arne was articled to a solicitor for three years. However, Arne's father discovered his son leading a group of musicians a musical gathering. Following this disclosure of his son's real interest and talent, he was persuaded to allow the young Arne to give up his legal career and to pursue music as a living. — adapted from Wikipedia
Thomas Arne, who ruled the stage
In England's late Augustan age,
Was meant to have a life in law,
But luckily his father saw
The light in time and let young Thomas
Take a path with greater promise.
And thus it was the would be lawyer
Sauntered proudly through the foyer
Of Drury Lane (his new employer).
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