Background
Arnold was born on 22 December 1832 at Petworth, Sussex, the son of George Frederick Arnold, organist of the parish church there, and his wife Mary.
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George Arnold
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Arnold graduated Music.
Career
He was articled to George William Chard, the organist of Winchester Cathedral, in 1849, and on Chard"s death the articles were transferred to his successor, Samuel Sebastian Wesley. Arnold was organist successively at Saint Columba"s College, Rathfarnham, near Dublin (1852), Saint Mary"s Church, Torquay (1856), and New College, Oxford (1860). Bac. at Oxford in 1853 and Music.
Doctor in 1860.
In 1865 he succeeded Wesley at Winchester, retaining the post for the rest of his life. He was a fellow of the College of Organists, acting as an examiner for that body. He died at Winchester on 31 January 1902, and was buried there.
Arnold, whose sympathies were with Bach and his school, was a composer, chiefly of church music
His published compositions include a national song, Old England (1854). An oratorio, Ahab, produced by the National Choral Society at Exeter Hall (1864).
Sennacherib, a sacred cantata, produced at the Gloucester Festival of 1883. The Song of the Redeemed, written for and produced at Saint James"s Church, New York (1891).
An orchestral introduction and chorus in praise of King Alfred, performed at the inauguration of the Alfred Memorial at Winchester in 1901, besides two motets, two psalms, anthems, part songs, and two sonatas.
