In 1865 he succeeded Wesley at Winchester Cathedral, retaining the post for the rest of his life.
He married on 6 June 1867 Mary Lucy Roberts, who survived him with three sons and a daughter.
An alabaster tablet to his memory, with a quotation from one of his works, was placed in the north transept of the cathedral in 1904.
[1] 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 St. 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.