Arne composed numerous art songs throughout his career, most of which were written for the stage.
The exact number of catches, canons, and glees composed by Arne is now unknown.
He began writing such works for the pleasure gardens in the 1740s but the majority of his output in this area dates from the 1760s and 1770s.
This is a list of the published anthologies containing catches, canons, and glees by Arne.
Compared to his most important English contemporaries, William Boyce and John Stanley, Arne's output of sacred music was small; the major reason was his Roman Catholic faith, which was at odds with the Church of England during his lifetime.