Gyorgy Arnold (05/06/1781 – 25/10/1848), a Hungarian composer and church musician; born in Paks, Hungary, died in Szabadka now Subotica, Serbia. Gyorgy (Duro) Arnold )the composer, teacher, conductor, lexicographer and founder of the first music school in Subotica,was the regens chori of the Subotica's Sv. Terezija church 1800 - 1848). He was a prolific composer, writing n a variety of genres, from compositions for the church of Sv. Terezija, choral and chamberworks to operas, melodramas, songs, overtures, and verbunkos. Arnold's style was influenced by Viennese Classical church music and the emerging Hungarian national style.