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Henry Purcell
Henry Purcell
English composer
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Jeremiah Clarke
Jeremiah Clarke
English baroque composer and organist
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Choir of King's College, Cambridge
Choir of King's College, Cambridge
choir
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Orlando Gibbons
Orlando Gibbons
English composer, virginalist and organist (1583-1625)
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William Henry Harris
William Henry Harris
British musician
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Choir of St John's College, Cambridge
Choir of St John's College, Cambridge
collegiate choir
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George Guest
George Guest
British musician
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Stephen Cleobury
Stephen Cleobury
English organist and conductor
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William Child
William Child
English composer and organist
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Anthony Lewis
Anthony Lewis
British composer
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John Stafford Smith
John Stafford Smith
British composer (1750-1836)
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David Willcocks
David Willcocks
British choral conductor, organist and composer
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Michael East
Michael East
English composer
John Blow
English composer

John Blow

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John Blow

John Blow (baptised 23 February 1649 – 1 October 1708) was an English Baroque composer and organist, appointed organist of Westminster Abbey in late 1668. His pupils included William Croft, Jeremiah Clarke and Henry Purcell. In 1685 he was named a private musician to James II. His only stage composition, Venus and Adonis (ca. 1680–1687), is thought to have influenced Henry Purcell's later opera Dido and Aeneas. In 1687 he became choirmaster at St Paul's Cathedral, where many of his pieces were performed. In 1699 he was appointed to the newly created post of Composer to the Chapel Royal.