John Blow
John Blow (baptised 23 February 1649 – 1 October 1708) was an English composer and organist of the Baroque period. 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.
Genre: baroque, english-baroque
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Top Tracks
- Ground in G Minor
- Ground in G Minor for two Recorders
- Ground in G Minor
- Trio Sonata in A Major: III. Brisk
- Trio Sonata in A Major: II. Largo
- Trio Sonata in A Major: I. Largo
- Praise the Lord, O my soul
- Ground in G Minor
- Trio Sonata in A Major: III. Brisk
- Trio Sonata in A Major: II. Largo
- Trio Sonata in A Major: I. Largo
- Gavota
- Venus & Adonis - Ed. Bruce Wood for the Early English Opera Society - Act 3: Adonis, Adonis
- God Is Our Hope and Strength (Psalm 46)
- Blow: God is our Hope and Strength, a 8
- Blow: Salvator Mundi in G Minor, a 5
- Vers
- The Glorious Day Is Come: XI. And Thus by Music's Pow'r
- The Glorious Day Is Come: X. This That Blest King and God-Like Prophet Knew
- The Glorious Day Is Come: IX. Music! Celestial Music! What Can Be
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