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John Blow

1649 - 1708

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Blow is the 449th most popular composer (up from 560th in 2019), the 1,505th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,571st in 2019) and the 17th most popular British Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, John Blow ranks 449 out of 1,451. Before him are Giovanni Pacini, Hugo Riemann, Miki Matsubara, Grock, Johannes Tinctoris, and Carl Loewe. After him are Antonio de Cabezón, Pierre de la Rue, Bruno Maderna, Christoph Graupner, Simon Mayr, and Ariel Ramírez.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1649, John Blow ranks 4. Before him are Pope Clement XI, Pope Benedict XIII, and James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth. After him are Louise de Kérouaille, Duchess of Portsmouth, Princess Frederica Amalia of Denmark, Marie Anne Mancini, Thomas Tew, Archduke Charles Joseph of Austria, Bernhard I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, Giuseppe Maria Tomasi, and Augusta Marie of Holstein-Gottorp. Among people deceased in 1708, John Blow ranks 11. Before him are Olympia Mancini, Countess of Soissons, Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus, Prince George of Denmark, Adolphus Frederick II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Seki Takakazu, and Ludolf Bakhuizen. After him are Ferdinando Carlo Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua and Montferrat, Anne Jules de Noailles, Countess Henriette Catherine of Nassau, Christian Augustus, Count Palatine of Sulzbach, Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg, and Christian Henry, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Blow ranks 1,505 out of 8,785. Before him are John Hawkwood (1320), Dave Finlay (1958), Norman Lockyer (1836), William Russell (1924), Sam Taylor-Johnson (1967), and John Horton Conway (1937). After him are Jack W. Szostak (1952), Godwin, Earl of Wessex (1001), Helen McCrory (1968), Maurice Wilkes (1913), John Wilkins (1614), and Arnold Jackson (1891).

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Among COMPOSERS In United Kingdom

Among composers born in United Kingdom, John Blow ranks 17. Before him are Keith Emerson (1944), Michael Nyman (1944), Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872), John Dunstaple (1390), Ethel Smyth (1858), and William Walton (1902). After him are Thomas Arne (1710), Neville Marriner (1924), Orlando Gibbons (1583), David Rose (1910), Frederick Delius (1862), and Albert Ketèlbey (1875).

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