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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.
John Blow (baptized Feb. 23, 1649, Newark-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire, Eng.—died Oct. 1, 1708, Westminster, London) was an organist and composer, remembered for his church music and for Venus and Adonis, which is regarded as the earliest surviving English opera.
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Jonathan Blow (born May 14, 1971) is an American video game designer and programmer. He is best known for his work on the independent video games Braid (2008) and The Witness (2016). Blow was born in California, United States, and became interested in game programming while at middle school.
Aug 26, 2021 · His Chaconne in G major is composed over a repeating chord sequence (rather than an ostinato, or repeating bass line). Blow’s formidable understanding of counterpoint is very evident even as ...
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May 13, 2020 · John Blow (1649-1708) was a composer, choirmaster and organist, appointed to Westminster Abbey and St. Paul's Cathedral as well as the court of James the 2nd...
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John Blow (1649 – October 1, 1708) was an English composer and organist and is known as the most significant English composer of his time. Blow's dramatic masque, Venus and Adonis, was one of the finest stage works written to a text in English and this work became an example for Henry Purcell 's Dido and Aeneas.
