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John Blow

Person · male · England · Newark-on-Trent · born 1649 · died 1708 · recording since 1987

English composer

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Also known as 約翰·布羅

Debut: 1987
Release groups: 21
Timeline events: 19
Wiki language versions: 28

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19 events▣ Album 16◦ Birth 1† Death 1★ Debut release 1

1640s
1. 1649 · Birth
  Born 1649
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1700s
1. 1 October 1708 · Death
  Died 1708
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1980s
1. 1987 · Debut release
  Debut release: Welcome Every Guest - Songs From John Blow's Amphion Anglicus
  First documented Album in the MusicBrainz discography.
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2. 1987 · Album
  Album: Welcome Every Guest - Songs From John Blow's Amphion Anglicus
  Album
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3. 1987 · Album
  Album: Ode on the Death of Mr. Henry Purcell
  Album
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4. 1988 · Album
  Album: Venus & Adonis
  Album
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1990s
1. 1993 · Album
  Album: Handel: Coronations Anthem / Blow: Anthems
  Album
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2. May 1993 · Album
  Album: Fairest Work of Happy Nature: Songs and Keyboard Music by John Blow
  Album
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3. September 1993 · Album
  Album: Awake My Lyre
  Album
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4. 1995 · Album
  Album: Le Choix de Deller
  Album
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5. 1995 · Album
  Album: Ode on the Death of Mr. Henry Purcell
  Album
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6. June 1995 · Album
  Album: Odes to Saint Cecilia
  Album
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7. 1998 · Album
  Album: Purcell Ode / Songs from Amphion Anglicus (harpsichord & conductor: Gustav Leonhardt)
  Album
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8. 1 October 1999 · Album
  Album: Venus & Adonis
  Album
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2000s
1. 2003 · Album
  Album: Venus & Adonis
  Album
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2010s
1. 2011 · Album
  Album: John Blow: An Ode, on the Death of Mr. Henry Purcell / Songs from Amphion anglicus / William Lawes: Songs
  Album
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2. 29 September 2017 · Album
  Album: An Ode on the Death of Mr Henry Purcell
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2020s
1. 19 March 2021 · Album
  Album: Complete Works for Keyboard, Vol. 1
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2. 28 April 2023 · Album
  Album: Coronation Anthems
  Album
  source: musicbrainz

Biography

English biography805 words · 6 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1379344977

Biography

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.

Early life and education

Blow was probably born in the village of Collingham, Nottinghamshire. The parish registers at Newark record the baptisms of Blow and of his brother and sister, the marriage of his parents, and the burial of his father. The register of degrees at Lambeth notes that in 1677, on taking his doctorate, Blow said that his birthplace was 'the faithful borough of Newark'. As he was baptised on 23 February 1649, he was likely born only a short while before. As a boy, he was selected as a chorister of the Chapel Royal, and distinguished himself by his proficiency in music.
Blow composed several anthems at an unusually early age, including "Lord, Thou hast been our refuge", "Lord, rebuke me not" and the so-called "club anthem", "I will always give thanks", the last in collaboration with Pelham Humfrey and William Turner, either in honour of a victory over the Dutch in 1665, or more probably simply to commemorate the friendly intercourse of the three choristers.

Career

In 1668, he was an organist at Westminster Abbey. He composed a two-part setting of Robert Herrick's "Goe, perjur'd man", written at the request of Charles II to imitate Giacomo Carissimi's "Dite, o cieli". In 1674, he was made a gentleman of the Chapel Royal and Master of the Children of the Chapel Royal.
Blow, who by 1678 was a doctor of music, was named in 1685 one of the private musicians of James II. Between 1680 and 1687, he wrote his only stage composition of which any record survives, the masque for the entertainment of the King, Venus and Adonis. In this, Mary Davis played the part of Venus. Lady Mary Tudor, her daughter by Charles II, appeared as Cupid.
In 1687, Blow became choirmaster (or Master of the Choristers) at St Paul's Cathedral. In 1690 he built a house for himself in Hampton. (Blow also owned eight other houses in the vicinity of Westminster Abbey). The Hampton house was demolished in 1799. It was on the site of the present-day house known as Beveree in the High Street.
In 1695 he was elected organist of St Margaret's, Westminster, and is said to have resumed his post as organist of Westminster Abbey, from which in 1679 he had retired or been dismissed to make way for Purcell. In 1700, he was appointed to the newly created post of Composer to the Chapel Royal.

Music

Blow wrote fourteen services and 30 odes for royal celebrations, 50 secular song-like pieces and more than a hundred anthems.
In addition to purely ecclesiastical music and his relatively well-known masque Venus and Adonis, Blow's works include Great sir, the joy of all our hearts, an ode for New Year's Day 1682, similar compositions for 1683, 1686, 1687, 1688, 1689, 1693 (?), 1694 and 1700; odes, and the like, for the celebration of St Cecilia's Day for 1684, 1691, 1695 and 1700; for the coronation of James II, two anthems, "Behold, O God, our Defender" and "God spake sometime in visions"; some harpsichord pieces for the second part of Henry Playford's Musick's handmaid (1689); Epicedium for Queen Mary (1695) and Ode on the Death of Purcell (1696).
In 1700 he published his Amphion Anglicus, a collection of pieces of music for one, two, three and four voices, with a figured bass accompaniment. This includes a setting for voice and continuo of the poem "The Self Banished" by Edmund Waller.

Personal life

In September 1673, Blow married Elizabeth Braddock. She died in childbirth ten years later. Two of his sons died, though he also had three daughters, all of whom survived past his death.
Blow died on 1 October 1708 aged 59 at his house in Broad Sanctuary. He is buried in Westminster Abbey.

Legacy and honours

Collingham John Blow Primary School, Nottinghamshire, is named after him.
Commissioned by the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Arthur Bliss composed Meditations on a Theme by John Blow in 1955 based on Blow's verse anthem "The Lord is my Shepherd".
The tercentenary of his death was marked by BBC Radio 3 and Westminster Abbey: the weekly broadcast of choral evensong was made by the Choir of Westminster Abbey, live from the Abbey, and consisted of music mostly by him and by his near contemporaries.

Discography & profile

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Release groups in DB	21	87.5th
Studio albums	18	95.8th
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Timeline events	19	93.4th
Recording span (years)	-279	2th
Genres	6	91th

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Discography (21 release groups · 18 studio albums)

Albums · 18

Welcome Every Guest - Songs From John Blow's Amphion Anglicus
1987 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 51:02
1Welcome Every Guest5:22
2Rise Mighty Monarch2:22
3Horace to Lydia6:14
4If Mighty Wealth4:10
5The Self-Banished1:28
6Musick's the Cordial of a Troubled Breast4:20
7A Ground for Violins5:03
8The Bud4:18
9Sappho to the Goddess of Love6:13
10Horace to His Lute6:11
11Arms He Delights In1:26
12Employed All the Day3:55
Ode on the Death of Mr. Henry Purcell
1987 · studio album
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Tracklist · 3 tracks · 42:45
1Marriage Ode14:32
2Cloe Found Amyntas Lying5:23
3Ode on the Death of Mr. Henry Purcell22:50
Venus & Adonis
1988 · studio album
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Tracklist · 16 tracks · 49:39
1Venus and Adonis: Overture3:15
2Venus and Adonis: Prologue. "Behold my arrows" / "Come shepherds all" / "Courtiers there is no faith in you"4:03
3Venus and Adonis: Prologue. "In these sweet groves"2:23
4Venus and Adonis: Prologue. Cupid's Entry1:31
5Venus and Adonis: Act I. Act Tune (Tune for the flutes)1:17
6Venus and Adonis: Act I. "Venus!" / "Hark, hark"5:13
7Venus and Adonis: Act I. "Come follow the noblest game" / "Lachne has fast'ned first"2:37
8Venus and Adonis: Act I. Entry: A Dance by a Huntsman1:09
9Venus and Adonis: Act I. The Act Tune1:31
10Venus and Adonis: Act II. "You place with such delightful care" / "The Insolent"5:00
11Venus and Adonis: Act II. A Dance of Cupids1:49
12Venus and Adonis: Act II. "Call the Graces" / "Mortals below"1:54
13Venus and Adonis: Act II. The Graces' Dance / Gavott / Saraband for the Graces / A Ground5:43
14Venus and Adonis: Act II. Act Tune1:44
15Venus and Adonis: Act III. "Adonis, uncall'd for sighs"5:17
16Venus and Adonis: Act III. "With solemn pomp"5:13
Handel: Coronations Anthem / Blow: Anthems
1993 · studio album
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Tracklist · 15 tracks · 1:15:38
1Zadok the Priest6:00
2My heart is inditing: I. My heart is inditing (Andante)3:06
3My heart is inditing: II.3:04
4My heart is inditing: III.3:30
5My heart is inditing: IV.3:07
6Let thy hand be strengthened: I.3:26
7Let thy hand be strengthened: II.3:50
8Let thy hand be strengthened: III.2:09
9The King Shall Rejoice: I. The king shall rejoice (Allegro)3:08
10The King shall rejoice: II.3:06
11The King shall rejoice: III.3:01
12The King shall rejoice: IV.2:49
13I was glad15:56
14Cry aloud, and spare not7:38
15O sing unto the Lord11:48
Fairest Work of Happy Nature: Songs and Keyboard Music by John Blow
1993 · studio album
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Tracklist · 18 tracks · 1:11:36
1No More, the Dear, Lovely Nymph's No More3:28
2Prelude in G1:05
3The Self-Banish'd (A Minuet)1:38
4Lovely Selena, Innocent and Free2:20
5Morlake Ground3:15
6O Turn Not Those Fine Eyes Away4:14
7Sett (Suite) no. 1 in D minor6:58
8Fairest Work of Happy Nature3:12
9Flavia Grown Old2:12
10Ground in G minor4:37
11Oh! That Mine Eyes Would Melt Into a Flood5:13
12Verse (Voluntary) in G minor1:41
13O Mighty God, Who Sit'st on High5:26
14Sett (Suite) no. 3 in A minor7:02
15Sabina Has a Thousand Charms2:43
16Of All the Torments, All the Cares4:19
17Ground in C5:16
18No, Lesbia, You Ask in Vain (Elegy on the Death of Queen Mary)6:57
Awake My Lyre
1993 · studio album
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Tracklist · 14 tracks · 1:09:35
1Awake, awake my Lyre! (A Supplication)13:17
2Salvator mundi salva nos2:32
3Stay, gentle Echo, dear nymph, stay (A Dialogue between Philander and the Echo)4:06
4Sonata in A6:03
5Poor Celadon, he sighs in vain (Loving above himself)4:14
6Music's the cordial of a troubled breast (from the Ode for St. Cecilia's Day, 1684)4:01
7Go, perjur'd man, and if thou e'er return (The Curse)4:59
8Help, Father Abraham! (A dialogue betwixt Dives and Abraham)5:47
9Chloe found Amyntas lying all in tears (Rondelay)5:47
10Ground in G minor3:48
11Paratum cor meum deus1:58
12Whilst on Septimnius's panting breast (Septimnius and Acme, Ode flom Catullus)6:16
13Gloria Patri, qui creavit nos3:20
14Sing ye muses (Epilogue)3:27
Le Choix de Deller
1995 · studio album
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Tracklist · 15 tracks · 51:16
1Music for a While4:05
2Sweeter Than Roses3:36
3If Music Be the Food of Love2:37
4In te, Domine, Speravi (Symphoniae Sacrae)5:23
5Organ Voluntary en sol majeur (Melothesia)1:09
6The Queen's Epicedium (Elégie sur la mort de la Reine Mary)7:10
7Organ Voluntary en fa majeur (Melothesia)1:32
8A Hymn to God the Father (Harmonia Sacra)3:29
9De Ancor che c'ol partire4:17
10Toccata terza pour clavecin en ré majeur (Promo Libro)2:54
11The Self-Banished3:31
12The Wakeful Nightingale1:35
13Dove sei (de Rodelinda)4:14
14Toccata pour clavecin en ré mineur2:48
15Bist du bei mir (du Petit Livre d'Anna Magdelena Bach)2:56
Ode on the Death of Mr. Henry Purcell
1995 · studio album
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Tracklist · 7 tracks · 23:00
1Ode on the Death of Mr. Henry Purcell: Mark how the lark and linnet sing3:58
2Ode on the Death of Mr. Henry Purcell: But in the close of the night4:54
3Ode on the Death of Mr. Henry Purcell: So ceas'd the rival crew2:50
4Ode on the Death of Mr. Henry Purcell: We beg not Hell2:05
5Ode on the Death of Mr. Henry Purcell: The pow'r of harmony too well they knew2:46
6Ode on the Death of Mr. Henry Purcell: The heav'nly choir3:37
7Ode on the Death of Mr. Henry Purcell: Ye brethren of the lyre2:50
Odes to Saint Cecilia
1995 · studio album
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Tracklist · 21 tracks · 1:11:42
1From harmony, from heav'nly harmony: 1. Symphony5:05
2From harmony, from heav'nly harmony: 2. From harmony, from heav'nly harmony2:14
3From harmony, from heav'nly harmony: 3. When Nature underneath a heap6:42
4From harmony, from heav'nly harmony: 4. What passion cannot Musick raise and quell!3:28
5From harmony, from heav'nly harmony: 5. The trumpet's loud clangor3:21
6From harmony, from heav'nly harmony: 6. The soft complaining flute4:13
7From harmony, from heav'nly harmony: 7. Sharp violins proclaim4:01
8From harmony, from heav'nly harmony: 8. But oh! What art can teach2:48
9From harmony, from heav'nly harmony: 9. Orpheus cou'd lead the savage race3:18
10From harmony, from heav'nly harmony: 10. As from the pow'r of sacred lays5:11
11The glorious day is come: 1. Symphony3:37
12The glorious day is come: 2. The glorious day is come, that will for ever be2:15
13The glorious day is come: 3. The spheres, those instruments divine5:01
14The glorious day is come: 4. Couch'd by the pleasant Heliconian spring2:00
15The glorious day is come: 5. And the first trumpet's part2:41
16The glorious day is come: 6. The battle done, the loud alarms do cease3:00
17The glorious day is come: 7. Excesses of pleasure now crowd on apace2:23
18The glorious day is come: 8. Ah Heav'n! What is't I hear?3:05
19The glorious day is come: 9. Music! celestial Music! what can be2:48
20The glorious day is come: 10. This that blest king and god-like prophet knew1:46
21The glorious day is come: 11. And thus by Music's pow'r2:45
Purcell Ode / Songs from Amphion Anglicus (harpsichord & conductor: Gustav Leonhardt)
1998 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 48:34
1Ode on the Death of Mr. Henry Purcell: "Mark how the Lark and Linnet Sing"9:05
2Ode on the Death of Mr. Henry Purcell: "So ceas'd the rival Crew when Purcell came"3:06
3Ode on the Death of Mr. Henry Purcell: "We beg not Hell, our Orpheus to restore"5:14
4Ode on the Death of Mr. Henry Purcell: "The Heav'nly Quire, who hear his Notes from High"7:22
5Amphion Anglicus: Cloe found Amintas lying all in Tears5:52
6Amphion Anglicus: Why weeps Asteria?4:22
7Amphion Anglicus: Loving above Himself (Poor Celadon)4:09
8Amphion Anglicus: Shepherds, Deck your Crooks2:29
9Amphion Anglicus: Ah Heav'n! What is't I Hear?3:07
10Amphion Anglicus: Epilogue. Sing, Sing ye Muses3:48
Venus & Adonis
1999 · studio album
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Tracklist · 27 tracks · 50:59
1Venus & Adonis: Overture2:40
2Venus & Adonis, Prologue: "Behold My Arrows and My Bow"0:49
3Venus & Adonis, Prologue: "Come Shepherds All"1:59
4Venus & Adonis, Prologue: "Courtiers There Is No Faith in You"0:48
5Venus & Adonis, Prologue: "In These Sweet Groves"2:35
6Venus & Adonis, Prologue: Cupid's Entry1:16
7Venus & Adonis, Act I: The Act tune1:33
8Venus & Adonis, Act I: "Venus! Adonis!"2:06
9Venus & Adonis, Act I: "Hark, Hark the Rural Music Sounds"1:09
10Venus & Adonis, Act I: "Adonis Will Not Hunt Today"2:27
11Venus & Adonis, Act I: "Come, Follow the Noblest Game"2:33
12Venus & Adonis, Act I: Entry: A Dance by a Huntsman1:01
13Venus & Adonis, Act II: The Act Tune2:53
14Venus & Adonis, Act II: "You Place With Such Delightful Care"1:43
15Venus & Adonis, Act II: "The Insolent, the Arrogant"1:35
16Venus & Adonis, Act II: "Choose the Formal Fool"1:37
17Venus & Adonis, Act II: A Dance of Cupids1:35
18Venus & Adonis, Act II: "Call the Graces"0:53
19Venus & Adonis, Act II: "Mortals Below; Cupids Above"1:27
20Venus & Adonis, Act II: The Graces' Dance1:18
21Venus & Adonis, Act II: Gavatt0:47
22Venus & Adonis, Act II: Sarabrand for the Graces1:35
23Venus & Adonis, Act II: A Ground1:40
24Venus & Adonis, Act II: The Act Tune [end]2:09
25Venus & Adonis, Act III: "Adonis, Uncall'd for Sighs"5:05
26Venus & Adonis, Act III: "With Solemn Pomp Let Mourning Cupids Bear"2:26
27Venus & Adonis, Act III: "Mourn for Thy Servant"3:20
Venus & Adonis
2003 · studio album
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Tracklist · 26 tracks · 56:37
1Venus & Adonis: Overture4:28
2Venus & Adonis: The Prologue: Behold My Arrows and My Bow (Cupid)0:49
3Venus & Adonis: The Prologue: Come Shepherds All, Let's Sing and Play (Shepherdess)3:18
4Venus & Adonis: The Prologue: In These Sweet Groves Love Is Not Taught (Cupid)3:31
5Venus & Adonis: The Prologue: Cupid's Entry1:05
6Venus & Adonis: Act One: Tune for Flutes2:27
7Venus & Adonis: Act One: Venus!... Adonis!, (Adonis, Venus)1:55
8Venus & Adonis: Act One: Hunter's Music / Hark, Hark, the Rural Music Sounds (Venus)1:08
9Venus & Adonis: Act One: Adonis Will Not Hunt Today (Adonis)2:34
10Venus & Adonis: Act One: Come Follow, Follow to the Noblest Game (Chorus of Huntsmen)2:45
11Venus & Adonis: Act One: A Dance by a Huntsman1:25
12Venus & Adonis: Act One: Act Tune1:42
13Venus & Adonis: Act Two: You Place With Such Delightful Care (Cupid)1:42
14Venus & Adonis: Act Two: The Insolent, the Arrogant (Cupid)1:18
15Venus & Adonis: Act Two: Choose for the Formal Fool (Cupid)1:42
16Venus & Adonis: Act Two: A Dance of Cupids1:35
17Venus & Adonis: Act Two: Call the Graces (Venus)1:04
18Venus & Adonis: Act Two: Mortals Below, Cupids Above (Chorus of the Graces)1:16
19Venus & Adonis: Act Two: The Grace's Dance1:28
20Venus & Adonis: Act Two: Gavatt1:13
21Venus & Adonis: Act Two: Saraband for the Graces1:06
22Venus & Adonis: Act Two: A Ground2:17
23Venus & Adonis: Act Two: Act Tune2:24
24Venus & Adonis: Act Three: Adonis! Adonis! Adonis! (Venus)6:13
25Venus & Adonis: Act Three: With Solemn Pomp Let Mourning Cupids Bear (Venus)2:23
26Venus & Adonis: Act Three: Mourn for Thy Servant, Mighty God of Love (Chorus)3:49
John Blow: An Ode, on the Death of Mr. Henry Purcell / Songs from Amphion anglicus / William Lawes: Songs
2011 · studio album
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Tracklist · 16 tracks · 1:02:41
1Ode on the Death of Mr. Henry Purcell: "Mark how the Lark and Linnet Sing"9:05
2Ode on the Death of Mr. Henry Purcell: "So ceas'd the rival Crew when Purcell came"3:06
3Ode on the Death of Mr. Henry Purcell: "We beg not Hell, our Orpheus to restore"5:14
4Ode on the Death of Mr. Henry Purcell: "The Heav'nly Quire, who hear his Notes from High"7:22
5Songs: Cupids, Wearie of the Court1:28
6Songs: O my Clarissa, Thou Cruel Faire2:00
7Songs: Gather Ye Rosebuds1:29
8Songs: Beauty in Eclipsa (Tell me noe more, her eyes are like)2:44
9Songs: Whieles I This Standing Lake (Justitia sacrum)3:12
10Songs: When Man ffor Sinne Thy Judgment Feeles3:14
11Amphion Anglicus: Cloe found Amintas lying all in Tears5:52
12Amphion Anglicus: Why weeps Asteria?4:22
13Amphion Anglicus: Loving above Himself (Poor Celadon)4:09
14Amphion Anglicus: Shepherds, Deck your Crooks2:29
15Amphion Anglicus: Ah Heav'n! What is't I Hear?3:07
16Amphion Anglicus: Epilogue. Sing, Sing ye Muses3:48
An Ode on the Death of Mr Henry Purcell
2017 · studio album
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Tracklist · 29 tracks · 1:16:22
1Begin the Song!: Overture1:54
2Begin the Song!: Solo & Tutti. Begin the Song! Your Instruments Advance2:33
3Begin the Song!: Solo & Tutti. Bring Gentlest Thoughts, That Into Language Glide2:56
4Begin the Song!: Duet. Hark How the Waken’d Strings Resound3:05
5Begin the Song!: Solo & Tutti. By Harmony’s Entrancing Power2:32
6Begin the Song!: Duet. How Dull Were Life, How Hardly Worth Our Care1:41
7Begin the Song!: Solo. Without the Sweets of Melody2:31
8Begin the Song!: Solo. Music’s the Cordial of a Troubled Breast3:38
9Begin the Song!: Tutti. Come Then, With Tuneful Breath and String1:18
10Chaconne a 4 in G major5:08
11An Ode on the Death of Mr Henry Purcell: Duet. Mark How the Lark and Linnet Sing3:38
12An Ode on the Death of Mr Henry Purcell: Duet. But in the Close of Night3:54
13An Ode on the Death of Mr Henry Purcell: Solo. So Ceas’d the Rival Crew When Purcell Came2:43
14An Ode on the Death of Mr Henry Purcell: Solo. We Beg Not Hell Our Orpheus to Restore1:55
15An Ode on the Death of Mr Henry Purcell: Solo. The Power of Harmony Too Well They Know2:35
16An Ode on the Death of Mr Henry Purcell: Duet. The Heavenly Choir, Who Heard His Notes From High3:03
17An Ode on the Death of Mr Henry Purcell: Duet. Ye Brethren of the Lyre, and Tuneful Voice2:02
18Ground in G minor4:14
19The Nymphs of the Wells: Duet. The Nymphs of the Wells, and the Nymphs of the Hills2:46
20The Nymphs of the Wells: Duet. But Here Comes a Druid and We Must Retire2:09
21The Nymphs of the Wells: Duet. Blest Be This Morn, Blest Be the Hand4:12
22The Nymphs of the Wells: Tutti. We Nymphs of the Founts and We of the Mounts1:20
23Sonata in A major: Slow -2:26
24Sonata in A major [Untitled] -1:12
25Sonata in A major: Brisk2:05
26Dread Sir, the Prince of Light [Symphony]1:53
27Dread Sir, the Prince of Light: Trio. Dread Sir, the Prince of Light Begins to Rise1:22
28Dread Sir, the Prince of Light: Solo & Tutti. Let No Disloyal Cares His Peace Destroy2:09
29Dread Sir, the Prince of Light: Solo, Trio & Tutti. This Message We Bring3:28
Complete Works for Keyboard, Vol. 1
2021 · studio album
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Tracklist · 50 tracks · 2:02:04
Disc 124 tracks · 1:00:32
1Voluntary no. 1 in C major2:35
2Voluntary no. 2 in C major4:46
3Voluntary no. 3 in C major1:23
4Voluntary no. 4 in C major2:02
5Voluntary no. 5 in D major2:21
6Voluntary no. 6 in D minor2:23
7Voluntary no. 7 in D minor2:23
8Voluntary no. 8 in D minor3:22
9Voluntary no. 9 in F major3:37
10Voluntary no. 10 in G major2:05
11Voluntary no. 11 in G major2:16
12Voluntary no. 12 in G major3:44
13Voluntary no. 13 in G major3:10
14Voluntary no. 14 in G major1:36
15Voluntary no. 15 in G major1:23
16Voluntary no. 16 in G major2:06
17Voluntary no. 17 in G minor2:00
18Voluntary no. 18 in G minor2:17
19Voluntary no. 19 in A major2:58
20Voluntary no. 20 in A major2:26
21Voluntary no. 21 in A minor2:46
22Voluntary no. 22 in A minor1:53
23Voluntary no. 23 in A minor2:44
24Double Voluntary in C2:16
Disc 226 tracks · 1:01:32
1Cornet Voluntary in D5:25
2Double Voluntary in D minor (1)2:33
3Double Voluntary in D minor (2)3:56
4Double Voluntary in G major (1)5:08
5Double Voluntary in G major (2)4:08
6Cornet Voluntary in A Minor4:49
7Almand (1)3:42
8Aire (1)0:49
9Tune1:12
10Jigg (1)1:12
11Ground2:48
12Rondo1:04
13Minuet1:37
14Almand (2)3:18
15Corant (1)1:56
16Minett1:37
17Almand (3)3:48
18Corant (2)1:27
19Gavott (1)0:57
20Saraband (1)1:54
21Saraband (2)2:21
22Gavott (2)1:40
23Gavott (3)1:18
24Jigg (2)0:49
25Theatre Tune1:14
26Aire (2)0:50
Coronation Anthems
2023 · studio album
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Tracklist · 22 tracks · 59:20
1An Occasional Oratorio, HWV 62: Overture2:33
2An Occasional Oratorio, HWV 62: Allegro2:31
3An Occasional Oratorio, HWV 62: Adadio2:32
4An Occasional Oratorio, HWV 62: Marche1:37
5The Lord is a sun and a shield: No. 1, Chorus "The Lord is a sun and a shield"1:41
6The Lord is a sun and a shield: No. 2, Verse "Now I know that the Lord saveth his anointed"2:12
7The Lord is a sun and a shield: No. 3, Chorus "For the king trusteth in the Lord"1:21
8The Lord is a sun and a shield: No. 4, Verse "His salvation is nigh them that fear him"1:35
9The Lord is a sun and a shield: No. 5, Chorus "Blessed be the Lord God of Israel"1:20
10Chaconne in G Major5:10
11Coronation Anthems, Zadok the Priest, HWV 2585:32
12Coronation Anthems, Let thy hand be strengthened, HWV 259: No. 1, Let thy hand2:59
13Coronation Anthems, Let thy hand be strengthened, HWV 259: No. 2, Let justice and judgment3:23
14Coronation Anthems, Let thy hand be strengthened, HWV 259: No. 3, Alleluia1:59
15Coronation Anthems,The King shall rejoice, HWV 260: No. 1, The King shall rejoice2:46
16Coronation Anthems,The King shall rejoice, HWV 260: No. 2, Exceeding glad shall he be2:52
17Coronation Anthems,The King shall rejoice, HWV 260: No. 3, Glory and great worship2:34
18Coronation Anthems,The King shall rejoice, HWV 260: No. 4, Alleluia2:38
19Coronation Anthems, My heart is inditing, HWV 261: No. 1, My heart is inditing2:44
20Coronation Anthems, My heart is inditing, HWV 261: No. 2, King's daughters3:26
21Coronation Anthems, My heart is inditing, HWV 261: No. 3, Upon thy right hand3:06
22Coronation Anthems, My heart is inditing, HWV 261: No. 4, Kings shall be thy nursing fathers2:49
Music of the “Chapels Royal”
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Tracklist · 7 tracks · 51:48
1Motet: “Jehova, quam multi sunt hostes meil”6:55
2Full Anthem: “How doth the city sit solitary”10:37
3Verse Anthem: “My beloved spake”10:20
4Full Anthem: “O God, Thou hast cast us out and scatter’d us abroad”4:12
5Motet: “Salvator Mundi”3:57
6Full Anthem: “Hear My Prayer”2:26
7Verse Anthem: “O Lord my God”13:21
Music by Purcell & Blow: Voluntaries, Suites and Grounds
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Tracklist · 18 tracks · 1:02:33
1Voluntary for Double Organ Z 7195:22
2Voluntary in G Z 7203:50
3Voluntary in D minor (for the Cornet Stop)5:20
4Voluntary in A1:37
5Voluntary in G3:06
6Voluntary in D minor3:08
7Suite No. 4 in A minor Z 663: Prelude—Almand—Corant—Saraband6:07
8A New Ground in E minor Z T6822:31
9A New Irish Tune in G (Lilliburlero), Z 6460:45
10Riggadoon in C Z 6530:49
11Sefauchi's Farewell Z 6561:53
12Suite No. 2 in G minor Z 661: Prelude—(Almand)—Corant—Saraband8:28
13Ground in C minor Z 6813:32
14Ground in Gamut Z 6451:47
15Suite No. 5 in C Z 6665:52
16Hornpipe in E minor Z T6850:49
17Suite of Lessons in C Z 665: Jigg1:12
18Suite No. 7 in D minor Z 668: Almand ("Bell-barr")—Corant—Hornpipe6:25

Album · 3

Album release groups, by first release date
Year	Title	Notes	First release
1998	Complete Organ Works / VoluntariesSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 26 tracks · 1:03:04 1Voluntary In G Major, Z. 7203:15 2Voluntary In D Minor For Double Organ, Z. 7194:51 3Verse In F Major, Z. 7161:43 4Voluntary In C Major, Z. 7171:38 5Voluntary In D Minor, Z. 7183:26 6A Ground In Gamut [In G Major], Z. 6454:08 7March In C Major, ZT. 687, From The Married Beau1:20 8Trumpet Tune In C Major, ZT. 698, From The Indian Queen0:45 9Chaconne In G Minor, ZT. 680, From Timon Of Athens3:34 10Trumpet Tune In C Major, Called The Cibell, ZT. 6781:27 11Ground In C Minor, ZD. 221 (Attributed To William Croft?)2:39 12Voluntary On The Old 100th, Z. 7213:28 13Trumpet Voluntary In D Major2:16 14Voluntary In D Minor2:58 15Voluntary In A Major3:15 16Voluntary In G Major2:00 17Voluntary In C Major2:40 18Voluntary In G Minor2:03 19Double Voluntary In D Minor3:38 20No. 62 In A Minor1:14 21No. 63 In F Major1:36 22No. 64 In A Minor2:55 23No. 65 In D Minor1:25 24No. 66 In G Major1:09 25No. 67 In A Minor0:54 26No. 68 In D Minor "For A Double Organ"2:47	Compilation	1998
2000	An Ode on the Death of Mr Henry PurcellSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 13 tracks · 1:04:09 1Birthday Ode for Queen Mary "Love's Goddess Sure Was Blind", Z. 331: Sweetness of nature3:18 2Sonate pour 2 flûtes de voix, viole et basse continue en la majeur6:07 3If Ever I More Riches Did Desire, Z. 544: Here let my life2:44 4Ground pour flûte à bec alto et clavecin en ré mineur3:09 5Oedipus, Z. 583 No. 2: Music for a while4:00 6Fugue pour clavecin en sol mineur3:11 7Ode for St. Cecilia's Day "Hail, Bright Cecilia", Z. 328: In vain the am'rous flute5:30 8Suite pour clavecin en sol majeur: I. Prelude0:56 9Suite pour clavecin en sol majeur: II. Almand3:13 10Suite pour clavecin en sol majeur: III. Gavot1:08 11Suite pour clavecin en sol majeur: IV. Morlake's Ground4:07 12Ground pour 2 flûtes à bec alto et basse continue en do mineur4:12 13Ode on the Death of Mr. Henry Purcell22:34	Compilation	2000
2011	Venus and AdonisSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 25 tracks · 1:15:12 1Chloe Found Amintas Lying (A Song for Three Voices)6:23 2Ground in G minor for Violin and Continuo4:03 3Vos mépris chaque jour me causent mille alarmes3:41 4Chaconne5:17 5Venus and Adonis: Overture3:38 6Venus and Adonis: Prologue: Cupid: “Behold my arrows and my bow”7:01 7Venus and Adonis: Prologue: Cupid’s Entry1:15 8Venus and Adonis: Prologue: Tune for Flutes2:34 9Venus and Adonis: Act One: Adonis: “Venus!”2:27 10Venus and Adonis: Act One: Hunters’ Music3:52 11Venus and Adonis: Act One: Chorus: “Come follow to the Noblest Game”2:32 12Venus and Adonis: Act One: A Dance by a Huntsman1:20 13Venus and Adonis: Act One: Act Tune1:54 14Venus and Adonis: Act Two: Cupid: “you Place With Such Delightful Care”1:56 15Venus and Adonis: Act Two: The Cupids’ Lesson3:04 16Venus and Adonis: Act Two: A Dance of the Cupids1:29 17Venus and Adonis: Act Two: Venus: “Call the Graces”1:09 18Venus and Adonis: Act Two: Chorus of the Graces “Mortals below, Cupids above”1:22 19Venus and Adonis: Act Two: The Graces’ Dance1:26 20Venus and Adonis: Act Two: Gavatt0:47 21Venus and Adonis: Act Two: Saraband for the Graces1:22 22Venus and Adonis: Act Two: A Ground1:53 23Venus and Adonis: Act Two: Act Tune2:39 24Venus and Adonis: Act Three: Venus: “Adonis!”5:03 25Venus and Adonis: Act Three: Venus: “With Solemn Pomp Let Mourning Cupids Bear”7:05	Live	31 January 2011

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Wikipedia language versions	28	89th
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Release groups in DB	21	87.5th
Studio albums	18	95.8th
Awards recorded	0	0th
Timeline events	19	93.4th
Recording span (years)	-279	2th
Genres	6	91th

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Timeline

1640s

Born 1649

1700s

Died 1708

1980s

Debut release: Welcome Every Guest - Songs From John Blow's Amphion Anglicus

Album: Welcome Every Guest - Songs From John Blow's Amphion Anglicus

Album: Ode on the Death of Mr. Henry Purcell

Album: Venus & Adonis

1990s

Album: Handel: Coronations Anthem / Blow: Anthems

Album: Fairest Work of Happy Nature: Songs and Keyboard Music by John Blow

Album: Awake My Lyre

Album: Le Choix de Deller

Album: Ode on the Death of Mr. Henry Purcell

Album: Odes to Saint Cecilia

Album: Purcell Ode / Songs from Amphion Anglicus (harpsichord & conductor: Gustav Leonhardt)

Album: Venus & Adonis

2000s

Album: Venus & Adonis

2010s

Album: John Blow: An Ode, on the Death of Mr. Henry Purcell / Songs from Amphion anglicus / William Lawes: Songs

Album: An Ode on the Death of Mr Henry Purcell

2020s

Album: Complete Works for Keyboard, Vol. 1

Album: Coronation Anthems

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