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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Blow has received more than 153,680 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia. John Blow is the 560th most popular composer (down from 507th in 2019), the 1,571st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,455th in 2019) and the 17th most popular British Composer.

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  • 150k

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  • 62.01

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.72

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.61

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, John Blow ranks 560 out of 1,451. Before him are Pierre Henry, Henri Duparc, Stevan Mokranjac, Eleni Karaindrou, Riccardo Drigo, and Helmut Walcha. After him are Friedrich Wieck, Philippe Herreweghe, Bernd Alois Zimmermann, Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Georg Christoph Wagenseil, and Pavel Haas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1649, John Blow ranks 9. Before him are Princess Frederica Amalia of Denmark, Marie Anne Mancini, Augusta Marie of Holstein-Gottorp, Thomas Tew, Louise de Kérouaille, Duchess of Portsmouth, and Archduke Charles Joseph of Austria. After him are Jan Luyken, James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, Giuseppe Maria Tomasi, Bernhard I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, Elihu Yale, and Johann Adolf I, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels. Among people deceased in 1708, John Blow ranks 11. Before him are Hedvig Sophia of Sweden, Olympia Mancini, Countess of Soissons, Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus, Seki Takakazu, Ferdinando Carlo Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua and Montferrat, and Ludolf Bakhuizen. After him are Adolphus Frederick II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Christian Augustus, Count Palatine of Sulzbach, Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg, Anne Jules de Noailles, Countess Henriette Catherine of Nassau, and Nikolai Spathari.

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Others Deceased in 1708

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Blow ranks 1,571 out of 8,785. Before him are John Guillermin (1925), Samantha Fox (1966), Andrew Lincoln (1973), Thomas Byles (1870), Erling Braut Håland (2000), and Hugh Fraser (1945). After him are George MacDonald (1824), Gilbert Ryle (1900), Jim Carter (1948), Alan Wilder (1959), Dunstan (909), and Stephen Rea (1946).

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Among COMPOSERS In United Kingdom

Among composers born in United Kingdom, John Blow ranks 17. Before him are John Dunstaple (1390), Michael Nyman (1944), Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872), Ethel Smyth (1858), Frederick Delius (1862), and William Walton (1902). After him are Neville Marriner (1924), Thomas Arne (1710), Albert Ketèlbey (1875), Pasquale Anfossi (1727), Malcolm Arnold (1921), and Jeremiah Clarke (1674).

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