Jeremiah Clarke

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Jeremiah Clarke (c. 1674 - December 1 1707) was an English composer, now best remembered for the popular keyboard piece attributed to him, the Prince of Denmark's March, commonly called the Trumpet Voluntary and attributed for a long time to Henry Purcell.

Thought to have been born in London in 1674, Clarke was a pupil of John Blow at St Paul's Cathedral. He later became organist at the Chapel Royal. "A violent and hopeless passion for a very beautiful lady of a rank superior to his own" caused him to commit suicide by shooting himself. He was succeeded in his post by William Croft.

External links

[Easybyte] - free easy piano music for Trumpet Voluntary
*Free scores by [Jeremiah Clarke] in the Werner Icking Music Archive
[link] Prince of Denmark's March

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