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| 1707 deaths | |
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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
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