1674-1707 GB, London
Composer of Classical
Jeremiah Clarke (c. 1674 – 1 December 1707) was an English baroque composer and organist. Thought to have been born in London around 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. Before shooting himself, he considered hanging and drowning as options, so to decide his fate, he tossed a coin—however the coin landed in the mud on its side. Instead of consoling himself, he chose the third method of death, and performed the deed in the cathedral churchyard." Suicides were not generally granted burial in consecrated ground, but an exception was made for Clarke, who was buried in the crypt of St Paul's Cathedral (though other sources state he was buried in the unconsecrated section of the cathedral churchyard). He was succeeded in his post by William Croft. Clarke is best remembered for a popular keyboard piece: the Prince of Denmark's March, which is commonly called the Trumpet Voluntary, written circa. 1700. From c. 1878 until the 1940s the work was attributed to Henry Purcell, and was published as Trumpet Voluntary by Henry Purcell in William Sparkes's Short Pieces for the Organ, Book VII, No. 1 (London, Ashdown and Parry). This version came to the attention of Sir Henry J. Wood, who made two orchestral transcriptions of it, both of which were recorded. The recordings further cemented the erroneous notion that the original piece was by Purcell. Clarke's piece is a popular choice for wedding music, and has featured in royal weddings. The famous Trumpet Tune in D (also incorrectly attributed to Purcell), was taken from the semi-opera The Island Princess which was a joint musical production of Clarke and Daniel Purcell (Henry Purcell's younger brother)—probably leading to the confusion.[
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Title | Artist | Year | Type |
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Son Of England | Henry Purcell, Jeremiah Clarke, Les Cris de Paris, Le Poème Harmonique, Vincent Dumestre | 2017 | Album |
Orchestral Works | Jeremiah Clarke, Georg Friedrich Händel - Sir Hamilton Harty, Johann Christian Bach, Concertgebouworkest, The London Philharmonic Orchestra, Eduard van Beinum | 2017 | Album |
Concertgebouw Lollipops | Concertgebouworkest, Franz Schubert, Johann Strauss Sr., Jeremiah Clarke, Otto Nicolai, Ambroise Thomas, Edvard Grieg, Hector Berlioz, Jean Sibelius, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka, Alexander Borodin, Giuseppe Verdi, César Franck, Camille Saint-Saëns, Antonín Dvořák, Richard Strauss, Sir Edward Elgar, John Philip Sousa, Paul van Kempen, Eduard van Beinum, Eugen Jochum, Bernard Haitink, Antal Dorati, Willem Van Otterloo, Igor Markevitch | 2017 | Compil. |
Suite Of Ayres & Messiah | Trompetenensemble Joachim Schäfer, Jeremiah Clarke, Georg Friedrich Händel | 2012 | Album |
'Encore, Sir John'/Sir John Barbirolli conducting The Hallé Orchestra | Sir John Barbirolli, Hallé Orchestra, John Philip Sousa, Amilcare Ponchielli, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Jeremiah Clarke, Otto Nicolai, Jean Sibelius, Jules Massenet, Emmanuel Chabrier | 2010 | Album |
Sydney Opera House Organ Extravaganza | Johann Sebastian Bach, Joseph Haydn, Dieterich Buxtehude, Olivier Messiaen, Louis Vierne, Jeremiah Clarke, Michael Dudman | 2000 | Album |
The Glorious Sound of Brass - Renaissance and Baroque Masterpieces | William Brade, Aurelio Bonelli, Johann Pezel, Roland de Lassus, Gottfried Reiche, Anthony Holborne, Jeremiah Clarke, Georg Friedrich Händel, William Croft, Henry Purcell, Georg Philipp Telemann, Philadelphia Brass Ensemble, New England Brass Ensemble, E. Power Biggs | 1997 | Compil. |
Odes On The Death Of Henry Purcell | Jeremiah Clarke, Henry Hall, John Blow, Thomas Morgan / Ruth Holton, Rogers Covey-Crump, Charles Daniels, Simon Birchall, The Parley Of Instruments, Roy Goodman, Peter Holman | 1992 | Album |
Music For Organ & Trumpet | Jeremiah Clarke, Johann Sebastian Bach, Gottfried August Homilius, Johann Ludwig Krebs, Vincent Lübeck, Georg Philipp Telemann, Giuseppe Torelli, Wolfgang Portugall, Egbert Lewark | 1989 | Compil. |
Trumpet - Trompete | Maurice André - Johann Sebastian Bach, Henry Purcell, Antonio Vivaldi, Jeremiah Clarke, Tomaso Albinoni, Leopold Mozart, Georg Philipp Telemann | 1987 | Compil. |
Pachelbel's Canon · Baroque Favorites | Johann Pachelbel, Tomaso Albinoni, Jean-Joseph Mouret, Johann Sebastian Bach, Georg Friedrich Händel, Henry Purcell, Antonio Vivaldi, Marc Antoine Charpentier, Alessandro Marcello, Jeremiah Clarke | 1986 | Album |
Harmonia Sacra | Henry Purcell, Jeremiah Clarke, John Blow, William Croft, Pelham Humfrey, Concerto Vocale | 1982 | Album |
Solid Gold Baroque | Tomaso Albinoni ✥ Antonio Vivaldi ✥ Johann Pachelbel ✥ Johann Sebastian Bach ✥ Jeremiah Clarke | 1982 | Compil. |
La Tromba (Musiche Per 1, 4, 6 Trombe E Orchestra) | Jeremiah Clarke, Giacomo Antonio Perti, Giuseppe Torelli, Henry Purcell, Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber, Arcangelo Corelli, Joseph Haydn | 1981 | Album |
Trumpet Voluntary | Maurice André, Jane Parker-Smith, Jeremiah Clarke | 1978 | Album |
Alleluia | Charles Gounod, Giacomo Meyerbeer, Johann Sebastian Bach, Giuseppe Verdi, Georg Friedrich Händel, Marc Antoine Charpentier, Jeremiah Clarke, Charles-Marie Widor, Franz Schubert, Edvard Grieg, Georges Bizet | 1975 | Compil. |
The Water Music - Suite / The Royal Fireworks Music - Suite / Berenice: Alcina - Overtures / Trumpet Voluntary | Georg Friedrich Händel / Jeremiah Clarke | 1973 | Album |
Bach, Händel, Vivaldi... | The Academy Of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Sir Neville Marriner, Johann Sebastian Bach, Georg Friedrich Händel, Antonio Vivaldi, Henry Purcell, Jeremiah Clarke, Giuseppe Torelli, Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Jean-Philippe Rameau | Album | |
English Baroque Trumpet Music | Richard Mudge, Jeremiah Clarke, Capel Bond, Maurice André, Ensemble Orchestral De L'Oiseau-Lyre, Pierre Colombo | Album | |
Extraits De La Suite "Feux D'Artifices" - Trumpet Voluntary - La Damnation De Faust | Georg Friedrich Händel, Jeremiah Clarke, Hector Berlioz, Concertgebouworkest, Eduard van Beinum | Album | |
Trompette Pour Les Jours De Fêtes | André Bernard, Jean-Joseph Mouret, Jeremiah Clarke, Johann Sebastian Bach, Charles Gounod, Franz Schubert, Marc Antoine Charpentier, Tomaso Albinoni, Arcangelo Corelli, Henry Purcell, Jean-Louis Gil, Edgar Krapp | Album | |
Musique De Cérémonie | Henry Purcell, Jeremiah Clarke | Single | |
Virtuose Bläser Spielen Barocke Bläsermusik | Jeremiah Clarke / Henry Purcell / John Stanley / Giacomo Antonio Perti / Antonio Vivaldi - Helmut Wobisch, André Lardrot, Rudolf Klepač, Zagrebački Solisti, Antonio Janigro | Album | |
Kerstmis Beroemde Koorwerken En Concerten | Georg Friedrich Händel, Johann Sebastian Bach, Jakub Jan Ryba, Marc Antoine Charpentier, Jeremiah Clarke, Michael Praetorius, Antonio Vivaldi | Compil. |