Jeremiah Clarke (c.1674-1707)
- Suite in D Major
Performers: David Tasa (trumpet); Frankfurter Solisten; Vladislav Brunner (conductor)
Further info: Jeremiah Clarke (c.1674-1707)
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English composer and organist. Nothing is known of his origins. The
earliest evidence was as a chorister at the Chapel Royal when James II
was crowned in 1685. By 1692, he had been appointed organist at
Winchester College, and on 6 June 1699, he was appointed vicar-choral at
St. Paul’s Cathedral. He moved up to organist in January 1704. On 15
May 1704, Francis Pigott, organist at the Chapel Royal, died, and
together with William Croft were sworn in as joint organists to replace
him. It appears that he ended his own life, perhaps owing to an unhappy
love affair, by shooting himself on 1 December 1707. As a composer, he
wrote 22 anthems, 10 odes, 2 settings of the Te Deum, 2 suites for wind
band, 2 suites for harpsichord, over 40 other short works for
harpsichord, and the incidental music for 8 plays. He was a leading
composer of the generation immediately junior to Purcell. He wrote the
so-called Trumpet Voluntary, his best-known piece.
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