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English composer and organist. One of the first choirboys of Chapel
Royal after Restoration in 1660. Organist, Westminster Abbey,
1668-1679, until his pupil Purcell succeeded him, 1695-1798. Also
Master of Choristers, St. Paul's Cathedral, 1687-1703. Wrote over 100
anthems, 13 services, many secular songs, and the masque Venus and
Adonis (c. 1682). Bliss composed Meditations on a Theme by John Blow.
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