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Jeremiah
Clarke, English composer and organist, was born in London about 1674.
He is best known for his composition of the “Trumpet Voluntary”, once
attributed to Purcell. It forms part of a suite for wind
instruments with the original title “The Prince of Denmark`s March”.
Clark was a chorister at the Chapel Royal, in about 1692 he was
organist at Winchester College and became vicar-choral and organist at
St. Paul`s Cathedral, London in 1699. Though composing church music was
his main occupation, Clarke also wrote odes for court occasions and
other celebrations, songs for the theatre and the triumphal music to
celebrate the Duke of Marlborough´s victory in the Spanish war of
succession. His pleasing and tuneful style is best shown in the above
mentioned songs and interludes for theatre. He is thought to have
committed suicide in 1707 because of an unhappy love affair with a
pupil.
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