See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

JOHN See also:

• JOHN BLOW (1648-1708)

BLOW (1648-1708)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English musical composer, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in 1648, probably at See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North Collingham in See also:

• NOTTINGHAMSHIRE, or NOTTS

Nottinghamshire . He became a chorister of the See also:

• CHAPEL

chapel royal, and distinguished himself by his proficiency in See also:

• MUSIC

music; he composed several anthems at an unusually See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age, including See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

Lord, See also:

• THOU, JACQUES AUGUSTE DE [THUANUS] (1553-1617)
• THOU, NOM

Thou hast been our See also:

• REFUGE

refuge; Lord, rebuke me not; and the so-called " See also:

• CLUB (connected with " clump ")

club See also:

• ANTHEM

anthem," I will always give thanks, the last in collaboration with See also:

• PELHAM
• PELHAM, HENRY (1696-1754)
• PELHAM, HENRY FRANCIS (1846-1907)

Pelham See also:

• HUMPHREY (or HUMFREY), LAWRENCE (1527?-1590)

Humphrey and See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William See also:

• TURNER, CHARLES (1773–1857)
• TURNER, JOSEPH MALLORD WILLIAM (1775–1851)
• TURNER, NAT (1800-1831)
• TURNER, SHARON (1768-1847)
• TURNER, SIR JAMES (1615–1686)
• TURNER, WILLIAM (d. 1568)

Turner, either in See also:

• HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour of a victory over the Dutch in 1665, or—more probably—simply to commemorate the friendly intercourse of the three choristers . To this See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time also belongs the See also:

• COMPOSITION
• COMPOSITION (Lat. compositio, from componere, to put together)

composition of a two-See also:

• PART

part settingof See also:

• HERRICK, ROBERT (1591-1674)

Herrick's Goe, perjur'd See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man, written at the See also:

• REQUEST, LETTERS OF

request of See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles II. to imitate See also:

• CARISSIMI, GIACOMO (c. 1604–1674)

Carissimi's Dite, o deli . In X1669 See also:

• BLOW, JOHN (1648-1708)

Blow became organist of See also:

• WESTMINSTER
• WESTMINSTER, MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF
• WESTMINSTER, STATUTES OF
• WESTMINSTER, SYNODS OF

Westminster See also:

• ABBEY (Lat. abbatia; from Syr. abba, father)
• ABBEY, EDWIN AUSTIN (1852– )

Abbey . In 1673 he was made a See also:

• GENTLE (through the Fr. gentil, from Lat. gentilis, belonging to the same gens, or family)

gentle-man of the chapel royal, and in the See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September of this See also:

• YEAR

year he was married to See also:

• ELIZABETH
• ELIZABETH (1533-1603)
• ELIZABETH (1596-1662)
• ELIZABETH (1635–1650)
• ELIZABETH [ AMELIE EUGENIE ] (1837—1898)
• ELIZABETH [1lisabeth Philippine Marie Helene of France] (1764—1794)
• ELIZABETH [PAULINE ELIZABETH OTTILIE LOUISE] (1843– )
• ELIZABETH [PETROVNA] (1709-1762), EMPRESS
• ELIZABETH, SAINT (1207-1231)

Elizabeth See also:

• BRADDOCK
• BRADDOCK, EDWARD (1695?—1755),

Braddock, who died in childbirth ten years later . Blow, who by the year 1678 was a See also:

• DOCTOR (Lat. for " teacher ")

doctor of music, was named in 1685 one of the private musicians of See also:

• JAMES
• JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
• JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
• JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
• JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
• JAMES, EPISTLE OF
• JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
• JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
• JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
• JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)

James II . Between 168o and 1637 he wrote the only See also:

• STAGE (Fr. 6/age; from Lat. stare, to stand)

stage composition by him of which any See also:

• RECORD (Lat. recordari, to recall to mind, from cor, heart or mind)

record survives, the Masque for the Entertainment of the See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

King: See also:

• VENUS

Venus and See also:

• ADONIS

Adonis . In this See also:

• MARY
• MARY (1457-1482)
• MARY (1496-1533)
• MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS

Mary See also:

• DAVIES (DAvIslus), JOHN (1679-1732)
• DAVIES, DAVID CHARLES (1826-1891)
• DAVIES, RICHARD (c. 1505—1581)
• DAVIES, SIR JOHN (1569-1626)
• DAVIES, SIR LOUIS HENRY (1845— )

Davies played the part of Venus, and her daughter by Charles II., See also:

• LADY (0. Eng. hlaefdige, Mid. Eng. ldfdi, lavedi; the first part of the word is hldf, loaf, bread, as in the corresponding hldford, lord; the second part is usually taken to be from the root dig-, to knead, seen also in " dough "; the sense development fr

Lady Mary Tudor, appeared as See also:

• CUPID (Cupido, " desire ")

Cupid . In 1687 he became See also:

• MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master of the See also:

• CHOIR (0. Fr. cuer from Lat. chorus; pronounced quire, and until the end of the 17th century so spelt, the spelling being altered to agree with the Fr. chceur)

choir of St See also:

• PAUL
• PAUL (PAULUS)

Paul's See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church; in 1695 he was elected organist of St See also:

• MARGARET
• MARGARET (1283–1290)
• MARGARET (1353-1412)
• MARGARET (1489–1541)
• MARGARET, ST (c. 1045–1093)
• MARGARET, ST (SANCTA MARGARITA)

Margaret's, Westminster, and is said to have resumed his See also:

• POST

post as organist of Westminster Abbey, from which in 168o he had retired or been dismissed to make way for See also:

• PURCELL, HENRY (1658-1695)

Purcell . In 1699 he was appointed to the newly created post of composer to the chapel royal . Fourteen services and more than a See also:

• HUNDRED

hundred anthems by Blow are extant . In addition to his purely ecclesiastical music Blow wrote See also:

• GREAT

Great See also:

• SIR

sir, the joy of all our See also:

• HEARTS

hearts, an See also:

• ODE (Gr. uiSri, from aei&ew, to sing)

ode for New Year's See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day 1681-1682; similar compositions for 1683, 1686, 1687, 1688, 1689, 1693 (?), 1694 and 1700; odes, &c., for the celebration of St See also:

• CECILIA, SAINT

Cecilia's day for 1684, 1691, 1695 and 1700; for the See also:

• CORONATION (Lat. corona, crown)

coronation of James II. two anthems, Behold, 0 See also:

• GOD

God, our Defender, and God spake sometimes in visions; some See also:

• HARPSICHORD, HARPSICON, DOUBLE VIRGINALS (Fr. clavecin; Ger. Clavicymbel, Kiel-Flugel; Ital. arpicordo, cembalo, davicembalo, gravecembalo; Dutch, davisinbal)

harpsichord pieces for the second part of Playford's Musick's Handmaid (1689); Epicedium for See also:

• QUEEN
• QUEEN (O.E. cwen, wife, related to "quean," O.E. cwene, a hussy; cf. Gr. yvvi7: from root gan-, to produce; cf. genus, " kin," &c.)

Queen Mary (1695); Ode on the See also:

• DEATH

Death of Purcell (1696) .

In 1700 he published his See also:

• AMPHION

Amphion Anglicus, a collection of pieces of music for one, two, three and four voices, with a figured-See also:

• BASS
• BASS (the same word as " base," and so pronounced, but influenced in spelling by the Ital. basso)

bass See also:

• ACCOMPANIMENT (i.e. that which " accompanies ")

accompaniment . A famous See also:

• PAGE
• PAGE, THOMAS NELSON (1853- )
• PAGE, WILLIAM (1811-1885)

page in See also:

• BURNEY, CHARLES (1726-1814)

Burney's See also:

• HISTORY

History of Music is devoted to illustrations of " Dr Blow's Crudities," most of which only show the meritorious if immature efforts in expression characteristic of English music at the time, while some of them (where Burney says " Here we are lost ") are really excellent . Blow died on the 1st of See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1708 at his See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house in Broad See also:

• SANCTUARY (from the late Lat. sanctuarium, a sacred place)

Sanctuary, and was buried in the north See also:

• AISLE (from Lat. ala, a wing)

aisle of Westminster Abbey . BLOW-See also:

• GUN

GUN, a weapon consisting of a See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long See also:

• TUBE (Lat. tuba)

tube, through which, by blowing with the mouth, arrows or other missiles can be shot accurately to a considerable distance . Blow-guns are used both in warefare and the See also:

• CHASE
• CHASE, SALMON PORTLAND (1808-1873)
• CHASE, SAMUEL (1741–1811)
• CHASE, WILLIAM MERRITT (1849– )

chase by the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South See also:

• AMERICAN

American See also:

• INDIAN

Indian tribes inhabiting the region between the See also:

• AMAZON

Amazon and See also:

• ORINOCO

Orinoco See also:

• RIVERS
• RIVERS, ANTHONY WOODVILLE, or WYDEVILLE, 2ND EARL (c. 1442—1483)
• RIVERS, EARL
• RIVERS, RICHARD SAVAGE, 4TH EARL (c. 1660—1712)

rivers, and by the See also:

• DYAKS, or DAYAKS

Dyaks of See also:

• BORNEO

Borneo . In the 18th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century they were also known to certain North American See also:

• INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN

Indians, especially the See also:

• CHOCTAWS, CHAHTAS, or CHACATOS (apparently a corruption of Span. chato, flattened)

Choctaws and Cherokees of the See also:

• LOWER

lower See also:

• MISSISSIPPI

Mississippi . See also:

• CAPTAIN (derived from Lat. ca put, head, through the Low Lat. capitanus)

Captain See also:

• BOSSU, RENE LE (1631-1680)

Bossu, in his Travels through See also:

• LOUISIANA

Louisiana (1756), says of the Choctaws: " They are very See also:

• EXPERT (Lat. expertus, from experiri, to try)

expert in See also:

• SHOOTING

shooting with an See also:

• INSTRUMENT (Lat. instrumentum, from insincere, to build up, furnish, arrange, prepare)

instrument made of reeds about 7 ft. long, into which they put a little arrow feathered with the See also:

• WOOL, WORSTED AND WOOLLEN MANUFACTURES

wool of the See also:

• THISTLE

thistle (See also:

• WILD, JONATHAN (c. 1682-1725)

wild See also:

• COTTON
• COTTON (Fr. coton; from Arab. qutun)
• COTTON, CHARLES (163o–1687)
• COTTON, GEORGE EDWARD LYNCH (1813–1866)
• COTTON, JOHN (1585–1652)
• COTTON, SIR ROBERT BRUCE

cotton?)." The blow-guns of the South American Indians differ in See also:

• STYLE
• STYLE (from Gr. a-6'1ms, a column; a different word from that used in literature, see below)

style and workmanship . That of the Macusis of See also:

• GUIANA (Guyana, Guayana')

Guiana, called pucuna, is the most perfect . It is made of two tubes, the inner of which, called oorah, is a See also:

• LIGHT

light See also:

• REED
• REED, ANDREW (1787-1862)
• REED, ISAAC (1742—1807)
• REED, JOSEPH (1741—1785)
• REED, THOMAS BRACKETT (1839—1902)

reed in. in See also:

• DIAMETER (from the Cr. &a, through, µErpov, measure)

diameter which often grows to a length of 15 ft. without a See also:

• JOINT (through Fr. from Lat. junctum, jungere, to join)

joint . This is enclosed, for See also:

• PROTECTION

protection and solidity, in an See also:

• OUTER

outer tube of a variety of See also:

• PALM (Lat. palma, Gr. iraX6.jn )
• PALM, JOHANN PHILIPP (1768-1806)

palm (Iriartella setigera) . The mouth-piece is made of a circlet of See also:

• SILK

silk-grass, and the farther end is feruled with a See also:

• KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind of See also:

• NUT
• NUT (0. Eng. knutu, cf. Dutch noot, Ger. Nuss; allied with Gael. cno; it is not of the same form as Lat. nux)

nut, forming a sight . A See also:

• REAR

rear open sight is formed of two See also:

• TEETH (O.E. Eel); plural of tooth, O.E. top)

teeth of a small rodent .

The length of the pucuna is about 11 ft. and its See also:

• WEIGHT

weight 1 z lb . The arrows, which are from 12 to 18 in. long and very slender, are made of ribs of the cocorite palm-See also:

• LEAF (O. Eng. leaf, cf. Dutch loof, Ger. Laub, Swed. lof, &c.; possibly to be referred to the root seen in Gr. Ma-eta, to peel, strip)

leaf . They are usually feathered with a tuft of wild cotton, but some have in See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place of the cotton a thin See also:

• STRIP

strip of bark curled into a See also:

• CONE (Gr. Kwvos)

cone, which, when the shooter blows into the pucuna, expands and completely fills the tube, thus avoiding windage . Another kind of arrow is furnished with See also:

• FIBRES
• FIBRES (or FIBERS, in American spelling; from Lat. fibra, apparently connected either with filum, thread, or findere, to split)

fibres of bark fixed along the See also:

• SHAFT
• SHAFT (O. Eng., sceaft, from scafan, to shave; the word is common to Teutonic languages)

shaft, imparting a rotary See also:

• MOTION (Lat. motio, from movere, to move)
• MOTION, LAWS OF

motion to the missile, a See also:

• PRIMITIVE

primitive example of the theory of the See also:

• RIFLE

rifle . The arrows used in See also:

• PERU
• PERU (apparently from Biru, a small river on the west coast of Colombia, where Pizarro landed)

Peru are only a few inches long and as thin as See also:

• FINE

fine See also:

• KNITTING (from O.E. cnyttan, to knit; cf. Ger. Knutten; the root is seen in " knot ")

knitting-needles . All South American blow-gun arrows are steeped in See also:

• POISON

poison . The natives shoot very accurately with the pucuna at distances up to 50 or 6o yds . The blow-gun of the Borneo Dyaks, called sumpitan, is from 6 to 7 ft. long and made of See also:

• IRONWOOD

ironwood . The See also:

• BORE

bore, of z in., is made with, a long pointed piece of See also:

• IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron . At the muzzle a small iron See also:

• HOOK, JAMES CLARKE (1819-1907)
• HOOK, THEODORE EDWARD (1788-1841)
• HOOK, WALTER FARQUHAR (1798-1875)

hook is affixed, to serve as a sight, as well as a See also:

• SPEAR (O. Eng. spere, O. H. Ger. sper, mod. Ger. speer, &c., cf. Lat. sparrs; probably related to " spar, " a beam)

spear-See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head like a See also:

• BAYONET

bayonet and for the same purpose . The arrows used with the sumpitan are about ro in. long, pointed with See also:

• FISH (O. Eng. fist, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dutch visch, Ger. Fisch, Goth. fisks, cognate with the Lat. piscis)
• FISH, HAMILTON (1808-1893)

fish-teeth, and feathered with See also:

• PITH (O.E. pitca, cognate with Du. pit, kernel of a nut)

pith . They are also envenomed with poison .

Poisoned arrows are also used by the natives of the Philippine See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island of Mindanao, whose blow-pipes, from 3 to 4 ft. long and made of See also:

• BAMBOO

bamboo, are often richly ornamented and even jewelled . The principle of the blow-gun is, of course, the same as that of the See also:

• COMMON

common " See also:

• PEA (Pisum)

pea-shooter." See See also:

• SPORT (a contracted or shortened form of "disport," to amuse, divert oneself, O. Fr. se dis porter or deporter, to leave off work, hence to play, Lat. dis-, away, and portare, to carry; the origin of the meaning lies in the notion of turning away from ser

Sport with See also:

• ROD (O.E. rodd, probably related to Norw. rudda, stick, rodda, stake)
• ROD, EDOUARD (1857-1910)

Rod and Gun in American See also:

• WOODS, LEONARD (1774-1854)
• WOODS, SIR ALBERT (1816-1904)

Woods and See also:

• WATERS, TERRITORIAL

Waters, by A . M . See also:

• MAYER, JOHANN TOBIAS (1723-1762)
• MAYER, JULIUS ROBERT (1814-1878)

Mayer, vol. ii . (See also:

• EDINBURGH

Edinburgh, 1884) ; Wanderings in South See also:

• AMERICA

America, &c., by Charles See also:

• WATERTON, CHARLES (1782-1865)

Waterton (See also:

• LONDON

London, 1828) ; The Head Hunters of Borneo, by Carl Bock (London, 1881) .