William Croft was an English composer and organist.
Croft was born at the Manor House, Nether Ettington, Warwickshire. He was educated at the Chapel Royal, under the instruction of John Blow, and remained there until 1698. Two years after this departure, he became organist of St. Anne's Church, Soho. In 1707, he took over the Chapel Royal's Master of the Children post, which had been left vacant by the suicide of Jeremiah Clarke. The following year, Croft succeeded Blow as organist of Westminste...
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