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For works with similar titles, see John Barrett.
Barrett, John, a pupil of Blow, was an organist in London at the beginning of the last century. In the "Pills to purge Melancholy" are many songs composed by him, among others the air, "When he holds up his hand," in the "Beggar's Opera."
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