A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Randall, John

by William H. Husk

RANDALL, John, Mus. Doc., born 1715, was a chorister of the Chapel Royal under Bernard Gates. He was one of the boys who shared in the representation of Handel's 'Esther' at Gates's house, Feb. 23, 1732, he himself taking the part of Esther. He graduated as Mus. Bac. at Cambridge in 1744, his exercise being an anthem. About 1745 he was appointed organist of King's College, and on the death of Dr. Greene in 1755 was elected Professor of Music at Cambridge. In 1756 he proceeded Mus. Doc. He composed music for Gray's Ode for the Installation of the Duke of Grafton as Chancellor of the University in 1768, and some church music. He died March 18, 1799. His name is preserved in England by his two Double Chants.

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