A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Redford, John

by William Henry Husk

REDFORD, John, was organist and almoner, and master of the Choristers of St. Paul's Cathedral in the latter part of the reign of Henry VIII (1491–1547). Tusser, the author of the 'Hundred good points of Husbandrie' was one of his pupils. An anthem, 'Rejoice in the Lorde alway,' printed in the appendix to Hawkins's History and in the Motett Society's first volume, is remarkable for its melody and expression. Some anthems and organ pieces by him are in the MS. volume collected by Thomas Mulliner, master of St. Paul's School, afterwards in the libraries of John Stafford Smith and Dr. Rimbault, and now in the British Museum. A motet, some fancies and a voluntary by him are in MS. at Christ Church, Oxford. His name is included by Morley in the list of those whose works he consulted for his 'Introduction.'

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