John Redford

John Redford (died November 1547) was a major English composer and organist of the Tudor period.

From about 1525 he was organist at St Paul's Cathedral (succeeding Thomas Hickman) and choirmaster there from 1534. Many of his works are represented in the Mulliner Book. All his organ music is liturgical and mostly vocal in style, but some are in a distinctively keyboard style containing idiomatic ornamentation, and require high technical skill.

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