John Randall (organist)

John Randall (26 February 1716 – 18 March 1799)[1] was an English organist and academic.

In 1755 Randall succeeded Maurice Greene as Professor of Music at Cambridge University.

Assisted by his pupil, William Crotch, who joined him in 1786, Randall retained his appointments until his death at Cambridge on 18 March 1799.

He is buried at St Bene't's Church, Cambridge, where there is a memorial with the following inscription The Sweetness of his Harmonies charmed the Ear, and the Mildness of his Manners the Heart.Randall set to music Thomas Gray's Ode for the Installation of the Duke of Grafton as Chancellor of the University, 1768.

In the American Sacred Harp tradition William Cowper's hymn The Contrite Heart is sung to Randall's tune Cambridge New.