John Alcock

Portrait of John Alcock by Robert Cooper (d. 1828). It is unclear whether it is of John Alcock (1740-1791), as stated by the Scottish National Gallery, or of his father, John Alcock (1715–1806), as stated by the National Portrait Gallery.

John Alcock ( 28 January 1740 – 30 March 1791) was an English organist, who composed several songs between 1770 and 1780.

Biography John Alcock was born around 1740, to Margaret Alcock, née Beaumont (1711–1792), and John Alcock (1715–1806), himself a famous composer and organist. He was born in Plymouth, Devon and baptised there on 28 January 1740. He learned to play the organ through his father's position as organist and master of the choristers at Lichfield Cathedral, working under him as a chorister. By the age of twelve he was deputising for his father on occasion. and "Expressly Composed for the use of Country Choirs", stating his position as "Batchelor in Music and Organist of Walsall" on the title page. Those of Alcock's published works, noted by the Dictionary of Composers for the Church in Great Britain and Ireland, are 'Arise, O Lord, and Lift Up' and 'The Lord is King'.