Introduction

Biography

Edward was the son of Hen­ry Ren­dall and Ele­ven Davey.

He was edu­cat­ed at Tri­ni­ty Col­lege, Cam­bridge (BA 1881, MA 1888, MusBac 1894).

He served at Har­row School; Dul­wich College (where he be­came the school’s first full time mu­sic mas­ter in 1884); and Char­te­rhouse.

He was al­so house­mas­ter of Or­chard House at Dul­wich Col­lege, and com­posed school songs for Dul­wich Col­lege (Pue­ri Alley­ni­en­sis) and the Pri­or’s Field girls’ school in Go­dalm­ing, Sur­rey.

Works

• The Ele­men­ta­ry Prin­ci­ples of Mu­sic for Pub­lic Schools, 1890
• Hints on the Ele­men­ta­ry Teach­ing of the Pi­ano­for­te, 1912
• Recollections and Im­press­ions of the Rev. John Smith, M.A., for Twenty-Five Years As­sist­ant Mas­ter at Har­row School, with Ger­ald H. Ren­dall, 1913