John Jenkins

There Are Two Artists Called John Jenkins 1. John Jenkins 1592–1678 Was An English Composer. Jenkins Was Born In Maidstone Kent The Son Of Henry Jenkins A Carpenter Who Occasionally Made Musical Instruments. Little Is Known Of His Early Life And The First Positive Historical Record Of Him Is As One Of The Musicians Who Performed The Masque The Triumph Of Peace In 1634 At The Court Of King Charles I. The English Civil War That Broke Out In 1642 Forced Jenkins As It Did Many Others To Migrate To The Countryside. During The 1640s He Was Employed As Music-Master To Two Royalist Families. He Was A Friend Of The Composer William Lawes. Around 1640 Jenkins Revived The In Nomine An Archaic Form For Consort Of Viols Based Upon A Traditional Plainsong Theme. He Wrote A Notable Piece Of Programme Music Consisting Of A Pavane And Galliard Depicting The Clash Of Opposing Sides The Mourning For The Dead And The Celebration Of Victory After The Siege Of Newark 1646 . In The 1650s Jenkins Became Resident Music-Master Of Lord Dudley North In Cambridgeshire Whose Son Roger Wrote His Biography. It Was In These Years During The Commonwealth Under Oliver Cromwell In The Absence Of Much Competition Or Organised Music-Making That Jenkins Took The Occasion To Write More Than Seventy Suites For Amateur Household Players. Jenkins Played The Lute And Was A Virtuoso Upon The Lyra Viol. After The Restoration He Obtained A Place As A Musician To The Royal Court. The Aged Jenkins Played The Lyra Viol For King Charles II. He Retired Under The Patronage Of Sir Philip Wodehouse Of Kimberley. Jenkins Was A Long-Active And Prolific Composer Whose Many Years Of Life Spanning The Time From William Byrd To Henry Purcell Witnessed Great Changes In English Music. He Is Noted For Developing The Consort Fantasia For Viols Being Influenced In The 1630s By An Earlier Generation Of English Composers Including Alfonso Ferrabosco The Younger Thomas Lupo John Coprario And Orlando Gibbons. Jenkins Composed Numerous Four- Five- And Six-Part Fantasias For Viol Consort Almans Courants And Pavanes And He Breathed New Life Into The Antiquated Form Of The "In Nomine". Jenkins Died In Kimberley Norfolk Where He Is Buried In The Nave Of St Peter's Church. 2. John Jenkins 1931-1993 Was An American Jazz Saxophonist Born In Chicago. He Was Most Active In The Late 1950s And Early 1960s In Both Chicago And New York. read less