Edmund Jenkins

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Edmund Thornton Jenkins (1894–1926) was an American composer who spent much of his life in Europe.<ref name=history> The Music of Black Americans: A History. Eileen Southern. W. W. Norton & Company; 3rd edition. Template:ISBN</ref>

Biography

Charleston

Jenkins was born in Charleston, South Carolina where his Baptist-minister father, Reverend Daniel Joseph Jenkins, had set up and run the Jenkins Orphanage, which became internationally well-known for its wind band. Edmund Jenkins studied clarinet, piano and violin at the Atlanta Baptist College (now Morehouse College), and played in and directed the Jenkins Orphanage Band.<ref name=green>Edmund Thornton Jenkins: The Life and Times of an American Black Composer, 1894-1926 by Jeffrey P. Green (Westport, Conn : Greenwood Press,1983) Template:ISBN</ref>

London

In 1914 the orphanage band travelled to England to perform at the Anglo-American Exposition in London. Edmund remained in London where, aged 20, he enrolled at the Royal Academy of Music (RAM) to study clarinet, piano, singing and composition. At the RAM he was awarded an orchestral scholarship (1915–17), prizes for singing, clarinet and piano playing, the Charles Lucas prize for composition (1918), Battison Haynes prize for composition (1918) and the Ross Scholarship (1919–21). On leaving the RAM he was made an Associate of the Royal Academy of Music. While in London Edmund Jenkins worked as an orchestral musician in theatre orchestras and dance bands resulting in his participation in a number of recordings.<ref name=green />

Paris

In 1924 Edmund Jenkins moved to Paris where he established the Anglo-Continental-American Music Press while also performing and composing.<ref name=green /> He died in Paris 'from causes unknown' after being admitted to the city's Tenon hospital.<ref>'American Composer: At Home Abroad' by Betty Hillmon et al. The Black Perspective in Music, Vol. 14, No. 2 (Spring, 1986), pp. 143-180</ref>

Works

Chamber ensemble

  • (n.d.) Chanson; violin and piano<ref name=archive>The Edmund Thornton Jenkins Collection, 1917-1940. Columbia College Chicago: Center for Black Music Research Collection. Online resource, accessed 14 April 2023</ref>
  • (n.d.) Commodo quasi allegro (poco martial); piano and solo instrument<ref name=archive />
  • (n.d.) Dance; cello and piano<ref name=archive />
  • (n.d.) Romanesque: violin and piano<ref name=archive />
  • (1916) Overture to Much Ado about Nothing; piano and strings<ref name=archive />
  • (1919) Andante quasi lento, or Allegro energico; flute, 2 clarinets, horn, piano<ref name=archive />
  • (1919) Rêverie-Fantasie; violin and piano <ref name=europe>Dominique-René de Lerma. (1990) 'Black Composers in Europe: A Works List'. Black Music Research Journal, Vol. 10, No. 2 (Autumn, 1990), pp. 275-334</ref>
  • (1919) Slow movement and rondo [Lento ma non troppo<ref name=archive />]; woodwind quartet <ref name=europe />
  • (1925) The Saxophone Strut; saxophone and piano<ref name=europe />
  • (1926) Sonata in A minor; violin [cello?] and piano<ref name=archive />

Opera

  • 1924 Operetta: Afram, ou La Belle Swita, Roman Africain<ref name=archive />

Orchestral works

  • (n.d.) Allegro strepitoso<ref name=archive />
  • (n.d.) Andante, with solo clarinet and solo cello<ref name=archive />
  • (n.d.) Ballet: Processional; Pas Seul; Danse Generale<ref name=archive />
  • (n.d.) Concerto; for clarinet<ref name=archive />
  • (n.d.) Rhapsody on American Folk Tunes)<ref name=archive />
  • (n.d.) Rhapsodic Overture<ref name=archive />
  • (1917) Prélude Religieuse, with organ<ref name=archive />
  • (1918) Romance, with solo violin<ref name=europe />
  • (1925) African War Dance<ref name=europe />
  • (1917?/1925) [Folk?] Rhapsody No. 1: Charlestonia, op. 12<ref name=europe />
  • (1917/1926) Folk Rhapsody No 2: Rhapsodie spirituelle<ref name=europe />'
  • (1926) Symphony, op. 12<ref name=europe />

Organ

  • (1917?/1926) Prélude Religieux<ref name=archive />

Piano

  • (n.d.) The Cabaret Brawl, or Double-crossing the Stool Pigeon<ref name=archive />
  • (n.d.) Characteristic American Indian Dances<ref name=archive />
  • (n.d.) Negro Symphonie Dramatique. Scenes de la Vie d’un Esclave<ref name=archive />
  • (1920/1925) Spring Fancies<ref name=europe />

Songs

with orchestra

  • (1916) Love’s Hour<ref name=archive />
  • (1917) How Sweet is Life<ref name=europe />
  • (1925) That place called Italie [sic]<ref name=europe />
  • (1926?) A Prayer<<ref name=archive />

with piano

  • (n.d.) I want You Near Me<ref name=europe />
  • (n.d.) Je te desire pres de moi; fox-trot'<ref name=archive />
  • (n.d.) Jungle Blues; fox-trot<ref name=archive />
  • (n.d.) Kiss Baby Good Night<ref name=archive />
  • (n.d.) The Lilac Tree<ref name=archive />
  • (n.d.) Pampa Blues<ref name=archive />
  • (n.d.) 'Si je vous dis, je vous aime<ref name=archive />
  • (n.d.) Through the Metidja to Abd-el-Kadr<ref name=archive />
  • (n.d.) Trying<ref name=archive />
  • (n.d.) Your Voice I Hear<ref name=archive />
  • (1910) Baby Darling, Baby Mine<ref name=europe />
  • (1916) Love's Hour<ref name=europe />
  • (1917) A Romance<ref name=europe />
  • (1917) Doubting<ref name=europe />
  • (1917) The Fiddler's Fiddle<ref name=europe />
  • (1925) Amber Eyes<ref name=europe />
  • (1925) If I Were to Tell You I Love You<ref name=europe />
  • (1925) Three Songs: Doubting; A Romance; The Fiddler’s Fiddle<ref name=archive />
  • (1926) A Preyer<ref name=europe />
  • (1926) That Place Called Italy<ref name=archive />

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