Composer
Karl Jenkins
Welsh musician and composer (b. 1944)
b. 1944
120 works and musical collections
- Born
- 1944
- Birthplace
- Penclawdd
- Citizenship / historical state
- United Kingdom
- Period (estimated from birth year)
- Contemporary
Biography
Sir Karl William Pamp Jenkins (born 17 February 1944) is a Welsh multi-instrumentalist and composer. His best known works include the song "Adiemus" (1995, from the Adiemus album series), Palladio (1995), The Armed Man (2000), his Requiem (2005) and his Stabat Mater (2008).
Jenkins was educated in music at Cardiff University and the Royal Academy of Music, and he is a fellow and an associate of the latter. He joined the jazz-rock band Soft Machine in 1972 and became the group's lead songwriter in 1974. He continued to work with Soft Machine until 1984, but has not been involved with any incarnation of the group since. He has composed music for advertising campaigns and has won the industry prize twice.
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Life and musical career
- Occupations
- composer; saxophonist; keyboardist; oboist; jazz musician; pianist
- Career institutions / employers
- University of Glasgow; University of Glamorgan
- Recorded memberships
- Adiemus
- Instruments played
- saxophone; oboe; baritone saxophone; musical keyboard; electric piano
- Genres
- jazz; progressive rock; new age music; classical music
- Awards
- Commander of the Order of the British Empire; Knight Bachelor; Honorary Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales
- Official website
- http://www.karljenkins.com; http://www.karljenkins.com/
- Birth name
- Karl William Jenkins
- Languages used
- English
- VIAF ID
- 85434414
- ISNI
- 000000008161053X
- GND ID
- 133683362
- Library of Congress ID
- no97023594
- MusicBrainz ID
- 8f88db93-5914-4754-82ee-7d889bbc573e
Recorded in Wikidata. Affiliations may refer to earlier stages of the composer's career.
In this catalogue
- Common listed instruments
- Choir, Voice, Piano, violin, Clarinet
- Genres represented
- Classical, New Age, pop
- Source entries with composition dates
- 1
These details describe the indexed sheet music, including arrangements.
Catalogue
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Instruments describe listed editions, including arrangements. Composition dates and keys appear where recorded; collection pages show their individual contents.
| Title | Work details | Listed instruments | Sheet music |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep, Child Of Winter [Jenkins, Karl] | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| Celebration Of Christmas | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| Palladio [Jenkins, Karl] | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| Concerto Grosso | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| Confutatis | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| Dies Irae | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| Farewell | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| From Deep In My Heart | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| Having Seen The Moon | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| In Paradisum | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| Introit | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| Lacrimosa | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| Lux Aeterna | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| Now As A Spirit | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| Pie Jesu | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| Rex Tremendae | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| The Snow Of Yesterday | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| Ave Verum | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Cantus Inequalis | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| He Wishes For The Cloths Of Heaven | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| Work & excerpts Adiemus - Songs of Sanctuary | See work details | Check individual editions | View sheet music |
| Palladio - Violin 2 | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| Palladio - Cello | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| Palladio - Piano | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
Biographical record: Wikidata, matched on name and checked against dates held in the catalogue. The period label is an estimate from birth year. Authority record: VIAF 85434414. Portrait: Welsh Government / Llywodraeth Cymru, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.