JOHN JENKINS

The English viol consort tradition reaches one of its high points in John Jenkins. His fantasias, pavans, airs, and In Nomine settings belong to the transition between late Renaissance polyphony and early Baroque instrumental writing. Jenkins' music often favours graceful conversation between parts, making chamber texture itself the main expressive subject.

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  Exceptional sensibility of consort music from the traveling maestro of the Stuart era

  John Jenkins (1592–1678), lutenist and string player, was the most eminent composer of the Stuart and Commonwealth eras...