| 词条 | Rae Jenkins |
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| honorific_prefix = MBE | name = Rae Jenkins | background = non_vocal_instrumentalist | birth_name = Henry Horatio Jenkins | alias = | birth_date = 19 April 1903 | birth_place = | death_date = {{death date and age|1985|3|29|1903|4|19}} | death_place = | genre = Light music | occupation = Conductor | instrument = Violin | years_active = | label = | associated_acts = | notable_instruments = }} Rae Jenkins {{post-nominals|country=GBR|MBE|FRAM}}, born Henry Horatio Jenkins[1] (19 April 1903[1] – 29 March 1985[2]) was a Welsh violinist and later conductor of light music, notably with the BBC Midland Light Orchestra (1942–1946),[3] the. Bbc variety Orchestra (1946–?), and as principal conductor of the BBC Welsh Orchestra (1950–1965).[4][5] In 1955 Hubert Clifford, Head of Music at the BBC, called Jenkins "the most gifted and experienced conductor of light music in the country".[6] Jenkins was born at Ammanford in 1903,[4][7] the son of a coal miner.[3] Given a violin when four years old, he was first violin in his local theatre orchestra by the age of eleven.[3] He subsequently attended the Royal Academy of Music, where he studied viola under Lionel Tertis and conducting under Sir Henry Wood.[8] He worked on radio programmes, including It's That Man Again (ITMA). He was also an authority on music of gypsy origin.[3] He appeared as a "castaway" on the BBC Radio programme Desert Island Discs on 6 September 1965.[9] He was a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) and a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Music (FRAM). A portrait of Jenkins was painted by William Redgrave. A plaque in Ammanford Town Hall commemorates him. It reads: {{quote|{{center|{{allcaps|In loving memory of Rae Jenkins M.B.E. F.R.A.M. 1903–1985 Ammanford born musician who devoted his life to music conductor of B.B.C. Midland, Variety and Welsh Orchestras }}}}}} Biography
References1. ^1 {{harvnb|Johns-Davies|2006|p=7}} {{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Jenkins, Rae}}{{Wales-bio-stub}}2. ^{{Harvnb|Johns-Davies|2006|p=28}} 3. ^1 2 3 {{cite news |url=http://new.lookandlearn.com/childrens-newspaper/CN460420-007.pdf |title=The Pit Boy at the BBC |date=20 April 1946 |work=The Children's Newspaper |accessdate=29 July 2014 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140809145104/http://new.lookandlearn.com/childrens-newspaper/CN460420-007.pdf |archivedate=9 August 2014 |df=dmy-all }} 4. ^1 {{cite web |url=https://biography.wales/article/s10-WALT-RAN-1902|first=Rhidian|last=Griffiths|title=Walters, Irwyn Ranald (1902–1992)|work=Dictionary of Welsh Biography|publisher=National Library of Wales|accessdate=29 July 2014}} 5. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.turnipnet.com/mom/bbcmlo.htm|title=The BBC Midland Light Orchestra|accessdate=29 July 2014}} 6. ^{{Harvnb|Johns-Davies|2006|pp=22–3}} 7. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.southwalesguardian.co.uk/news/8788520.Star_the_world_forgot___twice/ |title=Star the world forgot – twice |last=Norman |first=Terry |date=14 January 2011 |work=South Wales Guardian |accessdate=29 July 2014}} 8. ^{{Harvnb|Johns-Davies|2006|p=11}} 9. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/features/desert-island-discs/castaway/06f64959#p009y3xj |title=Desert Island Discs – Castaway : Rae Jenkins |work=BBC Online |publisher=BBC |accessdate=27 July 2014}} 13 : 1903 births|People from Ammanford|1985 deaths|20th-century conductors (music)|Welsh conductors (music)|British male conductors (music)|BBC people|Light music|Alumni of the Royal Academy of Music|Members of the Order of the British Empire|Fellows of the Royal Academy of Music|20th-century British musicians|20th-century male musicians |
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