David Jennings (composer)

{{Short description|British composer}}

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| name = David Jennings

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1972|05|30|df=y}}

| birth_place = Sheffield, West Riding of Yorkshire

| education =

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• University of Durham
• University of Manchester

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| nationality = British

| occupation = Composer

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| known_for = Piano Sonata, Op. 1

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| website = {{official website}}

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David Andrew JenningsUniversity of Durham Congregation, 1 July 1993, 2:30pm, p. 4 is an English composer (born Sheffield, Yorkshire, 30 May 1972).Biography at [https://www.goodmusicpublishing.co.uk/composer/david-jennings Goodmusic Publishing]{{cite web |url=https://britishmusiccollection.org.uk/node/65198 |title=British Music Collection- Biography|author= |website=britishmusiccollection.org.uk |date=4 August 2020 |publisher=Sound and Music |access-date=23 March 2022 |quote=David Jennings is an English composer (born Sheffield, Yorkshire, 30 May 1972).}} He read music at the University of Durham, studying composition with John Casken (a pupil of Witold Lutosławski) and again at Postgraduate level with Casken at the University of Manchester.{{Cite web |date=January 2013 |title=BMS News 136 |url=https://www.britishmusicsociety.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/BMS_News_136_January_2013.pdf |access-date=4 October 2024 |website=britishmusicsociety.co.uk |quote=He read music at Durham University with the distinguished composer John Casken and went on to Manchester University to study composition at postgraduate level, again with John Casken.}} Jennings has additionally benefited from regular consultations with Arthur Butterworth (a pupil of Ralph Vaughan Williams).{{cite web |last=Engelbrecht |first=Gavin |date=23 May 2019 |title=Composer joins campaign to save historic Methodist chapel |url=https://www.darlingtonandstocktontimes.co.uk/news/17657729.weardale-rhapsody-will-enjoy-world-premier-aid-historic-methodist-chapel/ |access-date=30 March 2023 |website=Darlington and Stockton Times |quote=After reading music at Durham University with the distinguished composer John Casken, he continued his studies at Manchester University, specialising in composition, and benefitting further from the tuition of Casken and the advice and support of Arthur Butterworth.}} Jennings' compositions employ a style that combines romanticism with more recent musical developments. His music is known to have been inspired by the works of poets and visual artists, especially English watercolourists from the early 1800s.{{cite web |last=Engelbrecht |first=Gavin |date=23 May 2019 |title=Composer joins campaign to save historic Methodist chapel |url=https://www.darlingtonandstocktontimes.co.uk/news/17657729.weardale-rhapsody-will-enjoy-world-premier-aid-historic-methodist-chapel/ |access-date=4 October 2024 |website=Darlington and Stockton Times |quote=He is strongly influenced by poetry and the visual arts, particularly the English watercolours of the early nineteenth century.}}

In 2012, The Divine Art label released a recording of Jennings' Piano Music performed by James Willshire,Review by John France, [http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2012/Dec12/Jennings_Piano_DDA25110.htm MusicWeb International]Reviews in [http://www.fanfarearchive.com/indices/itop/composers/jennings.html Fanfare Magazine]CD reviews collation at [http://www.divine-art.co.uk/CD/rev25110.htm Divine Art] which was nominated as one of Music Web International's Recordings of the Year 2013. Jennings has also composed orchestral, vocal and chamber music.