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Jenkinson

Ezra Jenkinson (1872–1947) was an English violinist and composer from Todmorden who studied in Leipzig on a local patron's grant before returning to live in near-total isolation in Hebden Bridge. He sold his compositions outright to his publishers, earned no royalties, and survived in poverty. He rarely entered anyone's home, though he taught violin and piano to a few local families; one pupil, Annie Holt, went on to lead the violin department of the San Fernando Conservatory. He died in the workhouse hospital during the Second World War, his coffin carried by the writer William Holt. His Elves' Dance remains his most played work: a spiccato showpiece, perfectly pitched for the intermediate violinis

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