Composer
Jacob, Gordon
English composer (1895–1984)
1895–1984
2 works and musical collections
- Born
- 1895
- Died
- 1984
- Birthplace
- London
- Place of death
- Saffron Walden
- Citizenship / historical state
- United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Period (estimated from birth year)
- Modern
Biography
Gordon Percival Septimus Jacob CBE (5 July 1895 – 8 June 1984) was an English composer and teacher. He was a professor at the Royal College of Music in London from 1924 until his retirement in 1966, and published four books and many articles about music. As a composer he was prolific: the list of his works totals more than 700, mostly compositions of his own, but a substantial minority of orchestrations and arrangements of other composers' works. Those music he orchestrated range from William Byrd to Edward Elgar to Noël Coward.
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Life and musical career
- Occupations
- conductor; composer; musicologist; music educator; music arranger
- Education
- Dulwich College; Royal College of Music
- Teachers
- Adrian Boult; Herbert Howells; Hubert Parry; Charles Villiers Stanford; Ralph Vaughan Williams
- Career institutions / employers
- Royal College of Music
- Genres
- classical music
- Official website
- http://www.gordonjacob.org/
- Languages used
- English
- VIAF ID
- 111071461
- ISNI
- 0000000110327638
- GND ID
- 118877852
- Library of Congress ID
- n81018883
- MusicBrainz ID
- c5556dd0-acb5-4b55-914d-2ac1d0767e9c
Recorded in Wikidata. Affiliations may refer to earlier stages of the composer's career.
In this catalogue
- Common listed instruments
- Piano
- Source entries with composition dates
- 0
These details describe the indexed sheet music, including arrangements.
Catalogue
Sheet music catalogue
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lullaby for a Chinese Infant | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| The Elephant's Child | See work 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 111071461.