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Jacob, Gordon Percival Septimus

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(1895-1984), England. Includes photographs, biography, and work list.
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Stainer Bell: Gordon Jacob  Music he studied composition with Stanford, theory with Howells and conducting under Adrian Boult. In 1926 he joined the staff of the RCM, where he was professor of composition, orchestration and theory until his retirement in 1966. All of Gordon...
http://www.stainer.co.uk/jacob.html

Complete works.
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Jacob, Gordon at ChesterNovello.com  Quartet for oboe and stringsOrchestration: ob, vn, va, vc Quartet for piano and stringsOrchestration: pf.str Quintet for clarinet and stringsOrchestration: cl.str 4t Solo Instrument (inc. works with kbd acc.)Top of Page i...
http://www.chesternovello.com/composer/792/main.html

Biography, works, recordings, and pictures.
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Gordon Jacob Home Page  But he will not show these feelings by imitating their styles, but by striving to come near to their spirit of adventure and independence of thought in his own work Gordon Jacob, in TheElementsofOrchestration Comments from Riverdale Ensemble Gordon Jacob...
http://www.gordonjacob.com/

Biography, works, and pictures.
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Gordon Jacob composer orchestrator and conductor  Photographs with thumbnails 1 2 3 Please note that this site is still under construction and the parts currently active are the photographs, the listing of his works, and a few links so please visit again in a few weeks...
http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/Studio/3147/

Biography.
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Xtreme Musician: Gordon Jacob  Music he studied composition with Stanford, theory with Howells and conducting under Adrian Boult. In 1926 he joined the staff of the RCM, where he was professor of composition, orchestration and theory until his retirement in 1966. All of Gordon...
http://www.xtrememusician.com/info/artists/profiles/4410.html

Choral works.
http://www.choralnet.org/music/search.phtml?comp=1264

Biography, and notes for two pieces for band.
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Music Program Notes I to J  Charles was taught to play the drum, cornet, piano, and violin by his father and played in his father’s band at the age of 12. At 13, he was composing simple marches and fiddle tunes. He became the youngest salaried...
http://www.windband.org/foothill/pgm_note/notes_ij.htm#Jacob

Biography with studies and influences, styles, teaching, and writings from the Grove Concise Dictionary of Music entry at WQXR radio.
http://www.wqxr.com/cgi-bin/iowa.../learning/grove.html?record=4590

Filmography noting cinematic compositions and television appearances with links to related material from the Internet Movie Database (IMDb).
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Gordon Jacob  Discuss this person with other users on IMDb message board for Gordon Jacob Find where Gordon Jacob is credited alongside another name Gordon Jacob Email this page to a friend Update information: You may report errors and omissions on this...
http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0414202/

Background on the hymn using his melody "Brother James' Air" from Hymnuts.
http://www.hymnuts.com/hcompan/texts/hymn451.htm