Joseph Jacob (cellist)

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Joseph Jacob (fl. 1897) was a Belgian cellist who taught at the Royal Conservatory Ghent[1] and played in the Ysaÿe Quartet from 1886.

Jacob's students included Rosario Bourdon.[1]

As a member of the Ysaÿe Quartet, he premiered Claude Debussy's String Quartet on December 29, 1893.[2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b The Encyclopedia of Music in Canada (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1981)
  2. ^ Claude A. Debussy, 1er Quatuor pour 2 Violons, Alto et Violincelle: Arrangement a 4 mains (Paris: A. Durand & Fils, 1893)
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