Maxime Jacob

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Maxime Jacob, or Dom Clement Jacob, (b. January 13, 1906, Bordeaux - died Abbaye En-Calcat, Dourgne, Tarn, February 26, 1977) was a French composer and organist.

Jacob studied at the Paris Conservatory with Charles Koechlin and André Gedalge; an admirer of Darius Milhaud and Erik Satie, he was a member of the Ecole d'Acueil. In 1929, Jacob converted from Judaism to Catholicism (influenced by Jacques Maritain) and became a Benedictine monk. He would go on to study organ with Maurice Duruflé, as well as Gregorian chant.

Jacob also published two books, L'art et la grâce (1939) and Souvenirs a deux voix (1969).

[edit] Works

Vocal
  • Par la Taille (opera, after Alfred Jarry)
  • Le Vitrail de Sainte-Thérèse (oratorio, 1952)
  • Joinville et Saint-Louis (oratorio, after Péguy, 1971)
  • Les psaumes pour tous les temps (1966)
  • ca. 400 stage songs
Orchestral
  • Ouverture (1923)
  • Piano Concerto, 1961
Chamber music
  • 8 string quartets
Miscellaneous

[edit] References

  • Don Randel, The Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music. Harvard, 1996, p. 413.
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