Jacob, Gordon (Percival Septimus)

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Jacob, Gordon (Percival Septimus) (b London, 1895; d Saffron Walden, 1984). Eng. composer, teacher, and conductor. On staff RCM as prof. of theory, comp., and orchestration 1926–66. Author of textbooks on orchestration and its technique. Transcr. for full orch. and brass band Vaughan Williams's English Folk-Song Suite, orig. for military band, and for full orch. his Variations for brass band. Comps. incl. 2 syms. (1929, 1944), sinfonietta (1942), 2 va. concs. (1925, 1979), 2 pf. concs. (1927, 1957), bn. conc. (1947), hn. conc. (1951), vn. conc. (1953), 2 ob. concs. (1933, 1956), cl. conc. (1980), ballets, and numerous arrs. CBE 1968.

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