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English composer (1895-1984)

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Gordon Percival Septimus Jacob CBE 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.

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Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Fellow of the Royal College of Music

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Gordon Percival Septimus Jacob CBE 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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Country
United Kingdom
Category
Musicians
Type
Singer / Musician
Status
deceased
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Lived 1895 to 1984 · aged 88
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14 languages

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