Maxime Jacob
Maxime Jacob, or Dom Clément Jacob, (13 January 1906, Bordeaux – 26 February 1977, Abbaye En-Calcat, Dourgne, Tarn) was a French composer and organist.
Biography
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).
In the Anglosphere, his hymn tune "Living God" in 77.77 meter with 77.77 refrain, used for I Received the Living God (J'ai reçu le Dieu vivant),[1] is well known.
Notes
- ↑ Musica Sacra Forum http://forum.musicasacra.com/forum/discussion/4940/vatican-ii-hymnal-installment-5-hymn-selections-completed-/p2 (copyright for hymn held by Éditions du Seuil)—Hymnary.org and Soundclick.com,among others, have listed the hymn as "Anonymous."
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
- Piano pieces for Clément Doucet
- Livre d'orgue (1967)
Further reading
- Marie-Rose Clouzot (1969), Souvenirs en deux voix: De Maxime Jacob à dom Clément Jacob, Toulouse: Privat.
- Don Randel, The Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music. Harvard, 1996, p. 413.
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