Maxime Jacob

Maxime Jacob, or Dom Clement Jacob, (13 January 1906, Bordeaux – 26 February 1977 Abbaye En-Calcat, Dourgne, Tarn) 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).

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)

References

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

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Name	Jacob, Maxime
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Date of birth	13 January 1906
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Date of death	26 February 1977
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