Maxime Jacob
Maxime Jacob, or Dom Clement Jacob, (b. January 13, 1906, Bordeaux - died Abbaye En-Calcat, 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).
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.