Frederick Jacobi
Frederick Jacobi (born May 4, 1891 in San Francisco , California , † October 24, 1952 in New York , NY ) was an American composer .
Jacobi, son of the Darmstadt-born wine merchant Frederick Jacobi Sr. and Flora Jacobi, born. Brandenstein, studied in New York with Rubin Goldmark , Ernest Bloch , Rafael Joseffy and Paolo Gallico and with Paul Juon in Berlin . He was Kapellmeister of the Metropolitan Opera from 1913 to 1917 . From 1924 he taught music theory at the Master School of United Arts and from 1936 composition at the Juilliard School .
He composed two symphonies , three symphonic poems , an orchestral suite, an ode for orchestra, Indian Dances for orchestra, a violin, a cello and a piano concerto, chamber music works, an opera , a cantata , a Sabbath liturgy, choral works and songs .
In 2010, the Musica Judaica association at the Bechstein Center in Frankfurt am Main presented the Fantasy for Viola and Piano . Julia Rebekka Adler played the viola .
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| SURNAME | Jacobi, Frederick |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American classical music composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 4, 1891 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | San Francisco |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 24, 1952 |
| Place of death | New York City |