Gordon Jacob, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Gordon Jacob

English composer

Date of Birth: 05-Jul-1895

Place of Birth: London

Date of Death: 08-Jun-1984

Profession: composer, conductor, musicologist, music pedagogue

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Gordon Percival Septimus Jacob CBE (5 July 1895 – 8 June 1984) 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 whose music he orchestrated range from William Byrd to Edward Elgar to Noël Coward.