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- Birth nameGordon Percival Septimus Jacob
- Gordon Jacob was born on July 5, 1895 in Upper Norwood, London, England, UK. He was a composer, known for Journey Together (1945), Sin of Esther Waters (1948) and The Way We Live (1946). He was married to Margaret Gray and Sydney Gray. He died on June 8, 1984 in Saffron Walden, Essex, England, UK.
- SpousesMargaret Gray(August 8, 1959 - June 8, 1984) (his death, 2 children)Sydney Gray(1924 - October 1958) (her death)
- Jacob wrote over 700 pieces of music and four books: "Orchestral Technique", "How to Read a Score", "The Elements of Orchestration", and "The Composer and His Art".
- His second wife, Margaret Sidney Hannah Gray, was his first wife's niece, and 42 years his junior.
- Jacob was given a doctorate by the University of London in 1935, and was granted the John Collar Fellowship by the Worshipful Company of Musicians in 1943.
- His older brother, Archibald Jacob, was also a composer.
- When Jacob taught at the Royal Academy of Music, his list of students included Malcolm Arnold, Ruth Gipps, Imogen Holst (the daughter of composer Gustav Holst), Cyril Smith, Philip Cannon, Pamela Harrison, Joseph Horovitz, Bernard Stevens, and John Warrack.
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