Gordon Jacob

Alternative Names:	Jacob, Gordon Percival Septimus
Birth Year:	1895
Death Year:	1984
Notes:	English composer. He is known for his wind instrument composition and his instructional writings. He studied at the Royal College of Music, London, with Stanford, Parry, Howells, Boult and Vaughan Williams. He taught briefly at Birkbeck and Morley Colleges in London, before returning to the RCM in 1926, where he was a lecturer for 40 years He composed over 700 pieces of music and wrote several books.

Compositions:

Title	Alternate Title(s)
Babe So Sweet
Crucifixion
Git on Board
O Lord I Will Praise Thee
Pilgrim's Way
Pretty Polly Pillicote
Sister Awake
Sleep Secure
The Cheerful Birds
To Musique to Becalme His Fear
With Jockey to the Fair

Arrangements:

	Title	Composer(s)	Type	Arranged For	Publisher
	Brother James's Air	Bain, James Leith Macbeth	Score	SATB, A capella	Oxford University Press
	Brother James's Air	Bain, James Leith Macbeth	Score	Unison choir, Descant, Organ/Piano	Oxford University Press
	Brother James's Air	Bain, James Leith Macbeth	Score	SATB	Edwin Ashdown Ltd.
	Go Down Moses	Trad/Anon/composer unknown,	Score	SATB, Bar solo, A capella	William Allen Music, Inc.
	God Save the Queen	Trad/Anon/composer unknown,	Score	SATB	Novello & Co, Ltd
	Golden Slumbers	Trad/Anon/composer unknown,	Score	SSA, A capella	Oxford University Press
	The Ash Grove	Trad/Anon/composer unknown,	Score	SATB	Oxford University Press