Jacobi, Frederick, 1891-1952

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Composed 1919. First performance by the National Symphony Orchestra of New York, 29 April, 1921, Artur Bodanzky conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of The eve of Saint Agnes : symphonic prelude after the poem of Keats / by Frederick Jacobi. [1952]. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 166329353

Written for the Juilliard Alumni. Composed 1939. First performance New York, 1939, Juilliard Alumni Association, Charles Lichter conductor. Adele Marcuse soloist.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of Ave rota : three pieces in multiple style for piano and orchestra / Frederick Jacobi. [19--] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 52372030

Composed 1949 for Sevitzky and the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of Fanfare : in memory of James Whitcome Riley : born 1849 / Frederick Jacobi. 1949. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 163595508

Alexander Smallens was a Russian-born American conductor. He accompanied the Anna Pavlova Ballet Company on a tour to South America (1915-1916) and worked on the staffs of the Boston Opera, Chicago Opera, Philadelphia Opera, and Philadelphia Orchestra. From 1947 to 1950 he was music director of Radio City Music Hall, New York. For many summers he conducted concerts at Lewisohn Stadium, New York. He conducted the premiere of Gershwin's Porgy and Bess in Boston in 1935 and later took it on tour in the United States and Europe.

From the guide to the Alexander Smallens papers, ca. 1900-1970, (The New York Public Library. Music Division.)

Second movement, Lento non troppo, arranged by the composer.

From the description of Tuari : nocturne for string orchestra : from String quartet on Indian themes / Frederick Jacobi. [19--?] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 163595454

Composed 1952.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of Serenade for piano and orchestra / Frederick Jacobi. [1952]. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 163595467

Composed 1940. First performance Oakland, California, 1 August 1940, Mills College Orchestra, Antonia Brico conductor, Marcel Grandjany soloist.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of Rhapsody for harp and strings / Frederick Jacobi. [19--]. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 41955523

This is actually the composer's second symphony, but Symphony in C is the composer's preferred title. Composed 1947. First performance San Francisco, 1 April 1948, San Francisco Symphony, Pierre Monteux conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of Symphony in C / Frederick Jacobi. 1947. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 52372160

Composed 1946. For a version of this work with smaller orchestration, see callno.: 6407.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of Two pieces in Sabbath mood / Frederick Jacobi. [19--] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 154208269

Composed 1948. First performance New York Philharmonic, Lewisohn Stadium, Alexander Smallens, conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of Music hall : overture for orchestra / Frederick Jacobi. [19--]. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 163595506

Composed 1939. For another version, see callno.: 296p.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of Ave rota / Frederick Jacobi. [19--] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 166329370

Composed 1934-35.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of Concerto for piano and orchestra / Frederick Jacobi. [1935?]. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 166329364

Composed 1932. First performance Paris, 30 May 1933, École Normale Orchestra, Alfred Cortot conductor, Diran Alexanian soloist.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of Three psalms (concerto) : for violoncello and orchestra / Frederick Jacobi. [19--] (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 52372169

Composed 1949.--Cf. Fleisher Collection.

From the description of Yeibichai : variations for orchestra on an American Indian theme / Frederick Jacobi. [19--]. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 154208264

Frederick Jacobi was an American composer, conductor, and educator active in the early twentieth century.

Born in 1891, Jacobi studied piano with Paolo Gallico and Rafael Joseffy and composition with Rubin Goldmark and Ernest Bloch. He was assistant conductor at the Metropolitan Opera in New York from 1913 to 1917. He spent time in the southwestern United States where he studied the music of the Pueblo Indians, elements of which he incorporated into his own compositions. He taught composition at the Juilliard Shool of Music from 1936 to 1950. Jacobi died in 1952.

From the description of Frederick Jacobi collection of noncommercial recordings [sound recording], 1935-1947. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122517474

Frederick Jacobi was an American composer, conductor, and educator active in the early twentieth century. Born in 1891, Jacobi studied piano with Paolo Gallico and Rafael Joseffy and composition with Rubin Goldmark and Ernest Bloch. He was assistant conductor at the Metropolitan Opera in New York from 1913 to 1917.

He spent time in the southwestern United States where he studied the music of the Pueblo Indians, elements of which he incorporated into his own compositions. He taught composition at the Juilliard School of Music from 1936 to 1950.

Jacobi died in 1952.

From the guide to the Frederick Jacobi collection of noncommercial recordings [sound recording], 1935-1947, (The New York Public Library. Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.)

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Ballades (Instrumental music)

Band music

Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices, 4 parts), Unaccompanied

Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices, 4 parts) with organ

Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices) with orchestra

Concertos (Piano)

Concertos (Piano with string orchestra)

Concertos (Violoncello)

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Harp with string orchestra

Jews

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Piano with orchestra

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Sacred songs (High voice) with organ

String orchestra music

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Symphonic poems

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Viola and piano music

Violin and piano music

Violoncello and piano music

Wedding music (Piano)

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