Frederick Jacobi
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Frederick Jacobi was a prolific American
composer
and teacher
.
His works include symphonies, concerti, chamber music, works for solo piano and for solo organ, lieder, and one opera.
He taught at Juilliard School of Music and served as the director of the American section of the International Society for Contemporary Music
. He was also a founding member of the League of Composers
.
, Paolo Gallico, Ernest Bloch
and Rubin Goldmark
in New York, and Paul Juon
in Berlin.
From 1913 to 1917 he worked as a vocal coach and assistant conductor at the Metropolitan Opera
. It was during that time, on April 19, 1917, that he married Irene Schwarcz, a friend of many years, who, at the time, was studying piano at the New York Institute of Musical Art (which later became Juilliard). Irene would go on to become an accomplished concert pianist and would play piano parts in many performances and recordings of Jacobi's works.
Jacobi enlisted in the army shortly after marrying Irene, where he served as a saxophone player in the Alcatraz Army Band. He was discharged in 1919, at which time he moved to New York to be in closer contact with the American composers of the time. His first large orchestral work, The Eve of St. Agnes, debuted the following year in New York. For the remainder of his life he published and performed new works nearly every year -- sometimes several in the same year (see compositions section). Major American orchestras such as the New York Philharmonic
, the Philadelphia Orchestra
, and the Boston, Chicago, and San Francisco
symphonies performed Jacobi's orchestral compositions during the years of his life.
In works from what has become known as Jacobi's Indian period (late 1920s and early 1930s), he incorporated rhythms and other elements from indigenous Native American
music he had heard in his travels through the American southwest. Indeed he spent the winter of 1927 with the Navajo
and Pueblo
of New Mexico
studying their music.
In 1942-1944 Jacobi collaborated with Canadian playwright and librettist, Herman Voaden
, to produce the opera, The Prodigal Son, which debuted at the American Opera Society of Chicago in May 1945.
His notable students included Mark Bucci
and John Verrall
.
Jacobi died on October 24, 1952 in New York City
of heart failure.
Jacobi is also known and best remembered as a composer of works with Judaic themes. His interest in this genre began with a 1930 commission from Congregation Emanu-El of the City of New York for a sabbath evening service. Although he had not been religiously educated as a child, this experience affected him permanently, and thereafter the Bible
influenced all of his music, secular and liturgical. He even taught himself Hebrew. Although Jacobi's secular work is performed only infrequently today, his liturgical works continue to receive performances in synagogue
s.
Jacobi's work largely rejects the polytonality and atonality that was popular with the avant-garde
composers of his time. Instead he finds his influence in the classical and romantic
periods. Baltimore Sun critic, Florestan Croche, described Jacobi's style as having "a sense of the drama which is always aristocratic, introspective, and personal, and never allowed to become theatrical. Harmonically ... his is a language of extreme chromaticism, one, however, which always appears to be tonally oriented." New York Times critic, Olin Downes
, described the aesthetics of Jacobi's music as "not so much of the 20th as of the 19th century."
Source: New York TimesNew York Times obituaries, October 25, 1952
"The surest way to kill whatever originality one possesses within himself is to try to be original!"
. After the performance she said, "Darling, you were wonderful. I heard every word you said!"
Source: Anton Wagner, Frederick Jacobi and Herman Voaden
United States
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composer
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
and teacher
Teacher
A teacher or schoolteacher is a person who provides education for pupils and students . The role of teacher is often formal and ongoing, carried out at a school or other place of formal education. In many countries, a person who wishes to become a teacher must first obtain specified professional...
.
His works include symphonies, concerti, chamber music, works for solo piano and for solo organ, lieder, and one opera.
He taught at Juilliard School of Music and served as the director of the American section of the International Society for Contemporary Music
International Society for Contemporary Music
The International Society for Contemporary Music is a music organization that promotes contemporary classical music.ISCM was established in 1922, in Salzburg. Its core activity is the World Music Days Festival, held every year at a different location. The festival includes cutting edge productions...
. He was also a founding member of the League of Composers
League of Composers
The League of Composers/International Society for Contemporary Music is a society whose stated mission is "to produce the highest quality performances of new music, to champion American composers in the United States and abroad, and to introduce American audiences to the best new music from around...
.
Early life
Frederick Jacobi was the son of San Francisco wholesale wine merchant, Frederick Jacobi Sr. and Flora Brandenstein, whom Frederick Sr. had married in 1876. During the composer's childhood years, he demonstrated his musical talent, composing short pieces at the piano and playing tunes from contemporary musical comedies by ear. In these years the family traveled each summer to visit relatives in New York City. The scenery of those cross-country train rides later provided the themes of a number of Jacobi's nature-inspired compositions.Musical training and career
When Frederick Sr. died in 1911, Frederick Jr. inherited the estate, which provided him enough wealth that he could devote his entire livelihood to music. In his twenties Jacobi studied music and composition under such masters as Isidore Philippe of the Paris Conservatory, Rafael JoseffyRafael Joseffy
Rafael Joseffy was a Hungarian pianist and composer.-Life:Raael Joseffy was born in Hunfalu in 1852. His youth was spent in Miskolcz , and there, at the age of 8, he began his study of the piano. He studied in Budapest with Friedrich Brauer, the teacher of Stephen Heller...
, Paolo Gallico, Ernest Bloch
Ernest Bloch
Ernest Bloch was a Swiss-born American composer.-Life:Bloch was born in Geneva and began playing the violin at age 9. He began composing soon afterwards. He studied music at the conservatory in Brussels, where his teachers included the celebrated Belgian violinist Eugène Ysaÿe...
and Rubin Goldmark
Rubin Goldmark
Rubin Goldmark was an American composer, pianist, and educator. Although in his time he was an often performed American nationalist composer, his works are seldom played – instead he is known as the teacher of Aaron Copland and George Gershwin...
in New York, and Paul Juon
Paul Juon
Paul Juon was a Germanised Russian composerHe was born in Moscow, where his father was an insurance official. His mother was German, and he went to a German school in Moscow. He entered the Moscow Conservatory in 1889, where he studied violin with Jan Hřímalý and composition with Anton Arensky...
in Berlin.
Metropolitan Opera
The Metropolitan Opera is an opera company, located in New York City. Originally founded in 1880, the company gave its first performance on October 22, 1883. The company is operated by the non-profit Metropolitan Opera Association, with Peter Gelb as general manager...
. It was during that time, on April 19, 1917, that he married Irene Schwarcz, a friend of many years, who, at the time, was studying piano at the New York Institute of Musical Art (which later became Juilliard). Irene would go on to become an accomplished concert pianist and would play piano parts in many performances and recordings of Jacobi's works.
Jacobi enlisted in the army shortly after marrying Irene, where he served as a saxophone player in the Alcatraz Army Band. He was discharged in 1919, at which time he moved to New York to be in closer contact with the American composers of the time. His first large orchestral work, The Eve of St. Agnes, debuted the following year in New York. For the remainder of his life he published and performed new works nearly every year -- sometimes several in the same year (see compositions section). Major American orchestras such as the New York Philharmonic
New York Philharmonic
The New York Philharmonic is a symphony orchestra based in New York City in the United States. It is one of the American orchestras commonly referred to as the "Big Five"...
, the Philadelphia Orchestra
Philadelphia Orchestra
The Philadelphia Orchestra is a symphony orchestra based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the United States. One of the "Big Five" American orchestras, it was founded in 1900...
, and the Boston, Chicago, and San Francisco
San Francisco Symphony
The San Francisco Symphony is an orchestra based in San Francisco, California. Since 1980, the orchestra has performed at the Louise M. Davies Symphony Hall. The San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra and the San Francisco Symphony Chorus are part of the organization...
symphonies performed Jacobi's orchestral compositions during the years of his life.
In works from what has become known as Jacobi's Indian period (late 1920s and early 1930s), he incorporated rhythms and other elements from indigenous Native American
Native Americans in the United States
Native Americans in the United States are the indigenous peoples in North America within the boundaries of the present-day continental United States, parts of Alaska, and the island state of Hawaii. They are composed of numerous, distinct tribes, states, and ethnic groups, many of which survive as...
music he had heard in his travels through the American southwest. Indeed he spent the winter of 1927 with the Navajo
Navajo people
The Navajo of the Southwestern United States are the largest single federally recognized tribe of the United States of America. The Navajo Nation has 300,048 enrolled tribal members. The Navajo Nation constitutes an independent governmental body which manages the Navajo Indian reservation in the...
and Pueblo
Pueblo
Pueblo is a term used to describe modern communities of Native Americans in the Southwestern United States of America. The first Spanish explorers of the Southwest used this term to describe the communities housed in apartment-like structures built of stone, adobe mud, and other local material...
of New Mexico
New Mexico
New Mexico is a state located in the southwest and western regions of the United States. New Mexico is also usually considered one of the Mountain States. With a population density of 16 per square mile, New Mexico is the sixth-most sparsely inhabited U.S...
studying their music.
In 1942-1944 Jacobi collaborated with Canadian playwright and librettist, Herman Voaden
Herman Voaden
Herman Arthur Voaden, CM was a Canadian playwright.-Early life:Born in London, Ontario, he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1923 and a Master of Arts degree in 1926 from Queen's University. He also studied at the University of Chicago and at Yale University.His father, Dr. Arthur Voaden,...
, to produce the opera, The Prodigal Son, which debuted at the American Opera Society of Chicago in May 1945.
His notable students included Mark Bucci
Mark Bucci
Mark Bucci was an American composer, lyricist, and dramatist. Influenced by Giacomo Puccini, his work is composed in a contemporary yet lyrical style which frequently employs marked rhythms and memorable harmonies and melodies.-Career:Bucci studied music composition with Tibor Serly in New York...
and John Verrall
John Verrall
John Weedon Verrall was an American composer of contemporary classical music.-Life:Prior to his University studies, Verrall studied composition with Donald Ferguson, followed by studies with R. O. Morris in London and Zoltán Kodály in Budapest. He obtained a B.M. degree from the Minneapolis School...
.
Jacobi died on October 24, 1952 in New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
of heart failure.
Jacobi is also known and best remembered as a composer of works with Judaic themes. His interest in this genre began with a 1930 commission from Congregation Emanu-El of the City of New York for a sabbath evening service. Although he had not been religiously educated as a child, this experience affected him permanently, and thereafter the Bible
Bible
The Bible refers to any one of the collections of the primary religious texts of Judaism and Christianity. There is no common version of the Bible, as the individual books , their contents and their order vary among denominations...
influenced all of his music, secular and liturgical. He even taught himself Hebrew. Although Jacobi's secular work is performed only infrequently today, his liturgical works continue to receive performances in synagogue
Synagogue
A synagogue is a Jewish house of prayer. This use of the Greek term synagogue originates in the Septuagint where it sometimes translates the Hebrew word for assembly, kahal...
s.
Jacobi's work largely rejects the polytonality and atonality that was popular with the avant-garde
Avant-garde
Avant-garde means "advance guard" or "vanguard". The adjective form is used in English to refer to people or works that are experimental or innovative, particularly with respect to art, culture, and politics....
composers of his time. Instead he finds his influence in the classical and romantic
Romantic music
Romantic music or music in the Romantic Period is a musicological and artistic term referring to a particular period, theory, compositional practice, and canon in Western music history, from 1810 to 1900....
periods. Baltimore Sun critic, Florestan Croche, described Jacobi's style as having "a sense of the drama which is always aristocratic, introspective, and personal, and never allowed to become theatrical. Harmonically ... his is a language of extreme chromaticism, one, however, which always appears to be tonally oriented." New York Times critic, Olin Downes
Olin Downes
Olin Downes was an American music critic.He studied piano, music theory, and music criticism in New York and Boston, and it was in those two cities that he made his career as a music critic—first with the Boston Post and then with the New York Times...
, described the aesthetics of Jacobi's music as "not so much of the 20th as of the 19th century."
Awards and honors
- Honorable mention in the Elizabeth Sprague CoolidgeElizabeth Sprague CoolidgeElizabeth Sprague Coolidge aka Liz Coolidge , born Elizabeth Penn Sprague, was an American pianist and patron of music, especially of chamber music....
Competition, 1924 - Two-time winner of the award of the Society for the Publication of American Music
- David BisphamDavid BisphamDavid Scull Bispham was the first American–born operatic baritone to win an international reputation.- Early life and family:...
MedalBispham Memorial Medal AwardThe Bispham Memorial Medal Award was an award for operas written in English which was presented annually by the American Opera Society of Chicago from 1921-1932. The award was named for baritone David Bispham, who was a great proponent of performing opera in English in the United States. It was...
awarded by The American Opera Society for The Prodigal Son.
Source: New York TimesNew York Times obituaries, October 25, 1952
Frederick Jacobi quotes on musical composition
"I am a great believer in melody; a believer, too, that music should give pleasure and not try to solve philosophical problems.""The surest way to kill whatever originality one possesses within himself is to try to be original!"
Anecdote
Irene was in a box near the Metropolitan Opera stage one evening when Frederick Jacobi was the prompterPrompter
The prompter in an opera house gives the singers the opening words of each phrase a few seconds early. Prompts are mouthed silently or hurled lyrically in a half-voice, audible only on stage...
. After the performance she said, "Darling, you were wonderful. I heard every word you said!"
Discography
- RCA Victor Red Seal, M 782, 1-5 (78rpm, late 1930s)
- Hagiographia: Three Biblical Narratives for String Quartet and Piano. Irene Jacobi, piano; with the Coolidge Quartet: William Kroll, 1st violin; Nicolai Berezowsky, 2nd violin; Nicholas Moldavan, viola; Victor Gottlieb, cello
- SPA [Society for Participating Artists] Records 7 Saratoga Springs, NY
- Concerto for Violin and Orchestra. Andre Gertler and the Orchestra of the Institut Nationale Belge de Radiodiffusion, Franz Andre, conductor.
- Two pieces for Flute and Orchestra: Night Piece and Dance. Francis Stoefs, flute and the Orchestra of the Institut Nationale Belge de Radiodiffusion, Franz Andre, conductor.
- Concertino for Piano and String Orchestra. Irene Jacobi, piano and the Orchestra of the Institut Nationale Belge de Radiodiffusion, Franz Andre, conductor.
- CRI [Composers Recordings Inc.] 146 (LP)
- Ballade for Violin and Piano. Fredell Lack, violin; Irene Jacobi, piano
- Fantasy for Viola and Piano. Louise Rood, viola; Irene Jacobi, piano
- String Quartet No. 3. Lyric Art Quartet: Fredell LackFredell LackFredell Lack is an American violinist. Noted as a concert soloist, recording artist, chamber musician, and teacher, she is retired from a position as the C. W...
and George Bennett, violins; Wayne CrouseWayne CrouseWayne Crouse was the viola professor emeritus at the University of Oklahoma and principal violist of the Oklahoma City Philharmonic from 1982 until his death from cancer at the age of 75. Wayne Crouse graduated from the Juilliard School in 1951 where he studied with Milton Katims, Ivan Galamian,...
, viola; Marion Davies, cello
- CRI 174 (LP)
- Concerto for Cello and Orchestra. Guido Vecchi with members of the Oslo Phillharmonic Orchestra, William Strickland, conductor.
- Hagiographia: Three Biblical Narratives for String Quartet and Piano. Irene Jacobi, piano; with the Claremont String Quartet: Mark Gottlieb and Vladimir Weisman, violins; Scot Nickrenz, viola; Irving Klein, cello.
- CRI 703 (CD)
- Digitally remastered contents of CRI 146 and CRI 174, with the exception of the Fantasy for Viola and Piano.
- NAXOS AMERICAN CLASSICS: Milken Archive of American Jewish Music (CD)
- Concerto for Violincello, and Orchestra. Alban Gerhardt, cello; Barcelona Symphony/National Orchestra of CataloniaOrquestra Simfònica de BarcelonaThe Barcelona Symphony and Catalonia National Orchestra is a symphony orchestra based in Barcelona, Spain.-History:In addition to the Orquestra Simfònica del Gran Teatre del Liceu, founded in 1847 and devoted to opera and ballet, Barcelona has had several symphonic orchestras since 1888...
, Karl Anton Rickenbacher, conductor. - Sabbath Evening Service (excerpts). Patrick Mason, baritone; Academy of St. Martin in the FieldsAcademy of St. Martin in the FieldsThe Academy of St Martin in the Fields is an English chamber orchestra, based in London.Sir Neville Marriner founded the ensemble as The Academy of St.-Martin-in-the-Fields in London as a small, conductorless string group. The ensemble's name comes from Trafalgar Square's St Martin-in-the-Fields...
Chorus, Joseph Cullen, conductor. - Hagiographia for String Quartet and Piano. Brian Krinke, violin; Perrin Yang, violin; George Taylor, viola; Stefan Reuss, cello; Joseph Werner, piano.
- Ahavat Olam. Cantor Robert Bloch; New York Cantorial Choir; Aaron Miller, organ; Samuel AdlerSamuel Adler (composer)Samuel Hans Adler is an American composer and conductor.-Biography:Adler was born to a Jewish family in Mannheim, Germany, the son of Hugo Chaim Adler, a cantor and composer, and Selma Adler. The family fled to the United States in 1939, where Hugo became the cantor of Temple Emanuel in...
, conductor. - Two Pieces in Sabbath Mood. Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra; Samuel AdlerSamuel Adler (composer)Samuel Hans Adler is an American composer and conductor.-Biography:Adler was born to a Jewish family in Mannheim, Germany, the son of Hugo Chaim Adler, a cantor and composer, and Selma Adler. The family fled to the United States in 1939, where Hugo became the cantor of Temple Emanuel in...
, conductor
Compositions
- 1915 The Pied Piper, Symphonic Poem
- 1916 Three Songs to Poems by Sarojini Naidu (“The Faery Isle of Janjira,” “Love and Death,” “In the Night,” for high voice and piano)
- 1917 A California Suite (for orchestra)
- 1918 Nocturne, for string quartet
- 1918 Psalmody (piano vocal score)
- 1920 Three Songs, for high voice with piano (words by Sarojini Naidu; “Palanquin-Bearers,” “In a Time of Flowers,” “From a Latticed Balcony”)
- 1920 The Eve of Saint Agnes (25 min. Symphonic prelude after the poem of John Keats)
- 1921 Three Preludes for Violin and Piano
- 1921 Morning and Evening at Blue Hill (for two violins and string orchestra with piano)
- 1921 A Festival Prelude (for orchestra)
- 1922 Symphony No. 1 (Subtitled Assyrian, 22 min.)
- 1922 Three Songs to Poems by Chaucer (for voice and piano) “Roundel” and “Ballade” published as Two Poems by Geoffrey Chaucer
- 1923 Two Assyrian Prayers (piano vocal score)
- 1923 Two Assyrian Prayers (Soprano or Tenor and chamber orchestra, 12 min. French text by Rebecca Godchaux. “To Ishtar” and “To Bel-Marduk”)
- 1924 Three Preludes for Violin, with orchestral accompaniment
- 1924 String Quartet (Based) on (American) Indian Themes (18 min.)
- 1925 The Poet in the Desert (after the poem by C.E.S. Wood, for orchestra, chorus and baritone solo)
- 1926 Nocturne (for flute and small orchestra; 5 min.) Rewritten second movement of Symphony No. 1, 1922)
- 1926 Marsyas (for violin and piano)
- 1927-28 Indian Dances/Danses Indiennes/Indianische Tänze (16 ½ min.) ( Buffalo Dance, Butterfly Dance, War Dance, Corn Dance; Suite for Orchestra)
- 1930-31 Sabbath Evening Service According to the Union Prayer BookUnion Prayer BookThe Union Prayer Book was a siddur published by the Central Conference of American Rabbis to serve the needs of the Reform Judaism movement in the United States.-History:...
(Friday Evening Service, baritone solo/cantor, mixed chorus, a capella; 20 min.) - 1932 Concerto (Three Psalms) for Cello and Orchestra (16 min.) Reduction for Piano and Cello,
- 1933 String Quartet No. 2 (23 min.)
- 1933 Six Pieces for the Organ for Use in the Synagogue. One piece published as Prelude.
- 1933 Three Preludes for Organ.
- 1934-35 Concerto for Piano and Orchestra (26 min.)
- 1934 Piano Pieces for Children (includes A Lovely Little Movie Actress, Once Upon a Time, A Charming Prince, There Was a Wicked Fairy and Six Caprices) A Lovely Little Movie Actress and Once Upon a Time published separately.
- 1936 Scherzo for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon and Horn (5 min.) (Scherzo for Wind Instruments)
- 1936-37 Concerto for Violin and Orchestra (16 min.)
- 1937 Cadenza to Mozart’s Rondo for Piano and Orchestra (KöchelLudwig Ritter von KöchelLudwig Alois Ferdinand Ritter von Köchel was a musicologist, writer, composer, botanist and publisher. He is best known for cataloguing the works of Mozart and originating the 'K-numbers' by which they are known ....
No. 386) - 1937 Swing Boy (violin and piano)
- 1938 Hagiographa: Three Biblical Narratives for String Quartet and Piano (26 min.)
- 1938 Preludes on Traditional Melodies
- 1939 Ave Rota: (Hail to the Wheel [of Fortune]) Three Pieces in Multiple Style for Small Orchestra and Piano (“The Swing” [“La Balançoire”], “The Merman” and “May-Dance;” written for the Juilliard Alumni). (14 min. The same for large orchestra and piano)
- 1939 Dunam Po (“A Dunam Here”) Palestinian folk song arrangement published in Hans Nathan, ed. Folk Songs of the New Palestine.
- 194? Variations on a Theme by Moussorgsky (for cello and piano)
- 1940 Shemesh (based on a Palestinian Folk Song) Cello and Piano
- 1940 Rhapsody for Harp and String Orchestra (8 min.)
- 1941 Fantasy for Viola and Piano (9 min.)
- 1941 Ode for Orchestra (12 min.)
- 1941 Cadenza for Mozart’s Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in C Minor (KöchelLudwig Ritter von KöchelLudwig Alois Ferdinand Ritter von Köchel was a musicologist, writer, composer, botanist and publisher. He is best known for cataloguing the works of Mozart and originating the 'K-numbers' by which they are known ....
No. 491) - 1941 Night Piece for Flute and Small Orchestra (5 min.) (Rewritten Nocturne in Niniveh, 1926)
- 1941 Night Piece and Dance, for flute and piano.
- 1942 Ballade for Violin and Piano (11 min.)
- 1942 Hymn for Men’s Chorus (text by Saadia Gaon; 5 min.)
- 1942 From the Prophet Nehemiah: Three Excerpts for Voice and Two Pianos (5, 4 and 6 minutes respectively)
- 1942-44 The Prodigal Son: Opera in Three Acts based on Four Early American Prints. Text by Herman Voaden. (Full orchestra, 2 ½ hours).
- 1943 Penelope (arrangement for viola and piano from the 1921 Vocalises.)
- 1944 Dances From The Prodigal Son Arranged for Two Pianos, Four Hands (10 min.) [polka, polonaise, waltz, tarantella]
- 1944 Night Piece for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, String Quintet and Piano
- 1944 Music for Monticello (Trio for Flute, Cello and Piano, 20 min.)
- 1945 String Quartet No. 3 (26 min.)
- 1945 Ahavas Olom (Ahavat Olam; 3 min.) (For tenor solo/cantor mixed voices and organ)
- 1945 Kaddish (for organ)
- 1945 Toccata (for organ)
- 1945 Toccata for piano solo. From Prelude and Toccata.
- 1945 Prelude in E Minor, for piano From Prelude and Toccata.
- 1945 Impressions from the Odyssey (three pieces for violin and piano; “Ulysses,” “Penelope,” “The Return”)
- 1945 Fantasy Sonata for Piano (9 min.)
- 1945 Four Dances From The Prodigal Son (orchestra, 18 min.)
- 1946 Concertino for Piano and String Orchestra (17 min.)
- 1946 Kaddish (for cantor, chorus and organ)
- 1946 Two Pieces in Sabbath Mood (Kaddish and Oneg Shabbat) (for orchestra, 2 min. and 9 min. Originally composed as two separate works for organ solo: Kaddish and Toccata; transcribed for small orchestra, 1946)
- 1946 Moods (for piano)
- 1946 Introduction and Toccata, for piano solo
- 1946 Prelude in E Minor for piano solo
- 1946 Contemplation (to a poem by William Blake, for mixed voices with piano accompaniment; 5:30 min.)
- 1946 Toccata (for organ)
- 1947 Symphony in C (Symphony No. 2, 21 min.)
- 1947 Meditation for Trombone and Piano
- 1947 Suite Fantasque (for piano)
- 1948 Three Songs to Words by Philip Freneau (for medium voice and piano). (“On the Sleep of Plants” [1790], “Elegy” [1786], “Ode to Freedom” [1795])
- 1948 Ode to Zion (text by Jehuda Halevi) for mixed voices and two harps
- 1948 Two Dances From The Prodigal Son (arranged for piano, four hands by the composer) [waltz, polka]
- 1948 Music Hall: Overture for Orchestra (6 min.)
- 1949 Yeibichai (Yébiché): Variations for Orchestra on an American Indian Theme (9 min.)
- 1949? Tuari: Nocturne for String Orchestra (“From the [Lento movement of] the String Quartet on Indian Themes”)
- 1949 Music Hall Suite
- 1949 Fanfare, in Memory of James Whitcomb Riley: Born 1849 (wind instruments and percussion)
- 1949 Ashrey Haish (arrangement for mixed voices and string orchestra of a Zionist song by Mordecai Zaira)
- 1950 Three Quiet Preludes (for organ)
- 1950 Ballade Concertante for two pianos
- 1950 Ballade Concertante (Symphonie Concertante) for piano and orchestra
- 1950-51 Sonata for Cello and Piano
- 1951 Two Pieces for Flute and Orchestra: Night Piece and Dance (Nocturne in Nineveh and Dance
- 1951 Capriccio for Violin and Piano
- 1951 Violin Pieces (with piano; “Alpha,” “Ad Astram,” “Bärentanz”)
- 1951 Night Piece and Dancefor Flute and Piano (Nocturne in Niniveh, for flute and piano)
- 1951-52 Arvit L’Shabbat (Friday Evening Service No. 2) for organ, baritone solo/cantor, mixed voices
- 1952 O May the Words for organ and mixed voices
- 1952 Serenade (Revised Ballade/Symphonie Concertante; arrangement for two pianos by the composer)
- 1952 Serenade for Piano and Orchestra (Revised Ballade/Symphonie Concertante)
Source: Anton Wagner, Frederick Jacobi and Herman Voaden
External links
- Milken Archive: American Jewish Music
- Frederick Jacobi and Herman Voaden: The Prodigal Son
- Hear audio sample of Frederick Jacobi's work
- Hear full recording of Fantasy for Viola and Piano performed by violist, Cathy Basrak, and pianist, William Koehler
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UiH_PhdWzkHear and see full recording of Fantasy for Viola and Piano performed by violist, Julia Rebekka AdlerJulia Rebekka AdlerViola player Julia Rebekka Adler, née Mai, was born 1978 in Heidelberg, Germany. In 2004 she was rated best German violist in the ARD International Music Competition, receiving the Theodor Rogler Prize...
, and pianist, Axel Gremmelspacher]