# Maxime Jacob
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{{Short description|French composer and organist}}
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'''Maxime Jacob''', or '''Dom Clément Jacob''', (13 January 1906 in [Bordeaux](/source/Bordeaux) – 26 February 1977 in [En-Calcat Abbey](/source/En-Calcat_Abbey), [Dourgne](/source/Dourgne), [Tarn](/source/Tarn_(department))) was a French composer and organist.
==Biography==
Jacob studied at the [Paris Conservatory](/source/Paris_Conservatory) with [Charles Koechlin](/source/Charles_Koechlin) and [André Gedalge](/source/Andr%C3%A9_Gedalge); an admirer of [Darius Milhaud](/source/Darius_Milhaud) and [Erik Satie](/source/Erik_Satie), he was a member of the École d'Arcueil, a group of young composers sponsored by Satie after his rupture with his previous group of protégés, [Les Six](/source/Les_Six). Other members of this short-lived group included [Henri Cliquet-Pleyel](/source/Henri_Cliquet-Pleyel), [Henri Sauguet](/source/Henri_Sauguet) and [Roger Désormière](/source/Roger_D%C3%A9sormi%C3%A8re).
In 1927, Jacob worked with [Antonin Artaud](/source/Antonin_Artaud) at the ''[Théâtre Alfred Jarry](/source/Theatre_Alfred_Jarry)'' composing the score for his production of V''entre brûlé; ou La Mère folle'' (1927)''.''[{{Cite journal|last=Jannarone|first=Kimberly|date=2005|title=The Theatre before Its Double: Artaud Directs in the Alfred Jarry Theatre|url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S0040557405000153/type/journal_article|journal=Theatre Survey|language=en|volume=46|issue=2|pages=247–273|doi=10.1017/S0040557405000153|s2cid=194096618 |issn=0040-5574|url-access=subscription}}]:252
In 1929, Jacob converted from [Judaism](/source/Judaism) to [Catholicism](/source/Catholicism) (influenced by [Jacques Maritain](/source/Jacques_Maritain)) and became a [Benedictine monk](/source/Benedictine_monk) at [En-Calcat Abbey](/source/En-Calcat_Abbey).[{{cite book |last1=Gollin |first1=James |title=Pied Piper: The Many Lives of Noah Greenberg |date=2001 |publisher=Pendragon Press |isbn=978-1-57647-029-9 |page=19 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=i0WTRsr4mrMC |access-date=1 March 2024 |language=en}}] He would go on to study organ with [Maurice Duruflé](/source/Maurice_Durufl%C3%A9), as well as [Gregorian chant](/source/Gregorian_chant).
Jacob also published two books, ''L'art et la grâce'' (1939) and ''Souvenirs a deux voix'' (1969).
In the [English-speaking world](/source/English-speaking_world), his [hymn tune](/source/hymn_tune) "Living God" in 77.77 [meter](/source/Meter_(hymn)) with 77.77 [refrain](/source/refrain), used for ''I Received the Living God'' (''J'ai reçu le Dieu vivant''),[Musica Sacra Forum http://forum.musicasacra.com/forum/discussion/4940/vatican-ii-hymnal-installment-5-hymn-selections-completed-/p2 (copyright for hymn held by [Éditions du Seuil](/source/%C3%89ditions_du_Seuil))—Hymnary.org and Soundclick.com, among others, have listed the hymn as "Anonymous."] is well known.
==Notes==
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==Works==
;Vocal
*''Par la Taille'' (opera, after [Alfred Jarry](/source/Alfred_Jarry))
*''Le Vitrail de Sainte-Thérèse'' (oratorio, 1952)
*''Joinville et Saint-Louis'' (oratorio, after Péguy, 1971)
*''Les psaumes pour tous les temps'' (1966)
*ca. 400 stage songs
;Orchestral
*''Ouverture'' (1923)
*Piano Concerto, 1961
;Chamber music
*8 string quartets
;Miscellaneous
*Piano pieces for [Clément Doucet](/source/Cl%C3%A9ment_Doucet)
*''Livre d'orgue'' (1967)
==Further reading==
*Marie-Rose Clouzot (1969), ''Souvenirs en deux voix: De Maxime Jacob à dom Clément Jacob'', Toulouse: Privat.
*[Don Randel](/source/Don_Randel), ''The Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music''. Harvard, 1996, p. 413.
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