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Maurice Jacobson

Born: 1st January 1896, London, UK

Died: 2nd February 1976, Brighton, UK

Nationality: English

Maurice Jacobson OBE was an English pianist, composer, music publisher and music festival judge. He was also director and later chairman of the music publishing firm J. Curwen & Sons.

Jacobson was born in London on 1 January 1896 into a Jewish family. He won a scholarship to study piano at London's Modern School of Music (which led to him receiving lessons from Ferruccio Busoni), then composition at the Royal College of Music under Sir Charles Villiers Stanford and Gustav Holst until 1923. That year Jacobson adapted Vaughan Williams' Mass in G minor (in English) for liturgical use.

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