Maurice Jacobson

This ELEGY was written in memory of E.Norman Hay. Edward Norman Hay (1889-1943) was a composer and musicologist and a friend of Maurice Jacobson. Hay studied in Belfast and took a BMus at Oxford, and...

In the mid 1930s, Maurice Jacobson was commissioned by the Markova-Dolin Ballet Company to compose the music for a new biblical ballet, David. The ballet was premiered in 1936 and a suite of four piec...

The North Country folk-song Blow The Wind Southerly, set by Maurice Jacobson for unaccompanied SATB choir.

Sicilian River Song for Unison Voice and Piano accompaniment by Maurice Jacobson.

Dunhill's setting of a pastoral and tranquil text by Irene Gass, arranged by Jacobson for a chorus of Soprano voices with Piano.

Jacobson's choral arrangements of six spirituals for men's voices, presented in Tonic Sol-Fa notation.

Six Negro Spirituals have been arranged by Maurice Jacobson for TTBB Male Voice Choir. Included are the classic songs I want to be ready; Oh, wasn't that a wide river?; Didn't my LorddeliverDaniel; St...

An arrangement of one of the most famous Vaughan Williams works two Pianos by Maurice Jacobson.

The Prelude to a Play started life as a short work for orchestra. In 1939 Maurice Jacobson made this arrangement for two pianos - two copies (one for each pianist) are included. Maurice Jacobson was r...

For SAB choir, with text from Ecclesiastes.

This short benediction, set to familiar words from Corinthians, Thessalonians and the first book of Peter, is an enduring favourite. Informally known as the Navy blessing or the Scottish blessing, the...

Arranged for SATB Choir and Piano by Maurice Jacobson.

The 'Theme and Variations', completed in either 1943 or 1947 (the records are not clear), is a large-scale set of variations on an original theme for symphony orchestra. Maurice Jacobson also prepared...