Education
Jacob studied at the Paris Conservatory with Charles Koechlin and André Gedalge. An admirer of Darius Milhaud and Erik Satie, he was a member of the Ecole d"Acueil.
Jacob studied at the Paris Conservatory with Charles Koechlin and André Gedalge. An admirer of Darius Milhaud and Erik Satie, he was a member of the Ecole d"Acueil.
He would go on to study organ with Maurice Duruflé, as well as Gregorian chant. Jacob also published two books, L"art et la grâce (1939) and Souvenirs a deux voix (1969). In the Anglosphere, his hymn tune "Living God" in 77.77 meter with 77.77 refrain, used for I Received the Living God (J"ai reçu le Dieu vivant), is well known.