Joseph Jacob (Liège 1865 – Brussels 25 October 1909) was a Belgian cellist who taught at the Ghent ConservatoryThe Encyclopedia of Music in Canada (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1981) and played in the Ysaÿe Quartet from 1886.
Jacob's students included Rosario Bourdon.
As a member of the Ysaÿe Quartet, he premiered Claude Debussy's String Quartet on December 29, 1893.Claude A. Debussy, 1er Quatuor pour 2 Violons, Alto et Violincelle: Arrangement a 4 mains (Paris: A. Durand & Fils, 1893)
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