Georges Jacobi
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Georges Jacobi was a German violinist, composer and conductor who was musical director of the Alhambra Theatre in London from 1872 to 1898. His best-known work was probably The Black Crook (1872) written with Frederick Clay for the Parisian operetta-star Anna Judic and which ran for 310 performances. Although never achieving the standing of Hervé, or Offenbach or Sullivan, he composed over 100 pieces for ballet and the theatre which were popular at the time.
Georges Jacobi in 1906
Jacobi was resident composer and conductor at the Alhambra Theatre in London for 26 years
Family grave of Georges Jacobi in Highgate Cemetery
Sheet music cover for the polka On the Ice by Jacobi
Alhambra Theatre of Variety
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The Alhambra was a popular theatre and music hall located on the east side of Leicester Square, in the West End of London. It was built originally as the Royal Panopticon of Science and Arts opening on 18 March 1854. It was closed after two years and reopened as the Alhambra. The building was demolished in 1936. The name was also adopted by many other British music hall theatres located elsewhere; in Bradford, in Hull and in Glasgow etc. The name comes from association with the Moorish splendour of the Alhambra palace in Granada, Spain.
The Alhambra Theatre dominated Leicester Square in 1874
Jules Léotard, The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze, performed his aerial act at the Alhambra.