Paul Jacobs collection

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Description
An American pianist and harpsichordist, Paul Jacobs, 1930-1983, specialized in music of the baroque and avant-garde. Correspondence, clippings, programs, personal documents and items; manuscripts and typescripts of writings by Jacob and others; and published music by various composers and books by various authors with markings by Jacobs. Personal correspondents include: Richard Rodney Bennett, William Bolcom, Pierre Boulez, Elliott and Helen Carter, Aaron Copland, David Diamond, George Rochberg, Ned Rorem, Frederic Rzewski, Bernard Saby, Karlheinz Stockhausen, and Charles Wuorinen.
Names
Jacobs, Paul (Creator)
Bennett, Richard Rodney (Correspondent)
Bolcom, William (Correspondent)
Boulez, Pierre, 1925-2016 (Correspondent)
Carter, Elliott, 1908-2012 (Correspondent)
Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990 (Correspondent)
Diamond, David, 1915-2005 (Correspondent)
Rochberg, George (Correspondent)
Rorem, Ned, 1923- (Correspondent)
Rzewski, Frederic (Correspondent)
Saby, Bernard, 1925-1975 (Correspondent)
Stockhausen, Karlheinz, 1928-2007 (Correspondent)
Wuorinen, Charles (Correspondent)
Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1926 - 1983
Library locations
Music Division
Shelf locator: JPB 88-8
Topics
Jacobs, Paul, 1930-1983
Pianists
Composers -- Correspondence
Genres
Correspondence
Photographs
Scores
Programs
Clippings
Notes
Biographical/historical: An American pianist and harpsichordist, Paul Jacobs, 1930-1983, specialized in music of the baroque and avant-garde.
Acquisition: Donated by the estate of Paul Jacobs in 1984.
Type of Resource
Text
Still image
Notated music
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b11447948
MSS Unit ID: 19989
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 995f6060-d798-0130-3733-58d385a7bbd0
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