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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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