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Collection Data
- 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