Scope and arrangement
The Paul Jacobs collection is arranged in eleven series:
Paul Jacobs collection, Music Division, The New York Public Library
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. Published music without markings has been separated. Sound recordings have been transferred to the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.
The Paul Jacobs collection is arranged in eleven series:
Donated by the estate of Paul Jacobs in 1984.
Processed by: Music Division staff, 1986
For permission to publish, contact the Curator, Music Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.