Jacobs, Paul

An American pianist and harpsichordist, Paul Jacobs, 1930-1983, specialized in music of the baroque and avant-garde.

From the guide to the Paul Jacobs collection, 1895-1984, (The New York Public Library. Music Division.)

An American pianist and harpsichordist,Paul Jacobs, 1930-1983, specialized in music of the baroque and avant-garde.

Jacobs was the official pianist and harpsichordist of the New York Philharmonic (1962-1974). He studied piano with Ernest Hutcheson, and later taught at the Manhattan School of Music, Mannes College of Music, Berkshire Music Center, and at Brooklyn College.

From the guide to the Paul Jacobs collection of noncommercial recordings [sound recording], 1967-1983, (The New York Public Library. Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.)