Jacobs, Charles

Charles Jacobs is editor of Luis de Milan's El Maestro, Antonio Valente's Intavolatura de Cimbalo, Miguel de Fuenllana's Orphenica Lyra, LeRoy and Ballard's 1572 Mellange de Chansons, Frescobaldi's Il Primo Libro de Madrigali a cinque voci the works of Antonio de Cabezon and the music of Elias Nicolaus Ammerbach. In a departure from his work in the Renaissance and early baroque, Dr. Jacobs has prepared an edition of Hindemith's When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd. He is Distinguished Professor of Music at the City University of New York.