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Arthur David Jacobs (14 June 1922 – 13 December 1996) was an English musicologist, music critic, teacher, librettist and translator. Among his many books, two of the best known are his ''Penguin Dictionary of Music'', which was reprinted in several editions between 1958 and 1996, and his biography of Arthur Sullivan, which was praised by critics in Britain and America. As an academic, Jacobs taught at the Royal Academy of Music, at Huddersfield Polytechnic, and at universities in the US, Canada, and Australia. ==Life and career== Jacobs was born in Manchester, England, the son of Alexander Susman Jacobs and his wife Estelle (''née'' Isaacs). He was educated at Manchester Grammar School〔Sadie, Stanley. ("Obituary: Professor Arthur Jacobs" ), ''The Independent'', 20 December 1996, p. 16〕 and Merton College, Oxford, taking an honours degree in 1946. In World War II he served in the British Army, in which he was promoted to lieutenant. In 1953 he married the writer Betty Upton Hughes. They had two sons, Michael Jacobs and Julian Jacobs.〔("Arthur Jacobs", ) ''Contemporary Authors Online'', Galenet (subscription required), accessed 22 December 2009.〕 Jacobs was music critic of ''The Daily Express'' from 1947 to 1952, of ''The Sunday Citizen'' from 1959 to 1965, and of ''The Jewish Chronicle'' from 1963 to 1975. He reviewed records for ''Hi-Fi News and Record Review'' and ''The Sunday Times'' and wrote for the arts section of ''The Financial Times''. He was deputy editor of ''Opera'' magazine from 1961 to 1971 and served on its editorial board from 1971 until his death.〔〔〔"Arthur Jacobs", ''The Times'', 20 December 1996, p. 1〕 For ''The Musical Times'', between 1949 and 1996, Jacobs wrote on a wide variety of musical topics, including the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, the Three Choirs Festival, Russian song, ''The Gypsy Baron'', ''Thespis'', the Metropolitan Opera, Leonard Bernstein, ''Così fan tutte'', ''Trial by Jury'', Glyndebourne, Otto Klemperer, and composers from Handel to César Franck to Elgar to Janáček.〔''The Musical Times'', ''passim''〕 From 1964 to 1979, Jacobs was a lecturer at the Royal Academy of Music, teaching the history of opera. He was head of the music department of Huddersfield Polytechnic (now the University of Huddersfield) 1979-84, where he was appointed to a personal professorship in 1984. Overseas, Jacobs was visiting professor at Temple University (Philadelphia) in 1970 and 1971, at McMaster University (Hamilton, Ontario) in 1975 and 1983, and at the University of Queensland (Brisbane) in 1985.〔 After the Queensland post ended, he retired to Oxford, where he died at the age of 74.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Arthur Jacobs」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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