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Music: Jazz Studies

A research guide for the study and performance of jazz.

Reference Resources

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music
Most authoritative dictionary of music available; includes over 14,000 entries on musical terms musical works, musical instruments and their history, composers, librettists, musicians, singers, and orchestras.

Grove Music Online
Access-point for Oxford music reference subscriptions and products, including Grove Music Online, The Oxford Companion to Music, and The Oxford Dictionary of Music.

Public Domain Info
Organized in 1986 to provide information about public domain music. Music and lyrics published in 1922 or earlier are in the Public Domain in the United States and therefore may be used by anyone.

From the Library ...

The new edition of the encyclopedia of jazz : completely revised, enlarged and brought up to date by by Leonard Feather ; appreciations by Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman and John Hammond
Call Number: ML3561.J3 F437 - 3rd Floor Stacks

Publication Date: 1997
The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz by Leonard Feather (Editor); Ira Gitler (Editor)
Call Number: ML102.J3 F4 1999 - 3rd Floor Stacks

ISBN: 0195074181

Publication Date: 1999
The Complete Encyclopedia of Popular Music and Jazz, 1900-1950 by Roger D. Kinkle
Call Number: ML102.P66 K55 - 3rd Floor Stacks

ISBN: 0870002295

Publication Date: 1974

Last Updated: Dec 4, 2025 1:00 PM
URL: https://researchguides.csuohio.edu/jazz
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Subjects: Africana Studies, Music