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Jazz

Art Ensemble of Chicago

Read the AmeriGrove article on Jazz, written by Mark Tucker and Travis A. Jackson.

Art Ensemble of Chicago, 1993. JazzSign/Lebrecht Music and Arts.

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Society of Black Composers

Olly Wilson in 1967. Photo courtesy Oberlin College Archives

Read the Grove article on the Society of Black Composers, written by Eldonna L. May.

Olly Wilson in 1967. Photo courtesy Oberlin College Archives.

June 2020 Update

We are pleased to have added 3 new articles, 12 new images, 67 revised entries, and refreshed data for 4 entries for this site update. Read more about the changes.

Concert in the Egg painting by Hieronymus Bosch

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JUNE 30, 2020

What's new in June 2020

We are pleased to have added 3 new articles, 12 new images, 67 revised entries, and refreshed data for 4 entries for this site update.

MAY 29, 2020

What's new in May 2020

We are pleased to have added 1 new article, 92 revised entries, and refreshed data for 31 entries for this site update.

MAY 22, 2020

New on the blog - Eurovision 2020

New on the OUPBlog, why the Eurovision Song Contest still matters in 2020.

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