Source for music terms and.....

[Ben Zimmer]

On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 2:03 PM, Eric Nielsen wrote:
>
> This may be common knowledge, but I just stumbled upon this great database
> (while checking out a vintage banjo) for people who like to research
> American music. Thought I'd post it--just in case it's not well known to
> the list.
>
> http://www.arcade-museum.com/library/search-music/
>
> I only spent a few minutes there and found a page with an early occurrence
> of "jazz":
>
> http://mtr.arcade-museum.com/MTR-1918-66-21/index.php?page_no=09&frame=MTR-1918-66-21-09.pdf

Even better are these results from 1916:

https://www.google.com/search?q=site:mtr.arcade-museum.com+jazz|jass+inurl%3A1916

Nothing from 1915, unfortunately.

--bgz

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