Jerome Joseph Kohl (November 27, 1946 – August 4, 2020) was an American musicologist, academic journal editor, and recorder teacher.

[1] In the 1970s, Kohl joined the Seattle Recorder Society, attending and running classes at their meetings, as well as teaching privately.

[1][3] Kohl concluded his studies in 1981 with his PhD thesis,[1] titled "Serial and Non-Serial Techniques in the Music of Karlheinz Stockhausen from 1962–1968".

He became recognized as a world expert on the works of Karlheinz Stockhausen,[1][2] taking part in international conferences on his music.

[2][9] His death was commemorated by a memorial tribute in Perspectives of New Music, which described his 2017 book on Stockhausen's Zeitmaße as "an astounding masterpiece".