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musicology

musicology

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The study of music, including its history, forms, and cultural meaning
  • noun
  • /ˌmjuːzɪˈkɑːlədʒi/
translation icon : musicología
  • As a student of musicology, he is learning about the history of jazz music.
  • cognitive musicology
  • Popular Musicology
  • musicology and ethnomusicology

The there were people from musicology, from, from physics, from history of science.

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Examples

  • I'm just getting my PhD in musicology.

  • A. Peter Brown is Professor of Musicology at Indiana University.

    Academic text (1995)
  • The future of cognitive musicology is secure, in the sense that it will continue to grow.

    Academic text (1993)
  • Many different fields, including musicology and music theory, embrace these ideas.

    Academic text (2007)
  • Following a brief narrative of the evolution and status of cognitive musicology, suggestions for these changes are described.

    Academic text (1993)
  • Editor Derek B. Scott intends this book to be an introduction to rethinking popular musicology research methodology in the twenty-first century.

    Academic text (2011)
  • In addition to merging performance and composition, improvisation integrates the disciplines of theory, aural musicianship, musicology, and aesthetics.

    Academic text (1993)
  • She is studying musicology to understand the cultural impact of classical music.

  • The conference on musicology will explore various musical traditions around the world.

Surface Forms

musicology singular
musicologies plural

Morphology

musicology = music (transparent) = music + ology

The word is a straightforward combination of 'music' and the learned suffix '-ology' meaning 'study of', so its meaning is easily recoverable.

Etymology

Musicology is made from music and the ending -ology, where -ology means 'study of', as in biology. The music part comes from Greek mousike, meaning 'art of the Muses', which meant songs and poems, so musicology is the careful study of music, its history and its place in culture.