musicological
- adjective
- /ˌmjuːzɪkəˈlɒdʒɪkəl/
- Formal
- There needs to be an organist and choirmaster (preferably two people, as they are distinct roles) who know their stuff and can provide the essential musicological underpinning necessary for any musical undertaking, sacred or secular.
- musicological and sociological
- musicological and technological
- musicological and historical
Examples
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Examining instruments from historical, technological, musicological, and sociological perspectives can certainly bring a greater awareness to instrumental study and does, indeed, support the need for instrumental music programs in the schools.
Academic text (1990) -
Apart from the dictionary, Grove also produced two further studies that add to his musicological accomplishments.
Academic text (1995) -
When the American Musicological Society held its annual meeting in Boston in 1998, most of the papers reflected business as usual.
Academic text (1999) -
The newest generation of researchers in ethnochoreology appears to be making more progress than their musicological counterparts.
Academic text (2016) -
Musicological questions helped students understand such aspects of the instrument as timbre and performance techniques.
Academic text (1990) -
A series of questions directed to the children was formulated to focus on the historical, technological, musicological, and sociological aspects of the instruments.
Academic text (1990) -
In the academy, some viewed musicological studies of Western art music as too narrow, and thus came the development of ethnomusicology to probe questions of music and culture beyond Eurocentric parameters.
Academic text (2002) -
Alexander Ringer writes that by teaching an awareness of the material consequences of cross-cultural contact between East and West, the Eurocentric orientation of much previous musicological scholarship can be examined and challenged:
Academic text (1997) -
In a provocative essay in a recent collection of musicological essays, for example, Leo Treitler, a professor of music at the City University of New York, recalls an anecdote about the psychoanalyst Bruno Bettelheim:
Academic text (1999) -
The professor presented a musicological analysis of the ancient melodies in her lecture.
How Scholarly
- Formal
- Formal
Surface Forms
Morphology
musicological = musicology (transparent) = music + ology + ical
The adjective is a regular derivation from 'musicology' with the adjectival suffix '-ical', so the meaning 'relating to the scholarly study of music' is directly recoverable.
Etymology
Musicological combines music (sound and songs) with the ending -ology, which means 'study' as in biology ('study of life'). So, musicological means 'relating to the study of music'.