Definition of Musicology

1. Noun. The scholarly and scientific study of music.


Definition of Musicology

1. Noun. (music) the scholarly or scientific study of music, as in historical research, musical theory, or the physical nature of sound. ¹

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Definition of Musicology

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Musicology

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musicke
musicked
musicker
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musickes
musicking
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musicless
musicogenic epilepsy
musicological
musicologically
musicologies
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musicologists
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musicomania
musicotherapy
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musique concrète
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Literary usage of Musicology

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Register by University of California, Berkeley, California, University (1922)
"Musicology NOTE.—While not required, certain courses in anthropology, philosophy, historical and scientific methods, logic, psychology, social psychology, ..."

2. Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians by Theodore Baker (1919)
"Studied Germanic philology and musicology (Spitta) at Berlin Univ. from 1888-92; ent. the Kgl. Hochschule für Musik in 1889; taught music and cond. a choral ..."

3. The Maecenas And The Madrigalist: Patrons, Patronage, And The Origins Of The by Anthony M. Cummings (2004)
"Albert Seay, 5 vols., Corpus mensurabilis musicae 58 (np: American Institute of Musicology, 1972-73), 3:9-12; and, on Alessandro, my Politicized Muse, pp. ..."

4. The Annual American Catalog, 1900-1909 (1910)
"AD Je«fit Logan, MS Musicology. $1.25. Fund- Lussy, M. Short treatise on musical rhythms. ... Musicology. Logan, MS $1.25. Hinds. Musket boys of old Boston. ..."

5. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1915)
"1857- On behalf of musicology. Mus Q 1:1-15 Ja '15 Pratz, Claire de Paris In war time. Contemp 108:73-80 Jl 'I5; Same. Liv Age 286:398-404 Ag '15 ..."

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