musicology
Noun
Meaning
the scholarly and scientific study of music
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Although New Musicology emerged from within historical musicology, the emphasis on cultural study within the Western art music tradition places New Musicology at the junction between historical, ethnological and sociological research in music.
Another important use of the word keyboard is in historical musicology, where it means an instrument whose identity cannot be firmly established.
As part of their initial training, musicologists typically complete a B.Mus or a B.A. in music (or a related field such as history) and in many cases an M.A. in musicology.
D, and in these cases, they may not receive an M.A. In the 2010s, given the increasingly interdisciplinary nature of university graduate programs, some applicants for musicology Ph.
As well, he claims that historical musicology uses "a methodology slanted by the characteristics of notation," 'notational centricity' (Tagg 1979, p. 28–32).
As well, historical musicology has "an ideology slanted by the origins and development of a particular body of music and its aesthetic.