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When it dives deep into the scoring itself, it’s a musicological feast that even tin-eared lay readers can appreciate.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025

In reply, Adams said he discerned two modes of writing in Dr. Taruskin’s output — his formal musicological work and his “pop” pieces for the Times.

From Washington Post • Jul. 2, 2022

Haynes did not call on critics or historians to venture theories or explain the band’s importance, and the closest we come to a musicological analysis is delivered by the eccentric Velvets protégé Jonathan Richman.

From New York Times • Oct. 15, 2021

There are similar success stories in the musicological podcast Switched on Pop, and the New York Times’ “Diary of a Song” videos.

From Slate • Dec. 21, 2020

Even before his arrival in America, he had read a musicological essay published in Germany in 1882 called ‘On the Music of the North American Indians’.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall