musicology
noun
the scholarly or scientific study of music, as in historical research, musical theory, or the physical nature of sound.
musicological
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a word derived from
musicology.
Example Sentences
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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
He rode herd on the musicological and critical communities, sending unsolicited — indeed, dreaded — postcards to colleagues with capsule critiques, noting errors or inanities, often scathingly.
From New York Times ● Jul. 3, 2022
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
It’s the latest in a series of sonic upgrades and musicological explorations of the Fab Four’s work, which began in earnest with the 2017 royal treatment afforded “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2019
The more complicated adventures undertaken by composers with notation, orchestras, opera singers, conductors, musicological analysis and the rest are still vital parts of music’s main body, but they are not in truth its central purpose.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
