musicological
- 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
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
Long recognized as a masterpiece of masterpieces, there are any number of approaches to it, from grandly romantic statements to clinically musicological ones.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2020
From a strictly musicological standpoint, this statement is questionable at best, but it’s still just an incredible thing to say.
From Slate ● Sep. 9, 2018
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
