musicology
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mu·si·col·o·gy
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Definition of musicology
: the study of music as a branch of knowledge or field of research as distinct from composition or performance
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Other Words from musicology
musicological
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musicologist
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Examples of musicology in a Sentence
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Mr Cockrell is professor of musicology at Vanderbilt University in Tennessee. — The Economist, "Music and morals in New York’s ragtime age," 15 Aug. 2019 Now As news reports have uncovered, 27-year-old Mngoma has long been a passionate singer and musicology student, practicing for many hours per week and harboring an ambition to become a performer for years. — Time, "This Opera-Singing Uber Driver Rides His Way to a Five-Star Rating," 15 July 2019 And Shana Redmond, an associate professor of musicology and African American studies at UCLA, noted that Robeson strongly repudiated the song later in his career. — Tom Schad, USA TODAY, "'A song is never just a song': The complicated history behind the controversy over Kate Smith's 'God Bless America'," 17 June 2019 Todd Decker, a professor of musicology and American culture studies at Washington University in St. Louis, said the song was first written for Broadway and sung by Everett Marshall, a white baritone who performed it in blackface. — Tom Schad, USA TODAY, "'A song is never just a song': The complicated history behind the controversy over Kate Smith's 'God Bless America'," 17 June 2019 At the trial in 2016, a federal court jury in Los Angeles heard conflicting testimony from musicology experts about whether the passages were similar enough for a copyright violation, and also heard a guitarist play excerpts from the two scores. — Bob Egelko, SFChronicle.com, "Led Zeppelin gets new hearing in “Stairway to Heaven” copyright case," 10 June 2019 Just good, solid amateur musicology, in between dismemberments. — Michael Phillips, chicagotribune.com, "Ryan Reynolds takes a comic high dive into 'Deadpool 2'," 14 May 2018 In recent years Davachi—who’s currently a doctoral student in musicology at UCLA—has increasingly collaborated with other instrumentalists. — Peter Margasak, Chicago Reader, "Canadian sound artist Sarah Davachi uses electronics and site-specific acoustics to transform various instruments into something mesmerizing," 12 Apr. 2018 That musicology lesson is the loudest part of this album, certainly louder than Mr. Timberlake, whose reticence is a recurring feature here. — Jon Caramanica, New York Times, "Justin Timberlake Looks Beyond the Pop Star Life on ‘Man of the Woods’," 31 Jan. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'musicology.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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musicology
noun
English Language Learners Definition of musicology
: the study of music as an area of knowledge or as a field of research
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