What is Musicology?
'''Musicology''' means the study of [[music]] by a [[scholar]]. A scholar is an [[academic]] person, often a [[professor]] or [[lecturer]] at a [[university]]. Someone who studies musicology is a '''[[Musicologist]]'''. Musicologists study all kinds of music. They study the [[history]] of music and learn about all the [[composer]]s and how they developed their ideas and learned from one another. They can do this by studying [[sheet music|music scores]], or by looking for historical documents which tell us about musicians from the past. Musicologists may also study the [[philosophy]] of music (thinking about what music means). They write [[article]]s in musical [[journal]]s or books on music. This can help us to know and understand more about the music we play or listen to. ==Related pages== *[[Acoustics]] *[[Music school]] *[[Music theory]] ==References== {{Reflist}} {{music-stub}} {{Music topics}} [[Category:Musicologists| ]] [[Category:Humanities]]