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    Musicology (from Greek μουσική mousikē 'music' and -λογια -logia, 'domain of study') is the scholarly study of music. Musicology research combines and intersects with many fields, including psychology, sociology, acoustics, neurology, natural sciences, formal sciences and computer science .

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    Musicology, the academic study of music, is studied in universities and music conservatories. The earliest definitions from the 19th century defined three sub-disciplines of musicology: systematic musicology, historical musicology, and comparative musicology or ethnomusicology.

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  4. During the 9th century, several important developments took place. First, there was a major effort by the Church to unify the many chant traditions and suppress many of them in favor of the Gregorian liturgy. Second, the earliest polyphonic music was sung, a form of parallel singing known as organum.

  5. Apr 7, 2024 · Musicology, the scholarly and scientific study of music. It covers a wide and heterogeneous area of research and is concerned with the study not only of European and other art music but also of all folk and non-Western music. Learn about the history and scope of musicology.

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  6. Music history, sometimes called historical musicology, is a highly diverse subfield of the broader discipline of musicology that studies music from a historical point of view.

  7. Musicology is the academic study of music. Musicologists may study quite a wide range of subjects. Some, for instance, may specialize in English Tudor church music, others in the history of musical notation and others in the development of the flute

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