musicological
Analyzing compositional history
Musicological means relating to musicology—the scholarly study of music as a cultural, historical, and theoretical subject.
Musicological research examines compositions, performance practices, and music's role in society: a musicological analysis of Beethoven's late quartets, musicological debates about authentic period performance.
Agreement or musical blend
- counterpointSimultaneous independent melodies
- formShape or document
- tonalityMusic organized around tonic
- atonalityAbsence of key signature
serialism · prolongation · cadence · modulation · chromaticism · dissonance · consonance · interval
Division into distinct periods
- baroqueExcessively ornate or elaborate
- classicalOf ancient Greece/Rome
- romanticConducive to love
- medievalOf the Middle Ages
renaissance · antiquity · modernism · chronology · contextualization · biography · patronage · salon
Following ordered procedures
- comparativeInvolving measured contrast
- formalistOne emphasizing prescribed conventions
- semioticRelating to sign systems
- hermeneuticRelating to interpretation
structuralist · phenomenological · archival · periodization · attribution
Glass-enclosed plant room
- universityHigher education institution
- journalRecord of daily events
- conferenceOrganized meeting for discussion
- symposiumFormal expert discussion meeting
dissertation · monograph · professorship · curriculum · pedagogy · methodology · discipline · interdisciplinary
After foreign rule ends
- identityWho someone is
- genderSocial identity category
- raceCompetition of speed
- classGrouping by shared traits
nationalism · globalization · diaspora · hybridity · appropriation · authenticity · tradition · modernity
harmony
Agreement or musical blend
- counterpointSimultaneous independent melodies
- formShape or document
- tonalityMusic organized around tonic
atonality · serialism · prolongation · cadence · modulation · chromaticism · dissonance · consonance · interval · scale
periodization
Division into distinct periods
medieval · renaissance · antiquity · modernism · chronology · contextualization · biography · patronage · salon · nationalism
systematic
Following ordered procedures
- comparativeInvolving measured contrast
- formalistOne emphasizing prescribed conventions
- semioticRelating to sign systems
hermeneutic · structuralist · phenomenological · archival · periodization · attribution
conservatory
Glass-enclosed plant room
- universityHigher education institution
- journalRecord of daily events
- conferenceOrganized meeting for discussion
symposium · dissertation · monograph · professorship · curriculum · pedagogy · methodology · discipline · interdisciplinary · bibliography
postcolonial
After foreign rule ends
class · nationalism · globalization · diaspora · hybridity · appropriation · authenticity · tradition · modernity · ritual
musicologicalcasual
Relaxed and informal
informal · unscholarly · nonacademic · untheoretical · unsystematic
musicologicalperformative
Done for appearance's sake
practical · applied · hands-on · creative · compositional
music, musical, musician, musically, musicality, musicology, musicologist, ethnomusicology, musicologists