Musicology

Musicology (from Greek μουσική (mousikē), meaning 'music', and -λογία (-logia), meaning 'study of') is the scholarly analysis and research-based study of music. Musicology is part of the humanities. A scholar who participates in musical research is a musicologist.

Traditionally, historical musicology (commonly termed "music history") has been the most prominent sub-discipline of musicology. In the 2010s, historical musicology is one of several large musicology sub-disciplines. Historical musicology, ethnomusicology, and systematic musicology are approximately equal in size. Ethnomusicology is t
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The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century
Feminine Endings: Music, Gender, and Sexuality
Contemplating Music: Challenges to Musicology
Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain
Noise: The Political Economy of Music
A History of Western Music
This Is Your Brain on Music
Musicking: The Meanings of Performing and Listening
The Imaginary Museum of Musical Works: An Essay in the Philosophy of Music
What to Listen for in Music
Opera, or the Undoing of Women
How the Beatles Destroyed Rock 'n' Roll: An Alternative History of American Popular Music
Bach: Music in the Castle of Heaven
Emotion and Meaning in Music (Phoenix Books)
Queering the Pitch: The New Gay and Lesbian Musicology
Who Hears Here? by Guthrie P. Ramsey Jr.Gender Failure by Ivan E. CoyoteFeminine Endings by Susan McClaryEden Built by Eves by Bonnie J. MorrisQueering the Pitch by Philip Brett
Music, gender, sexuality (nonfiction)
178 books — 14 voters
Please Kill Me by Legs McNeilJust Kids by Patti SmithChronicles, Volume One by Bob DylanLife by Keith RichardsOur Band Could Be Your Life by Michael Azerrad
Best Non Fiction About Music
1,442 books — 1,344 voters

Who Hears Here? by Guthrie P. Ramsey Jr.Theory of Harmony by Arnold SchoenbergBook of Musical Anecdotes by Norman LebrechtClassical Guitar Book in Open D Tuning by Brent RobitailleARIADNE & DIONYSUS by Stamatia Karampini
Books for Musicians
66 books — 11 voters


Hüseyin Akbaş
Nevai, musikimize olan hizmetini yalnızca küyler bestelemekle sınırlandırmamıştır. En büyük musiki üstatlarına ve en yetenekli musiki öğrencilerine eğitim vermeye başlamıştır. Onları bilim yönünden zenginleştirmek için yeni musiki risaleleri yazdırmıştır. Bu doğrultuda Babür Mirza’nın Babürnâme eserinde Üstat Kulmuhammed-ü Şeyh-i Nâyi ve Udî Hüseyin çalgılarında çok iyilerdi. Nevai’nin eğitim ve desteğiyle yükselmiş, ünlenmişlerdir demiştir. Nevai, Hemsetü-l-Müteheyyirîn adlı kitabında Üstad Kul ...more
Hüseyin Akbaş, Özbek Klasik Müziği ve Tarihi

Hüseyin Akbaş
Temellerini Arap ve İran’dan alan musiki sanatı, Timur’dan önce de Orta Asya’da vardı. Timur’un buyruğu ile her taraftan getirilen uzman âlimlerin gayretleriyle bu sanat birdenbire canlandı ve ayağa kalktı. Doğudaki İslâm ülkelerinin her tarafından getirilen çalgılar ve çalgıcılar, bizim bugünkü klasik musikimizin yükselmesine ve yücelmesine hizmet vermişlerdir. Az zamanda yerli halktan büyük musikişinaslar yetişmişti. Hatta Tühfetü-s-sürür’un söylediğine göre; meşhur Mirza Uluğbek’in kendisi de ...more
Hüseyin Akbaş, Özbek Klasik Müziği ve Tarihi

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