From Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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
composers
and how they developed their ideas and learned from one another. They can do this by studying
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, or by looking for historical documents which tell us about musicians from the past.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
articles
in musical
journals
or books on music. This can help us to know and understand more about the music we play or listen to.