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A musicologist is a man who can read music but can't hear it.
Thomas Beecham

Meaning of "musicologist" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF MUSICOLOGIST

musicologist  [ˌmjuːzɪˈkɒlədʒɪst] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MUSICOLOGIST

noun
adjective
verb
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pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
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Musicologist is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MUSICOLOGIST MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Musicology

Musicology (from Greek μουσική (mousikē), meaning "music", and -λογία (-logia), meaning "study of-") is the scholarly study of music. A person who studies music is a musicologist. For broad treatments, see the entry on "musicology" in Grove's dictionary, the entry on "Musikwissenschaft" in Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart, and the classic approach of Adler (1885). In the broad definition, the parent disciplines of musicology include history; cultural studies and gender studies; philosophy, aesthetics and semiotics; ethnology and cultural anthropology; archeology and prehistory; psychology and sociology; physiology and neuroscience; acoustics and psychoacoustics; and computer/information sciences and mathematics. Musicology also has two central, practically oriented subdisciplines with no parent discipline: performance practice and research, and the theory, analysis and composition of music.

Definition of musicologist in the English dictionary

The definition of musicologist in the dictionary is a person who studies music in an academic way; an expert on the history or theory of music.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MUSICOLOGIST


anthropologist
ˌænθrəˈpɒlədʒɪst
archaeologist
ˌɑːkɪˈɒlədʒɪst
biologist
baɪˈɒlədʒɪst
cardiologist
ˌkɑːdɪˈɒlədʒɪst
dermatologist
ˌdɜːməˈtɒlədʒɪst
gastroenterologist
ˈɡæstrəʊˈentəˌrɒlədʒɪst
geologist
dʒɪˈɒlədʒɪst
meteorologist
ˌmiːtɪəˈrɒlədʒɪst
neurologist
njʊəˈrɒlədʒɪst
oncologist
ɒŋˈkɒlədʒɪst
ophthalmologist
ˌɒfθælˈmɒlədʒɪst
otolaryngologist
ˈəʊtəʊˌlærɪŋˈɡɒlədʒɪst
pathologist
pəˈθɒlədʒɪst
philologist
fɪˈlɒlədʒɪst
psychologist
saɪˈkɒlədʒɪst
radiologist
ˌreɪdɪˈɒlədʒɪst
sociologist
ˌsəʊsɪˈɒlədʒɪst
technologist
tɛkˈnɒlədʒɪst
toxicologist
ˌtɒksɪˈkɒlədʒɪst
urologist
jʊəˈrɒlədʒɪst

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MUSICOLOGIST

musical ride
musical statues
musicale
musicalisation
musicalise
musicality
musicalization
musicalize
musically
musicalness
musician
musicianer
musicianly
musicianship
musicker
musicless
musicological
musicologically
musicology
musicotherapy

WORDS THAT END LIKE MUSICOLOGIST

agist
anesthesiologist
audiologist
child psychologist
climatologist
clinical psychologist
criminologist
diabetologist
ecologist
Egyptologist
endocrinologist
gynaecologist
molecular biologist
neuropsychologist
numerologist
ornithologist
pharmacologist
phytologist
reflexologist
Scientologist
virologist

Synonyms and antonyms of musicologist in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «musicologist» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MUSICOLOGIST

Find out the translation of musicologist to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of musicologist from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «musicologist» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

音乐学家
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

musicólogo
570 millions of speakers

English

musicologist
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

संगीत का वैज्ञानिक
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الموسيقي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

музыковед
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

musicólogo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সংগীততত্ত্বিক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

musicologue
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Ahli muzik
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Musikwissenschaftler
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

音楽学者
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

음악 학자
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Musicologist
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

âm nhạc học
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மியூசிக்காலாஜிஸ்ட்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

संगीतज्ञ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

müzikolog
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

musicologo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

muzykolog
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

музикознавець
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

muzicolog
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μουσικολόγος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

musikoloog
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

musicologist
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

musikkviter
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of musicologist

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MUSICOLOGIST»

The term «musicologist» is normally little used and occupies the 111.081 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MUSICOLOGIST» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about musicologist

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2 QUOTES WITH «MUSICOLOGIST»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word musicologist.
1
Thomas Beecham
A musicologist is a man who can read music but can't hear it.
2
Nina Blackwood
I grew up in Ohio, and I was a musicologist since I was little; it is all that I would ever read.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MUSICOLOGIST»

Discover the use of musicologist in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to musicologist and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Axel Crochet: Musicologist-At-Large: Quarter Note Tales #3
In this intriguing collection of novellas, Axel Crochet's love of musicology leads him straight into unintended interludes with killers, danger, and intrigue as he attempts to solve a trio of murder investigations.
Arthur Wenk, 2011
2
Shostakovich Studies
Talking about eggs: musicology and Shostakovich DAVID FANNING What is a musicologist? Shostakovich offered his definition over breakfast: 'What's a musicologist? I'll tell you. Our cook, Pasha, prepared the scrambled eggs for us and we ...
David Fanning, 2006
3
Career Opportunities in Forensic Science
FORENSIC. MUSICOLOGIST. CAREER PROFILE CAREER LADDER FORENSIC EXPERTS IN HEALTH AND MEDICINE. Duties: provide forensic consulting services to attorneys, recording companies, composers, and others; address legal ...
Susan Echaore-McDavid, Richard A. McDavid, 2009
4
Music and Monumentality: Commemoration and Wonderment in ...
The musicologist complemented the artist's sense of beauty with a deep-running commitment to truth; the composer's subjective, individual, and absolute work contrasted with the musicologist's objective, synoptic, and comparative approach,  ...
Alexander Rehding, 2009
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Ronald Dworkin
Let us take another musicologist, or even someone who knows little about music, who wishes to finish the Schubert Unfinished Symphony. He has never listened to Schubert and does not know what a key signature is, or what writing in the ...
Stephen Guest, 1991
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Text and Act : Essays on Music and Performance: Essays on ...
Dmitri Shostakovich once had a good laugh over a definition of a musicologist he heard at breakfast one day from his piano teacher, and repeated it all his life. " What's a musicologist? I'll tell you. Our cook, Pasha, prepared the scrambled eggs ...
Berkeley Richard Taruskin Professor of Music University of California, 1995
7
Musicologist Introduction: Erich Von Hornbostel, Edwin ...
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Source: Wikipedia, 2011
8
Ruth Gipps: Anti-modernism, Nationalism, and Difference in ...
Wid wrote a piece titled The Modern Musicologist' as a parody of the song 'I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major-General' from The Pirates of Penzance by Gilbert and Sullivan. The spoof song admirably demonstrates Wid's wicked sense of ...
Jill Halstead, 2006
9
Samuel Barber: The Composer and His Music
Covering Barber's career and all of his published and unpublished works, this is the only book based upon primary sources: his own letters and those written to or about him, his sketchbooks, his original musical manuscripts, and interviews ...
Barbara B. Heyman Musicologist and Deputy Director of Publication Brooklyn College, 1992
10
Classical Music and Postmodern Knowledge
"In this pathbreaking new book, Lawrence Kramer extends the theoretical and scholarly frontiers of musicology with every chapter, each of which explores a different case study in depth.
Lawrence Kramer, 1995

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MUSICOLOGIST»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term musicologist is used in the context of the following news items.
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EL Doctorow, 'Ragtime' author who turned history into myth, dies at 84
His musicologist father, David, and pianist mother, Rose, named him after Edgar Allan Poe. "Ragtime" takes place in New York during the ... «TwinCities.com-Pioneer Press, Jul 15»
2
Tradition meets innovation at Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music
Then comes the work of up-and-coming composer Nico Muhly, titled “Wish You Were Here,” to honor musicologist Colin McPhee. Finally ... «Santa Cruz Sentinel, Jul 15»
3
An African musician in the Austrian Army in 1661
The musicologist Michael Lorenz has uncovered a fascinating snippet of Austrian military history – the story of Ferdinand Christian Ali, from ... «Slipped Disc, Jul 15»
4
Classical Music This Week: Harry Partch and Mozart's Son
And Charles T. Downey has a lovely summary on the Ionarts blog of the notable achievements of the musicologist and conductor Alan Curtis, ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
5
Singing along while shopping? You're probably spending more …
For instance, according to a musicologist at Liverpool's Institute of Popular Music, one of the reasons most stores use music in the first place is ... «CBC.ca, Jul 15»
6
2015 Capital Fringe Preview #55: 'Neighborhood 3: Part 5: 'The …
Gregory Thomas Martin is a composer and musicologist. His compositions have been heard throughout the DC Metro area and in New York. «DC Metro Theater Arts, Jul 15»
7
'Dylan Goes Electric!' Author Talks Newport '65
Wald, based in the Boston area, is a singer-guitarist and musicologist. Dylan Goes Electric! is his 12th book. Wald's forte is weaving a myriad of details into a ... «Best Classic Bands, Jul 15»
8
Music for mind, body and soul
Indian musicologist mentioned two kinds of sounds. The inaudible sound, anahata, nada .Yogis attain liberation by projecting their minds by ... «The Hindu, Jul 15»
9
Dr John Reissues Are On The Way
Musicologist Gene Sculatti wrote the compilation liner notes. From Sculatti's notes: “Dr. John has proven to be one of music's foremost ... «Noise11, Jul 15»
10
On the Culture Front: Star Chefs Gather for Eli Kulp, The Gideon and …
It's an abstract emotional journey through his relationship with his friend, Hubcap, a talented musician and musicologist. The two have effortless ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»

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