How to Use musicology in a Sentence

musicology

noun

• In his first clue package, there were medicine and musicology signs which clearly indicated his two passions.
  — Ariana Brockington, refinery29.com, 18 Nov. 2020
• As opposed to a musicology book in 2D, which doesn't make any sense describing noises.
  — Sam MacHkovech, Ars Technica, 13 Sep. 2019
• Rosalía studied musicology in college, and over the last eight years has often meshed a wide variety of genres and influences in her songs.
  — Dan Rys, Billboard, 5 Nov. 2025
• Levin, widely known for his musicology, bordered on aggressive.
  — Peter Dobrin, Philly.com, 18 Oct. 2017
• The initial report from Ten Asia pointed to an anonymous source with knowledge of basic musicology.
  — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 22 Aug. 2023
• Clague began teaching the anthem in musicology classes in 2004 and started research for the book six years later.
  — Neal Rubin, Detroit Free Press, 10 July 2022
• Like other music podcasts, 60 Songs explores its genre of choice (nineties pop hits) through the dual lenses of rock criticism and musicology.
  — The Editors, Outside Online, 16 Apr. 2022
• Lloyd has a unique conversational style, veering off on tangents—memories leading to musicology leading to metaphysics—and finding his way back to an initial point.
  — Bruce Handy, The New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2022
• In it, Gian, a 65-year-old ethno-musicology professor, fights the darkness caused by the sudden onset of amnesia.
  — Davide Abbatescianni, Variety, 28 Nov. 2022
• Rather than come across like a cultural appropriator, Jay-Z the writer sounds right at home with roaming Jamaican musicology.
  — A.d. Amorosi, Variety, 29 Oct. 2021
• Many scholars of black studies and musicology, meanwhile, have found no substantial evidence exists that Beethoven had African ancestry.
  — Nora McGreevy, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 June 2020
• The doc will be part biography, part musicology, and part musical meditation, with insight from influential and creative voices of modern music.
  — Billboard Staff, Billboard, 22 Sep. 2022
• Sony has graciously agreed 2 augment the Musicology project with worldwide promotion and distribution.
  — Wired Staff, WIRED, 1 Sep. 2004
• CalVet’s leader is a 73-year-old urologic surgeon who speaks six languages and has a master’s degree in musicology and a doctorate in philosophy.
  — Dan Morain, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2020
• One of them is Ron Pen, an author, long a professor of musicology at the University of Kentucky and once a ferocious lineman on our high school football team.
  — Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, 21 June 2023
• There were dozens and dozens of strangers who reached out to me, just songwriters and professors of musicology, and just consumers of music who all were in support of Ed and the impact that this case was going to have potentially on songwriting.
  — Chris Willman, Variety, 5 May 2023
• The demands of her fulltime job, working on her master's degree in musicology, and her long-running weekly radio show are the reasons Weber, 41, is giving up the weekly gig that ran into the wee hours.
  — Doug MacCash, NOLA.com, 2 June 2017
• At present, there are 14 PhD students receiving funding from the school, with eight in musicology and six in composition, according to Chasalow.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Aug. 2023
• Stephen Hedger, a graduate student at the University of Chicago who's studying both cognitive psychology and musicology, has perfect pitch.
  — Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 21 June 2013
• Now As news reports have uncovered, 27-year-old Mngoma has long been a passionate singer and musicology student, practicing for many hours per week and harboring an ambition to become a performer for years.
  — Time, 15 July 2019
• Sloan is an assistant professor of musicology at the University of Southern California, specializing in pop and jazz.
  — Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2021
• That led him to study musicology at Cambridge University, then train under Hungarian composer and conductor Peter Eötvös.
  — Charlotte Observer, 13 May 2026
• Gonzalez had also started a PhD in musicology and had been examining the ways in which women’s voices have served as vehicles for lament throughout history — an idea that appears repeatedly in her tender songwriting and aching vocal performances.
  — Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone, 21 Sep. 2021
• In the 1970s, musicology was still largely focused on reviving obscure motets and analyzing Central European masterworks.
  — William Robin, BostonGlobe.com, 2 July 2022
• Its new bachelor of arts in music history and industry launched in 2020 and builds on the school’s bachelor’s degree in musicology and its music industry minor, with components including a yearlong capstone course and an internship program.
  — Billboard Staff, Billboard, 11 Oct. 2022
• In 2025, Hannah Lewis, associate professor of musicology at UT’s Butler School of Music, happily agreed to play along.
  — Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 8 Jan. 2026
• At the trial in 2016, a federal court jury in Los Angeles heard conflicting testimony from musicology experts about whether the passages were similar enough for a copyright violation, and also heard a guitarist play excerpts from the two scores.
  — Bob Egelko, SFChronicle.com, 10 June 2019
• Candace Hansen, a PhD candidate in musicology at UCLA, recalls being harassed and forced out of a women’s restroom at their hometown 24-Hour Fitness a few months ago.
  — Maddie Connors, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2026
• Don Franzen, adjunct professor of music industry (music and law, forensic musicology) at UCLA's Herb Alpert School of Music, told Newsweek that state laws could pose other considerations for the couple too, including tax.
  — Megan Cartwright, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
• After moving to Los Angeles with fellow musicologist and then-girlfriend Dorothy Moskowitz, Byrd enrolled in UCLA’s musicology program, formed the New Music Workshop, and ultimately, with Moskowitz, founded the group the United States of America.
  — Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 13 Dec. 2025