Musicology: The Key Concepts (Routledge Key Guides) by David Beard and Kenneth Gloag

English | Publisher: Routledge, 2005 | 233 Pages | PDF | 1 MB
Music and musicology are both separate and related constructs. Music, as a practical
activity, has its own history, but musicology, as a process of study, inquiry and reflection,
while it forms its own context and employs distinct concepts, is clearly dependent upon
and reflective of music as its subject.

Music has a long history while musicology has, by comparison, enjoyed a relatively
short lifespan. Yet musicology, which can broadly be defined as the thinking about and
study of music, could be argued to have been already present within the acts of
composing and performing music.

Musicology: The Key Concepts provides a handy reference guide for students of contemporary musicology. Its clear and accessible entries cover a comprehensive range of terms including:

- aesthetics
- canon
- culture
- deconstruction
- ethnicity
- identity
- subjectivity
- value
- work

Fully cross-referenced and with suggestions for further reading, this is an essential resource for all students of music.