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Definition of "musicologist" [musicologist]

  • One who studies musicology (noun)

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Use "musicologist" in a sentence
  • "(When I later call my musicologist friend to request that he dig out Janki's music, he is stunned when I tell him why)."
  • "The musicologist Ludwig von Köchel systematized, cataloged and published the musical output of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart—he's the "K" that denotes a particular Mozart composition."
  • "FreedmanArt/Frank Stella /ARS 'K. 51' 2008 by Frank Stella Just as Kandinsky's painting was provoked by his experience of Moscow, Mr. Stella's wall-hung "Scarlatti K Series" was triggered by the harpsichord sonatas of Domenico Scarlatti and the writings of the U.S. 20th-century harpsichord virtuoso and musicologist Ralph Kirkpatrick, who made the sonatas widely known."