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Musicology

Musicology at the International Centre for Music Studies is a large field of study, with more than half the academic staff engaging in research and teaching in this area. It includes the usual range of sub-disciplines:

  • historical musicology
  • popular music studies
  • ethnomusicology
  • music analysis

We also work and teach in the recent sub-disciplines of musicology including:

  • sound studies (including sound art and noise studies)
  • music, gender and sexuality
  • music and politics
  • music and policy
  • music and consciousness
  • popular and vernacular music
  • music and globalisation
  • the history of recording and other sound reproduction technologies
  • music and diaspora
  • music and urban environments