<P> Musicology (from Greek μουσική (mousikē), meaning' music', and - λογία (- logia), meaning' study of') is the scholarly analysis and research - based study of music . Musicology is part of the humanities . A scholar who participates in musical research is a musicologist . </P> <P> Traditionally, historical musicology (commonly termed "music history") has been the most prominent sub-discipline of musicology . In the 2010s, historical musicology is one of several large musicology sub-disciplines . Historical musicology, ethnomusicology, and systematic musicology are approximately equal in size . Ethnomusicology is the study of music in its cultural context . Systematic musicology includes music acoustics, the science and technology of acoustical musical instruments, and the musical implications of physiology, psychology, sociology, philosophy and computing . Cognitive musicology is the set of phenomena surrounding the computational modeling of music . In some countries, music education is a prominent sub-field of musicology, while in others it is regarded as a distinct academic field, or one more closely affiliated with teacher education, educational research, and related fields . Like music education, music therapy is a specialized form of applied musicology which is sometimes considered more closely affiliated with health fields, and other times regarded as part of musicology proper . </P>

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