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PhD/DPhil - Doctor of Philosophy
University of Sheffield Main Campus
Part Time
Dec 2027
6 Year
Musicology focuses on historical, critical, stylistic, analytical and aesthetic aspects of music. As well as work on a single composer or group of composers, musicological research can include interdisciplinary research (on music and literature, music and art, and music and drama/dance, for example), as well as study of the social and historical context of music (related to a composer, genre, time, place). The reception history of music, examining the genesis of a particular work or group of works (using primary and secondary sources) and the detailed analysis of music also fall within the remit of musicology.
