Musicology Division
Musicology takes music as the principal research object and critically examines such areas as music creation, musical works, musical behavior, music culture, musical thought, and the social attributes of music in Chinese and world music heritage in order to build the requisite knowledge, cognitive understanding, and discourse system enabling the use of music for the betterment of humanity.
The history of contemplating music can be traced back thousands of years (such as to the pre-Qin period in China and to ancient Greece in the West). Music research as a discipline, in the sense of Musicology, however, began with the publication in the late 19th century of "The Scope, Method, and Aim of Musicology" by Guido Adler and "On the Musical Scales of Different Nations" by Alexander Ellis.
In the subsequent development of Musicology, a variety of understandings have emerged and the discipline has splintered into many subfields. The Musicology Division of the School of Music at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen adopts a dual-branch approach that divides Musicology into Historical Musicology and Ethnomusicology along methodological lines. Historical Musicology takes as its main research object music of the more distant past and applies historical and related approaches to uncover its place and meaning in its own time as well as for us today; Ethnomusicology applies various ethnographic and related anthropological research methods to contemporary musical practices and cultures, be they in China, the West, or around the globe. Currently, Arts Management is also housed within the Musicology Division.
The Musicology Division of the School of Music at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen has a four-year undergraduate program, a two-year master's program, and a 3-5 year doctoral program (currently only the undergraduate curriculum has been established). The overall training goal is to provide students with a holistic, foundational grounding in the theoretical and professional frameworks of Musicology (both Historical Musicology and Ethnomusicology), as well as to cultivate certain practical and teaching abilities enabling advanced work in teaching, research, and management, or the pursuit of careers in government agencies, publishing houses, or radio, film, and television departments after graduation.
The curriculum system of the Musicology Division includes two branches. Firstly, coursework covering such areas as the history of Chinese and Western music, the systematic knowledge and theories of Chinese music and other music traditions around the world, compositional theories, music analysis, regional music culture, music industry, piano performance, and solfeggio and other music performing practices across different cultures. Secondly, the Musicology curriculum also emphasizes research. Students are required to master essential theories and research methods, develop unique individual perspectives on music, and train in the academic writing of research papers and music criticism articles, all shaped by the ethical and academic standards of scholarly research.
The Musicology Division adheres to the principle of internationalization in the construction of its teaching staff. The future development goal of the department is to be at the forefront of musicological education and research in terms of professional settings, curriculum structure, teaching staff, and talent cultivation so as to become an important base for music teaching and research in China as well as have a wide influence in the world.
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Remark: Names are listed by academic title and then alphabetically within each title.