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Musicology (Greek: μουσικη = "music" and λογος = "word" or "reason") is the scholarly study of music and music history. The specializations of musicologists are quite diverse. Like the comparable field of art history, different branches and schools of musicology emphasize different types of musical works and different approaches to music. National differences in the definition of musicology also abound. Some American scholars, for instance, do not consider music theory to be within the field of musicology.