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Sustainable Musicology

A rethinking of musicology for the third millennium

Allegorical representation of harmony and balance

An allegorical representation of balance, order, and proportion

Here, sustainability is understood in epistemological terms: as the long-term coherence, responsibility, and viability of musicological thought and practice.

Sustainable Musicology proposes a shift in how musicology defines its methods, objects, and purposes. Rather than extending the discipline indefinitely, it reflects on the conditions that make musicological knowledge meaningful, coherent, and sustainable over time. This project approaches musicology not only as a field of study, but also as a form of intellectual responsibility.

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The Book

The theoretical framework of Sustainable Musicology in open access.

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Articles

Selected essays developing the project in specific directions.

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About the Author

Academic profile, research background and publications.

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A Necessary Clarification

In this project, sustainability is not used in an environmental sense.

It designates instead the internal coherence, durability, and critical responsibility of musicological knowledge.

Sustainable Musicology is an open-access research project by Marco Bizzarini, aimed at redefining the scope, methods, and responsibility of musicological inquiry.