music department Meaning of "music department"

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Definition(s):

  • (n) the academic department responsible for teaching music and music appreciation

Usage(s):

  1. The Cincinnati Symphony's Thor Johnson, 44, quit after eleven years to join the music department at Northwestern University.
  2. That was the case for one student's trumpet performance, which received the top rating from Cornell's music department.
  3. Douglas Moore usually composes one opera every seven years; to get enough time, he has to wait for his sabbatical leave as chairman of the music department of Columbia.
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