Brahms as a Musicologist

The article:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwDJIHI_x7ddd0xPZ19vdzBJc00/view?usp=sharing


The source:
http://www.jstor.org/stable/741976?Search=yes&resultItemClick=true&searchText=brahms&searchText=as&searchText=a&searchText=musicologist&searchUri=%2Faction%2FdoBasicSearch%3FQuery%3Dbrahms%2Bas%2Ba%2Bmusicologist%26amp%3Bacc%3Doff%26amp%3Bwc%3Don%26amp%3Bfc%3Doff%26amp%3Bgroup%3Dnone&seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents

Words:

Pioneer – sb who is first in doing sth new and makes effort to make it more popular;

Brahms was a pioneer in the historical edition of the Bach's music.

Brahms was also a pioneer in historical performing music of the composer's of the 17'th century.

Discerning – showing very precise analysis of a subject

Researchers are shocked how discerning was Brahms ' analysis.

Editions of the 19^th century usually weren't discerning.

Diligently – in a careful way

Brahms looked for the old manuscripts diligently.

You must work diligently if you want not to make mistakes.

Exquisite – excellent, great

Brahms is regarded as an exquisite composer.

There weren't many exquisite musicologists in the 19^th century.

Archaistic – out of use, old-faschioned

Don't use such strange words, there are archaistic.

It is nothing archaistic in Brahms' musical language.