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Select a Research Topic: Music

Suggested research topics for each academic discipline.

Music

  • Ancient Greek chorus music
  • Aria
  • Artist rights
  • Architectural styles & musical styles, parallels
  • Bach, J. S.
  • Bagpipes
  • Ballet, music of
  • Band music
  • Beatles, cultural impact
  • Bebop
  • Bernstein, Leonard
  • Bono, activism
  • Broadway musicals
  • Castrati
  • Chamber music
  • "Classical" Music - What makes it "Classical"?
  • Composers, female
  • Copyright
  • Counterpoint
  • Effect of music on advertising
  • Effect of music on dance
  • Effect of music on fashion
  • Effect of music on the brain
  • Electronic music
  • Film music
  • Folk music revival of 1960s
  • Fugues
  • Gamelan
  • Genres
  • Gershwin, George
  • Glass, Phillip
  • Gregorian chant
  • Hammerstein, Oscar
  • Harlem Renaissance
  • History - map of music through history
  • Hip hop
  • History of an instrument
  • How is music market to different age groups?
  • Indie music
  • Indigenous music
  • Illegal Downloading
  • Jazz, contemporary
  • Klezmer
  • Libretto
  • Live performances
  • Lucrative Careers for Musicians
  • Medieval secular music
  • Mendelssohn, F.
  • Most Influential Musician in an Era
  • Mozart, W. A.
  • Music: Art or Science?
  • Music Education - Required?
  • Music festivals
  • Music in the Christian Church
  • Musical notation, development of
  • Musical satire 
  • Musicology
  • Music Therapy
  • Music Vs. Poetry
  • MP3 vs. CD vs. Vinyl, will the older forms be completely done away with?
  • Nocturnes
  • Opera
  • Opera, Chinese
  • Opera comique
  • Opera buffa
  • Opera, grand
  • Opera seria
  • Operetta
  • Orchestra, development of
  • Orchestral repertoire
  • Organ music in the church
  • Ornamentation
  • Overture
  • Philosophy of Music
  • Piano, development of
  • Piano repertoire
  • Piracy Laws
  • Plagiarism in Music
  • Polyphony
  • Prima donna
  • Rap lyrics
  • Racism in music
  • Recitative
  • Ritornello
  • Rodgers, Richard Charles
  • Sampling
  • Saxophone in the symphony
  • Singspiel
  • Social Media and Celebrity influence on success in music industry
  • Streaming Services (Spotify, Youtube Music, Google Music)
  • Stokes, Brian
  • Tesori, Jeanine
  • Therapy and music
  • Third Stream music
  • Troubadours
  • Vereen, Ben
  • Video game music
  • Violin, development of
  • Violin repertoire
  • Virtual Concerts
  • Vocal repertoire
  • Vocal vibrato
  • Webber, Andrew Lloyd
  • Woldt, Ali
  • World music

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