We have provided the selection of example music dissertation topics below to help and inspire you. If you need help with the topic and titles for your own dissertation then our writers are avilable to help. Click on the button below for more information about our topics with titles service: the colliery bands of the yorkshire and durham coalfields remain long after the collieries themselves have closed. Further, the ageing population base of many bands such as that of norham england's most northerly brass band has prompted calls, within the fraternity, for young bands to be given greater scope to perform within the major national competitions. Moreover, there have been appeals for the development of youth bands with funding and experience being provided from longer standing musicians. Using both qualitative and quantitative analysis, this dissertation seeks not only to evaluate the difficulties associated with age from the point of view of the longer term survival of the bands but also asks how such bands can reinvent themselves musically so that their performances appeal more to the mainstream wants of today's younger generation. 'the durham miners' gala and the spirit of community', community development journal, vol.

'emotion, functionality and the everyday experience of music: where does music education fit?', music education research, vol. more porn than pop the declining position of music within popular music. though seemingly oxymoronic, this dissertation draws attention to the interplay between music and image within the present charts. In so doing it suggests that the marketing and portraying of artistes through pop videos has resulted in skills of dance, eroticism and visual beauty being valued more highly than the music itself. In discussing this opinion, the dissertation looks at the music and visual portrayal of four distinct groups and artistes since the 1970s: rihanna, queen, britney spears, and sam and the womp.

Finally, it determines whether visual style is destined to become ever more important that musical substance. 'can music progress? reflections on the history of popular music', muzikologija, vol. Violence and sex in music videos: tv and rock'n'roll', journal of communication, vol. gilbert and sullivan: a lost repertoire for the amateur dramatic enthusiast? using the copyright licence records of weinberger as an analytical starting point, this study firstly maps the declining fortunes of gilbert and sullivan light operettas from the 1970s to 20 and further comments upon the shows that have replaced them. Thereafter, using quantitative analysis through semi structured interviews, this dissertation seeks to establish reasons for the decline in their popularity. This is done through interviewing the directors, players and audiences who attended the performances of three amateur dramatic groups over the last five years in the greater nottingham area focusing particularly on the amateur dramatic clubs associated with beeston, arnold, and gedling.

'empirical evidence of a decline in repertory diversity among american opera companies 1991/92 to 1997/98', journal of cultural economics, vol. the classic brit awards formerly the classical brit awards: a betrayal of classical music. this dissertation compares the artists favoured by the classic brit awards with those who are frequently played on both classic fm and radio three in the uk. Through so doing it seeks to further the hypothesis that the classic brit awards, and other such events, present little more than a popularised version of classical music. In so doing it suggests that such events betray the talent and skills of more traditional performers, as well as new performers and composers, and belittle the genre. Accordingly, it compares and contrasts the operatic careers of classic brit awards 'greats' such as katherine jenkins and russell watson with dame kiri te kanawa and luciano pavarotti. 'paying the piper: a study of musicians and the music business', international journal of nonprofit and voluntary sector marketing, vol.

'at last: the classic brit awards exposed as a sickening crime against classical music', the daily telegraph, 8th october, 2012. 'killing time: contemporary representations of opera in british culture', cambridge opera journal, vol. eroticism and wagner: a rejoinder. this thesis explores the hypothesis that a full understanding of wagner's music can only be accomplished through an acknowledgment of the use of erotic discourse and the importance of sexuality within his work. The erotic experience of music should therefore be viewed as one of his greatest legacies. Drawing on work such as that by hanns fuchs who suggested that wagner was a homosexual in spirit if not in body , this study not only analyses the work of wagner but also contextualises his work to his personal relationships. In so doing it gives particular mention of the influence that schopenhauer had upon him.

The tragic and the ecstatic: the musical revolution of wagner's tristan and isolde. 'homosexuality and the manly absolute: hanns fuchs on richard wagner', the opera quarterly, vol. public space, sociability and the role of musicians and street performers in the city. having undertaken ethnographic observations in newcastle under lyme and stoke on trent, this dissertation analyses the nature of relationships that emerge between performer and listener/observer through street performances in urban spaces. Street bands and flash mob dancing has helped to transfer urban spaces into theatre places, in which ordinary members of the public may become engaged through observing or participating in such rituals.