Topics for Research

Composer Aaron Copeland Carl Maria von Weber Carl Orff Christopher Willibald von Gluck Edward (Duke) Ellington Franz Josef Hayden Instrumentalist Yitzhak Perlman Arturo Sandoval Jimi Hendrix Vocalist Mario Lanza Benjamino Gigli Ezio Pinza Vocal Group The Four Freshman The Ink Spots The Beach Boys Instrumental Group Leaders The Modern Jazz Quartet - John Lewis The New York Philharmonic Leonard Bernstein The Boston Symphony Orchestra - James Levine The Canadian Brass Quintet Eugene Watts and Chuck Daellenbach The Count Basie Band - Bill Basie The Lawrence Welk Band and Orchestra Lawrence Welk Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra Winton Marsalis The Orchestra of St. Martin in the Fields - Neville Mariner The NBC Symphony Orchestra - Arturo Toscanini Fleetwood Mac - Mac Fleetwood The Mamas and the Papas John Phillips Chicago - Walter Parazaider The Band - Robbie Robertson Miscellaneou s Opera Symphony Chamber Music Richard Wagner's Ring Cycle Steinway & Sons Antonio Stradivari Sonata Fugue E. Power Biggs Madrigal Motet Fritz Wunderlich Bayreuth Festspielhaus
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Eric Clapton Pepe Romero Les Paul

Maria Callas Buddy Holly Peggy Lee

The Beatles The Swingle Singers Peter, Paul and Mary Manhattan Transfer Lambert, Hendrix and Ross The King Singers The Vienna Boys Choir The Choir of the Sistine Chapel The Robert Shaw Chorale The New Christie Minstrels

Franz Waxman George Frideric Handel George Gershwin Giacomo Puccini Giuseppe Verdi Henry Purcell Johann Sebastian Bach

Art Tatum James Galway JJ Johnson Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis Marshall Royal Al Gray Chester Schmitz

Cleo Lane Enrico Caruso Aretha Franklin Joe Williams Barry Manilow Frank Sinatra Barbara Streisand

Topics for Research

Instrumental Group Leaders The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra - Tommy Dorsey The Glenn Miller Band - Glenn Miller The Bob Crosby Orchestra Bob Crosby Cream - Jack Bruce The Artie Shaw Band - Artie Shaw Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers - Art Blakey The President's Own - John Phillip Sousa Miscellaneou s Carnegie Hall Teatro alla Scala Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts The Juilliard School Curtis Institute of Music Ferde Grof Antonio Vivaldi

Composer Kurt Weill Ludwig von Beethoven Nicolo Paganini Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky Richard Wagner Vincenzo Bellini Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Instrumentalist Yo Yo Ma Katia and Marielle Lvesque Django Reinhardt Pinchas Zukerman Oscar Peterson Dave Brubeck Miles Davis

Vocalist Nat King Cole Luciano Pavarotti Paul McCartney Bette Midler Andea Bocelli Merle Haggard Roger Miller

Vocal Group Sha Na Na Mills Brothers

Fleetwood Mac The Temptations The Platters The Maguire Sisters The Kingston Trio

NB: The goal of this project is to learn and strengthen your knowledge of the process of performing research and writing a paper based on that research. The above subjects are the only ones for which a paper will be accepted.

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