CONNECTION BETWEEN MUSIC AND POLITICS: AN OVERVIEW

Emmanuel Emelike

Abstract


Music plays prominent roles in all the social institutions of which politics is one of them and
music and politics complement each other in many aspects. This work examines the
corrective, commendatory, informative, recommendatory, didactic and medicinal roles
music plays in politics; in other words, the paper highlights the undeniable relationship and
romance that exists between music and politics. This work also will highlight some types of
music and their political roles and influence.


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