Index of Topics

Black History Month Topics:
Blues

• Blues
• Caribbean Styles
• Chicago Blues
• Delta Blues
• Blues: The Revival and Beyond
• Ladies Sing the Blues

R and B Music

Classical Music (General)

• Black Classical Music: 18th Century
• Black Classical Music: 19th Century
• Black Classical Music: Harlem Renaissance

Music of Africa
Music of Haiti
Juneteenth
Recording Labels and the Musical Entrepreneur

Civil Rights Movement

• Favorite Music of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
• Music of the Civil Rights Movement
• Unofficial Anthems of the Civil Rights Movement
• Civil Rights Movement in Song
• Musicians of the Civil Rights Movement
• Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing: The "Black National Anthem"

Fisk Jubilee Singers

• Introduction
• Origins of a TraditionTouring in Ohio
• Climbing the Hills of Zion
• America Robinson 
• New England Trip
• First Trip to London 
• The Legacy 

Hispanic Heritage

• Styles of Hispanic Music
• Hispanic Heritage Month (Sept. 15 - Oct. 15)

The Year in Music

• January 1: New Year (Auld Lang Syne)
• January 15: Martin Luther King, Jr. (born January 15)
• January 27:  International Holocaust Remembrance Day
• February:  Black History Month
• February: Chinese New Year
• February: Mardi Gras
• February 2:  Groundhog Day
• February 14: Valentine Day
• February 14:  The Love Song in History
• March: Disability Awareness Month
• March: Women's History Month
• March 17: St. Patrick's Day
• March 24: World Tuberculosis Day
• April:  April in Song
• April:  Jazz Appreciation Month
• April:  Music for Earth Day
• April 1: April Fool's Day
• May: Jewish American Heritage Month
• Jewish American Composers for Stage and Film
• Jews in Jazz
• May 5: Cinco de Mayo
• June: Gay & Lesbian Pride
• June 14: Flag Day
• June 19: Juneteenth
• June 23: Summer Solstice
• July 4: Independence Day
• September: Banned Books Week: Banned Music, Too!
• September 11: 9/11 Remembrance
• September 15 - October 15:  Hispanic Heritage Month
• October:  Ball State Homecoming
• October: Italian Heritage Month (Columbus Day)
• October 20: National Day on Writing
• October 31: Halloween
• December: Hanukkah
• December 21: Winter Solstice
• December 25: Christmas
• December 31:  New Year's Eve (Auld Lang Syne)

Jazz

• Jazz in the Movies
• Jazz Pianists
• Jazz Guitarists
• Jazz Clarinetists & Saxophone Players
• Jazz Trumpeters
• Jazz Drummers & Percussionists
• Jazz Vocalists (Singers)
• Horace Silver (1928-2014)
• Jazz Appreciation Month
• Jews in Jazz
• Miles Davis
Recent Jazz Acquisitions
• April 18, 2016
• Jazz Fusion of the 1970s & 1980s
• Women in Jazz

Miscellaneous

• 2013 Grammy Winners in the Music Collection
• 2015 Grammy Nominees (Classical)
• Disability Awareness Month (March)
• Gustav Mahler
• K-Pop
• The Love Song in History
• Music for a Stormy Day
• Music of Little House on the Prairie
• Music of Mourning
• Music of the Civil War
• Music of the U.S. Military
• Music to Cheer You Up!
• Musicals about Musicals
• Operatic Tenors
• The Organ: King of Instruments
• Poetry Month (April)
• Shakespeare and Music
• Song Books with Audio Accompaniment
• Songs for Racing Fans (Indy 500 Weekend)
• That Old Song and Dance: The Hollywood Musical
• Ukulele Renaissance
• Wedding Music

Rock and Popular Music

• 1967 in Music
• American Idol
• Blues: The Revival and Beyond
• Bob Dylan
• The British Invasion
• Famous Guitars That Had Close Calls with Fire
• Famous Moments in Rock History
• The Guitar and Its Masters
• K-Pop
• Lilith Fair
• Pete Seeger
• Poetic Singer-Songwriters
• The Music Collection's Top 200 CDs
• Outlaw Country and Merle Haggard
• R.I.P. Prince
• The Rock Ballad in the 1970s
• Rockin' With the Hammond Organ
• Songs for Racing Fans (Indy 500 Weekend)
• Tommy Emmanuel
• Women in Rock

Women's History

• Women of Country Music
• Women's History Month
• Researching Women in Music
• Lilith Fair
• Women in Rock
• Women in Jazz
• The Sopranos (Classical singers)
• Hildegard of Bingen
• VH-1's Diva's Live