Musical Democracy: Exploring the Power of Music in Building an Inclusive and Harmonious Society

Concert, dissonance, harmony, and, by analogy, chorus, orchestra, symphony-philosophers often employ musical metaphors to describe political processes. National anthems, military marches, and protest songs-music also marks many political events. However, music is seldom included in the repertoire of political communication. Puzzled by this omission, I began to explore various relationships between music and politics. What associations between them are suggested by these musical metaphors? W...