The purpose of this essay is to research about the relationship between music and history, and how music can shape history in different ways. From this research, connections and conclusions can be made about music’s influence. All research for this topic are acquired from online websites. It has been concluded that from macro scales such as politics, religion, culture, and economy, music’s lasting impact is evident. However, music also subtly impacts the world in micro scales like indoctrinating and harmonizing societies. From this we can see how pragmatic yet also subconscious music’s influence in history is.

Chenyu Zhou. A Study of Music’s Influence on the Course of History-Micro and Macro Scale. Frontiers in Art Research (2024) Vol. 6, Issue 7: 76-81. https://doi.org/10.25236/FAR.2024.060713.

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