This is one example : Should capital punishment be allowed? (something like that)
Tip of the iceberg, but should get you started: Are you for or against capital punishment? And if you are against, does the existence of Maksim change your views? If so, why?
how about how the form of the fugue has been adapted into/with other forms instead of always standing alone. didn't chopin write one? i could imagine that his is not 'just' a fugue.
Tip of the iceberg, but should get you started: Is “good” music a completely subjective qualification (a piece is good if I lke it, a piece is amazingly good if everyone likes it), or are there objective criteria that tells us when a piece is good – even if we my not like it?
Is superior music always the result of “inspiration”, or is hard labour more important (or equally important?). Can superb piece of music be produced by purely hard labour – withi no inspiration at all? And what is inspiration anyway?
Can music elicit emotions in a direct way (maybe through its vibrations causing anyone to always respond in the same way), or is it simply a result of cultural conditioning (e.g. a minor chord is intrinsically sad, or is it perceived as sad simply because we are used – in our culture – to listen to music that is supposed to be sad always in minor keys)
Where does music exist? (Consider a CD: is the music in there? Or is it in the CD player? Or in both? Or think of an orchestra. Is the music in the score? On the instruments? On the players minds? Where does music go when it is not played?).
If all sentient beings are exterminated, but a CD player is left on, will music still exist even if there is no one to hear it?
What is the purpose of music?
Is music dead? Have we now did all possible permutations of pitches and rhythms, so that any “new music” is just a repeat of something someone did before, and the only reason we perceive it as new is because we co not remember (or do not know) all that has already been done?
Is classical music more or less popular now than in the past?
What are the differences between music played on CDs and live performances (from both the point of view of the public and the performer). Is public performance going to eventually disappear?
Does music really need to be performed for other people, or is it enough and perfectly satisfying to play just for oneself?
Should anyone be allowed to criticise music, or only people who can play the work should be allowed to criticise a performance of the same work.
Lang Lang or Yundi li?
What is the most difficult piano piece ever written, and what objective criterion should one use to decide this question?
Are you for or against capital punishment? And if you are against, does the existence of Maksim change your views? If so, why?