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music theory, notation, history, or composition

But this doesn't appear to distinguish between on- and off-topic questions. So what are the criteria for fitness? I haven't found a straightforward exposition of them, e.g. on https://music.stackexchange.com/help/dont-ask.

I'm assuming some of the following questions as on-topic; none are closed as of 2017 Dec. 24.

Some music history questions apparently are judged off-topic (like my 3 on Xenakis); but others like the following (none mine) aren't.

4. Prokofiev's style,
5. Training and Influences of J. S. Bach,
6. https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/63091/why-was-brahmss-music-considered-too-academic?s=1|70.9273,
7. What's so off about the intro to Prokofiev's Dance of the Knights?,
8. Why did composers write atonally?
9. What is the history of considering Rock 'n' Roll to be "the Devil's music"?
10. Is Beethoven's title "Sonata quasi una Fantasia" an oxymoron, and does the title instruct how to perform it?

https://music.stackexchange.com/help/on-topic no more than states:

music theory, notation, history, or composition

But this doesn't distinguish between on- and off-topic questions. So what are the criteria? I haven't found a straightforward exposition, e.g. on https://music.stackexchange.com/help/dont-ask.

I'm assuming some of the following questions as on-topic; none are closed as of 2017 Dec. 24.

Some music history questions apparently are judged off-topic (like my 3 on Xenakis); but others like the following (none mine) aren't.

4. Prokofiev's style,
5. Training and Influences of J. S. Bach,
6. https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/63091/why-was-brahmss-music-considered-too-academic?s=1|70.9273,
7. What's so off about the intro to Prokofiev's Dance of the Knights?,
8. Why did composers write atonally?
9. What is the history of considering Rock 'n' Roll to be "the Devil's music"?
10. Is Beethoven's title "Sonata quasi una Fantasia" an oxymoron, and does the title instruct how to perform it?

https://music.stackexchange.com/help/on-topic no more than states:

music theory, notation, history, or composition

But this doesn't appear to distinguish between on- and off-topic questions. So what are the criteria for fitness? I haven't found a straightforward exposition of them, e.g. on https://music.stackexchange.com/help/dont-ask.

Some music history questions apparently are judged off-topic (like my 3 on Xenakis); but others are not, like the following (none of which is mine).

4. Prokofiev's style,
5. Training and Influences of J. S. Bach,
6. https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/63091/why-was-brahmss-music-considered-too-academic?s=1|70.9273,
7. What's so off about the intro to Prokofiev's Dance of the Knights?,
8. Why did composers write atonally?

https://music.stackexchange.com/help/on-topic no more than states:

music theory, notation, history, or composition

But this doesn't appear to distinguish between on- and off-topic questions. So what are the criteria for fitness? I haven't found a straightforward exposition of them, e.g. on https://music.stackexchange.com/help/dont-ask.

I'm assuming some of the following questions as on-topic; none are closed as of 2017 Dec. 24.

Some music history questions apparently are judged off-topic (like my 3 on Xenakis); but others like the following (none mine) aren't.

4. Prokofiev's style,
5. Training and Influences of J. S. Bach,
6. https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/63091/why-was-brahmss-music-considered-too-academic?s=1|70.9273,
7. What's so off about the intro to Prokofiev's Dance of the Knights?,
8. Why did composers write atonally?
9. What is the history of considering Rock 'n' Roll to be "the Devil's music"?
10. Is Beethoven's title "Sonata quasi una Fantasia" an oxymoron, and does the title instruct how to perform it?

https://music.stackexchange.com/help/on-topic no more than states:

music theory, notation, history, or composition

But this doesn't appear to distinguish between on- and off-topic questions. So what are the criteria for fitness? I haven't found a straightforward exposition of them, e.g. on https://music.stackexchange.com/help/dont-ask.

Some music history questions apparently are judged off-topic (like my 3 on Xenakis); but others are not, like the following (none of which is mine).

4. Prokofiev's style,
5. Training and Influences of J. S. Bach,
6. https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/63091/why-was-brahmss-music-considered-too-academic?s=1|70.9273,
7. What's so off about the intro to Prokofiev's Dance of the Knights?,
8. Does technicality detract from feeling?,
9. What might make for "ambient" or "atmospheric" classical music?
10. Why did composers write atonally?

https://music.stackexchange.com/help/on-topic no more than states:

music theory, notation, history, or composition

But this doesn't appear to distinguish between on- and off-topic questions. So what are the criteria for fitness? I haven't found a straightforward exposition of them, e.g. on https://music.stackexchange.com/help/dont-ask.

Some music history questions apparently are judged off-topic (like my 3 on Xenakis); but others are not, like the following (none of which is mine).

4. Prokofiev's style,
5. Training and Influences of J. S. Bach,
6. https://music.stackexchange.com/questions/63091/why-was-brahmss-music-considered-too-academic?s=1|70.9273,
7. What's so off about the intro to Prokofiev's Dance of the Knights?,
8. Why did composers write atonally?