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Program of Composition and Music Theory

KSD202

MUSIC HISTORY AND LITERATURE IV

Course Code
KSD202
Semester
-
Theory+Practice
2 + 0
ECTS
5
Course TypeElective Course
Course LevelBachelor's Degree
Year of Study-
Semester-
ECTS5
Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

  1. Recognize the important periods, movements, composers, and works in the history of Western music.
  2. Gain awareness of how music has developed and transformed within social and cultural contexts.
  3. Relate music works to the social and cultural elements of the period in which they were created.
Mode of DeliveryFace to face
PrerequisitesNo
Recommended Optional Programme ComponentsKSD201 - Music History and Literacy III
Course DescriptionImpressionist and Contemporary Periods: Historical and cultural context, composers, and styles. Examination and discussion of selected works.
Course Contents
WEEK TOPICS
1st Week Impressionism I: Claude Debussy, Prelude a l Apres midi d un Faune, L. 86
2nd Week Impressionism II: Maurice Ravel, String Quartet in F Major, II. Movement, M. 35; Maurice Ravel, Bolero, M. 81
3rd Week Les Six: Francis Poulenc, Banalites, FP 107 (Selected pieces); Dadaism: Erik Satie, Parade; Musique d ameublement
4th Week Nationalism: Bela Bartok, Concerto for Orchestra, IV. Movement, Sz. 116, BB 123; Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta, IV. Movement, Sz. 106, BB 114; Heitor Villa-Lobos, Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5, Aria, W. 389
5th Week Second Viennese School: Arnold Schoenberg, Verklarte Nacht, Op. 4; Anton Webern, Variations, Op. 27; Alban Berg, Wozzeck, Final Scene, Op. 7
6th Week 20th Century Modernism: Igor Stravinsky, Petrouchka (1911, rev. 1947); Symphony of Psalms, III. Movement (1930, rev. 1948); Einojuhani Rautavaara, Etudes / New Romanticism: Rautavaara, Piano Concerto No. 2 / 20th Century Mystical Music: Olivier Messiaen, Quartet for the End of Time; Rautavaara, Vigilia
7th Week America: Scott Joplin, Maple Leaf Rag; George Gershwin, Summertime (from Porgy and Bess); Aaron Copland, Billy the Kid; Leonard Bernstein, Prelude, Fugue and Riffs
8th Week Soviets: Sergei Prokofiev, Alexander Nevsky, Op. 78, IV. Movement; Dmitri Shostakovich, Symphony No. 5, II. Movement, Op. 47
9th Week New Simplicity and Minimalism: Alfred Schnittke, Concerto Grosso; Arvo Part, Seven Magnificat Antiphons; Kaija Saariaho, L amour de loin, Act IV, Scene 3; Philip Glass, Glassworks; Steve Reich, Music for 18 Musicians
10th Week Late 20th Century Experimental Music: Charles Ives, The Unanswered Question; Alfred Schnittke, Concerto Grosso
11th Week Krzysztof Penderecki, Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima; Gyorgy Ligeti, Etude No. 4, Fanfares
12th Week Electronic Music: Karlheinz Stockhausen, Gesang der Junglinge / Spectral Music: Tristan Murail, Desintegrations
13th Week Postmodernism and Polystylism: Luciano Berio, Sinfonia; Wasserklavier / John Adams, Nixon in China
14th Week Film Music and the Influence of Popular Culture: Bernard Herrmann, Psycho Suite; John Williams, Star Wars Suite
Recommended or Required Reading1- Grout, D. J., Palisca, C. V., & Burkholder, J. P. (2019). A history of Western music (10th ed.). W. W. Norton & Company.
2- Taruskin, R. (2010). The Oxford history of Western music. Oxford University Press.
3- Strunk, W. O. (1998). Source readings in music history. W. W. Norton & Company.
4- Hickok, R. (1975). Music appreciation. Addison-Wesley Publishing Company.
5- Seaton, D. (2016). Ideas and styles in the Western musical tradition (4th ed.). Oxford University Press.
6- Michels, U. (2008). dtv-Atlas Musik: Band 2 - Musikgeschichte vom Barock bis zur Gegenwart (7th ed.). Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag.
7- Sachs, C. (1962). Kurzgefasste Geschichte der Weltmusik. Heinrichshofen's Verlag. Türkçe ed.: Sachs, C. (1965). Kısa dünya musikisi tarihi (İ. Usmanbaş, Çev.). Milli Eğitim Bakanlığı.
8- Oransay, G. (1977). Musiki tarihi ve stil bilgisi. Yaygın Yükseköğretim Kurumu, Eğitim Enstitüleri Müzik Bölümü.
9- Yönetken, H. B. (1948). Diskotek kılavuzu. Milli Eğitim Basımevi.
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
  • Lecture
  • Discussion
  • Questions/Answers
  • Other
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Quantity Percentage (%)
Mid-term 1 40
Total(%) 40
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 40
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 60
Total(%) 100
ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload
Activities Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Midterm exam 1 2 2
Preparation for Quiz 8 1 8
Individual or group work 4 15 60
Preparation for Final exam 32 1 32
Course hours 2 15 30
Preparation for Midterm exam 16 1 16
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam 1 2 2
Homework
Total Work Load150
Total Work Load / 30 (h)5
ECTS Credit of the Course5
Language of InstructionTurkish
Work Placement(s)No

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