MUSIC HISTORY AND LITERATURE I

KSD101

Course Code: KSD101
Semester: -
Theory+Practice: 2 + 0
ECTS: 5

Course Type

Elective Course

Course Level

Bachelor's Degree

Year of Study

Semester

ECTS

Name of Lecturer(s)

Professor Osman Türev Berki

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

Recognize the important periods, movements, composers, and works in the history of Western music.
Gain awareness of how music has developed and transformed within social and cultural contexts.
Relate music works to the social and cultural elements of the period in which they were created

Mode of Delivery

Face to face

Prerequisites

Recommended Optional Programme Components

None.

Course Description

Ancient Greece, Middle Ages, Renaissance and Baroque periods: historical and cultural context, composers and styles. Examination and discussion on selected works.

Course Contents

WEEK	TOPICS
1^st Week	Course Introduction: The general structure and periods of music history / Fundamental principles of music (1) / Monophonic texture / The historical origins of music
2^nd Week	Fundamental principles of music (2) / Music culture in Ancient Greece and examples; Ancient Greek dramas / Early Christian hymns / Byzantine Chant
3^rd Week	Fundamental principles of music (3) / The Middle Ages and the development of Gregorian chant, liturgical roles of music / Gregorian chant; Religious music-drama
4^th Week	Fundamental principles of music (4) / The Middle Ages: Organum and motet, religious and secular works. Ars antiqua: Perotin Viderunt omnes, organum quadruplum / Ars nova: Guillaume de Machaut, Messe de Nostre Dame [Kyrie and Gloria]; Douce dame jolie (virelai) / Philippe de Vitry, Cum Statua; Italian Trecento: Francesco Landini, Cosi pensoso (caccia) / Ars subtilior: Phillippus de Caserta, En remirant vo douce pourtraitoure (ballade)
5^th Week	Fundamental principles of music (5) / Renaissance Period I: Renaissance and humanism in music; Josquin des Prez, Ave Maria (motet); Josquin des Prez, Mille regretz (chanson); Thomas Tallis, If Ye Love Me (anthem)
6^th Week	Fundamental principles of music (6) / Renaissance Period II: Madrigals and secular music: Claudio Monteverdi, Cruda Amarilli (madrigal); Carlo Gesualdo, Moro, lasso, al mio duolo (Madrigali Libro VI); John Dowland, Flow my tears (air/lute song); Renaissance keyboard music: William Byrd, The Fitzwilliam Virginal Book (1. The Carmans Whistle; 2. Pavana The Earle of Salisbury)
7^th Week	Renaissance Period III: The evolution of the motet and Mass, sacred roles of music: Palestrina, Missa Papae Marcelli (Credo and Agnus Dei sections); Tomas Luis de Victoria, O Magnum Mysterium (Kyrie section) / Midterm
8^th Week	Baroque Period I: Contrapuntal polyphony, monody, and opera / Claudio Monteverdi, L?Orfeo (selected sections); Giulio Caccini, Amarilli mia bella and Vedro il mio sol, solo madrigal
9^th Week	Baroque Period II: Orchestral developments, concerto [solo and grosso] and sonata [sonata da chiesa and sonata da camera] / Arcangelo Corelli, Trio Sonata, Op. 3, No. 2 in D Major; Antonio Vivaldi, The Four Seasons, Spring; J.S. Bach, Brandenburg Concerto No. 1
10^th Week	Baroque Period III: Vocal music and operatic styles: George Frideric Handel, Hallelujah Chorus [Messiah Oratorio]; Henry Purcell, Dido?s Lament [Dido and Aeneas opera]
11^th Week	Baroque Period IV: The evolution of sacred music, oratorio: J.S. Bach, Matthaeus-Passion [No. 36-40]; J.S. Bach, Ich habe genug, BWV 82; G.F. Handel, Saul [Second Act, No. 66-68] / Cantata: J.S. Bach, Coffee Cantata, BWV 211 / Sacred anthem: G.F. Handel, Zadok the Priest
12^th Week	Baroque Period V: Keyboard music (1); Keyboard sonata: Domenico Scarlatti, Sonata in E Major, K. 215 / Organ work: J.S. Bach, Passacaglia and Fugue in C Minor, BWV 582 / Harpsichord suite: Francois Couperin, Vingt-cinquieme ordre
13^th Week	Baroque Period VI: Orchestral suite: J.S. Bach, Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067 / Opera: Jean-Philippe Rameau, Les Indes galantes (Act IV, dance scene: Danse des Sauvages; aria: Hymne des Sauvages)
14^th Week	General review.

Recommended or Required Reading

1- 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
Project
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 Load			150
Total Work Load / 30 (h)			5
ECTS Credit of the Course			5

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

Programme Qualifications / Learning Outcomes

	LO1	LO2	LO3
K1
K2
K3
K4	X
K5
K6
K7
K8
K9
K10
K11
K12
K13
K14
K15	X
K16