Information Package

Master's of Performance without Thesis

MSC520

COMPOSERS IN XIXTH CENTURY OTTOMAN MUSIC

Course Code
MSC520
Semester
-
Theory+Practice
2 + 0
ECTS
4
Course TypeElective Course
Course LevelMaster's Degree Without Thesis
Year of Study-
Semester-
ECTS4
Name of Lecturer(s) -
Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

  1. learn about the developments in 19th century Ottoman music and the leading composers of the period.
Mode of DeliveryFace to face
PrerequisitesNo
Recommended Optional Programme ComponentsNone
Course DescriptionThe developments in 19th century Ottoman music and the leading composers of the period.
Course Contents
WEEK TOPICS
1st Week Basic Framework: 19th Century Ottoman culture and music.
2nd Week Composers, musicianship and performers (singers and instrumentists) in Ottoman music: 'efendi's, 'ağa's, 'bey's, 'paşa's, 'hacı's and 'dede's.
3rd Week Education and transmission in Ottoman music: "meşk" tradition.
4th Week Enderun, mehterhane and tekkes as traditional education institutions in Ottoman music.
5th Week Westernization in 19th Century: expansion of the practice of, notation of and education of the Western music together with Muzıkayı Humayun.
6th Week The most important composer of 19th Century: İsmail Dede Efendi.
7th Week An Eample of traditional meşk chain: Dellalzade İsmail Efendi ve Arif (Keçi) Mehmed Ağa.
8th Week Midterm.
9th Week An official composer: Kazasker Mustafa İzzet Efendi.
10th Week Greta composers of "şarkı" (song): Hacı Arif Bey and Şevki Bey.
11th Week Pioneer composer-theoretician for the comparison makam with tonality: Haşim Bey.
12th Week A composer profile from Ottoman multicultural music: Nikoğos Ağa.
13th Week One of the leading instrumental music composer: Tanburi Büyük Osman Bey.
14th Week A composer between Enderun and Muzıkayı Humayun: Rif'at Bey
Recommended or Required Reading1. Cem Behar, Musikiden Müziğe, YKY, İstanbul, 2005; 2. Okan Murat Öztürk, "Osmanlı Musikisinde Modernleşme ve Başkalaşım", Uluslararası Osmanlı/Türk Musikisi Sempozyumu, Nilüfer, 2006; 3. Yılmaz Öztuna, Türk Musikisi, Türkpetrol Vakfı Yay., 1987; 4. Sadun Aksüt, Türk Musikisinin 100 Bestekarı, İnkılap Kitabevi,İstanbul, 1993; 5. Emre Aracı, Donizetti Paşa, YKY, İstanbul, 2006.
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
  • Lecture
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Quantity Percentage (%)
Mid-term 1 40
Other 1 10
Total(%) 50
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 50
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 50
Total(%) 100
ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload
Activities Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Midterm exam 1 2 2
Preparation for Quiz
Individual or group work 14 4 56
Preparation for Final exam 1 18 18
Course hours 14 2 28
Preparation for Midterm exam 1 13 13
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam 1 2 2
Homework
Meeting with advisor 1 1 1
Total Work Load120
Total Work Load / 30 (h)4
ECTS Credit of the Course4
Language of InstructionTurkish
Work Placement(s)No
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