| Course Name | Eras and Composers in Music |
| Code | Semester | Theory (hour/week) | Application/Lab (hour/week) | Local Credits | ECTS |
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| GEAR 206 | Fall/Spring | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| Prerequisites | None | |||||
| Course Language | English | |||||
| Course Type | Service Course | |||||
| Course Level | First Cycle | |||||
| Mode of Delivery | - | |||||
| Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course | DiscussionQ&ALecture / Presentation | |||||
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| Assistant(s) | - | |||||
| Course Objectives | The objective of this course is to research the examples of composers’ works and eras. The course will provide general information about instruments and composition styles of the classical music. |
| Learning Outcomes | The students who succeeded in this course;
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| Course Description | In this course, basic information about the history of classical music will be given with examples of periods, composers and works. Students will learn the differences between periods in music through composers, their works and historical events, and will have information about the historical development of the orchestra. They will be encouraged to attend classical music concerts and have information about the contemporary classical music world, while learning about the stories of the composition of major works and the importance of composers in the period. |
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| Week | Subjects | Required Materials |
| 1 | Orientation and introduction to the course | Sadie, S.,”Grove Music Dictionary”, Apel W.,”Harvard Dictionary of Music” |
| 2 | General information about Eras in Music, The Most Well-Known Compositions and Composers | Sadie, S.,”Grove Music Dictionary”, Apel W.,”Harvard Dictionary of Music”, Rosenblum, Sandra “Performance Practices in Classic Piano Music” Todd. L. “Mendelssohn”, Brian Newbould, “Schubert: The Music and The Man” |
| 3 | Baroque Era: The Most Well-Known Composers and Compositions Life Stories of A. Vivaldi, G.F. Handel, J.S. Bach | Sadie, S.,”Grove Music Dictionary”, Apel W.,”Harvard Dictionary of Music”, personel archive and recordings,”Film: Mein name ist Bach”, “Vivaldi Four Seasons Concerto recordings” |
| 4 | Classical Era: J. Haydn, W.A. Mozart, L. v. Beethoven | Sadie, S.,”Grove Music Dictionary”, Apel W.,”Harvard Dictionary of Music”, Rosenblum, Sandra “Performance Practices in Classic Piano Music” Todd. L. “Mendelssohn”, Brian Newbould, Schubert: “The Music and The Man” |
| 5 | Romantic Era: F. Schubert, F. Mendelssohn, H. Berlioz | Sadie, S.,”Grove Music Dictionary”, Apel W.,”Harvard Dictionary of Music”, Rosenblum, Sandra” Performance Practices in Classic Piano Music” Todd. L. “Mendelssohn”, Brian Newbould, “Schubert: The Music and The Man” |
| 6 | Romantic Era: N. Paganini, F. Liszt, F. Chopin, R. Wagner | Sadie, S.,”Grove Music Dictionary”, Apel W.,”Harvard Dictionary of Music”, E.L. Voynich,” Chopin’s Letters”, Samson J.,” Music of Chopin” |
| 7 | Romantic Era: R. Schumann, C. Schumann, J. Brahms | Sadie, S.,”Grove Music Dictionary”, Apel W.,”Harvard Dictionary of Music”, Wilhelm Joseph von Wasielewski “The Life of Schumann” |
| 8 | Romantic Era: Russian Five, P. I. Tchaikovsky, S. Rachmaninov | Sadie, S.,”Grove Music Dictionary”, Apel W.,”Harvard Dictionary of Music”, Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff, Borodin, Rimsky-Korsakov,Schostakovitch Recordings |
| 9 | Midterm | |
| 10 | Romantic Era- Nationalist Composers: B. Smetana, A. Dvorak, E. Grieg | Sadie, S.,”Grove Music Dictionary”, Apel W.,”Harvard Dictionary of Music”, Smetana, Dvorak, Grieg Recordings |
| 11 | Romantic Era Opera Composers and The Most-Well-Known Operas | Sadie, S.,”Grove Music Dictionary”, Apel W.,”Harvard Dictionary of Music”, Madame Butterfly, Il Pagliacci, Turandot recordings |
| 12 | Post-Romantic Era: G. Mahler, R. Strauss Impressionism: C. Debussy, E. Satie Neoclassicism: I.Stravinsky | Sadie, S.,”Grove Music Dictionary”, Debussy, Ravel recordings, Mahler Symphony recordings, Debussy recordings, Stravinsky ballets, Film: ‘Coco Chanel and Igor Stravinsky’ |
| 13 | Modern Era: A. Schönberg,M. Ravel, B. Bartok, J. Cage, | Sadie, S.,”Grove Music Dictionary”, Apel W.,”Harvard Dictionary of Music”, Bela Bartok documentaries, J. Cage recordings |
| 14 | Contemporary Turkish Music Composers | İLYASOĞLU Evin; “71 Turkish Composers” |
| 15 | Semester Review | |
| 16 | Final Exam |
| Course Notes/Textbooks | Dorling KINDERSLEY, The Complete Classical Music Guide. DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley), 2012. - ISBN: 9781409383161 |
| Suggested Readings/Materials | Stanley SADIE, Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. Oxford University Press, 2001. - ISBN: 9780195170672 Willi APEL, Harvard Music Dictionary. Harvard University Press, 1969. - ISBN: 9780674375017 Ed. W. FRISCH, Brahms and His World Princeton University Press. 1990. - ISBN: 9781400833627 Jan SWAFFORD, Johannes Brahms: A Biography. Random House USA Inc., 2003. - ISBN: 9780679422617 E.L. VOYNICH, Chopin’s Letters. Dover Publications, 1988. - ISBN: 9780486255644 Jim SAMSON, Music of Chopin. Clarendon Press, 1994. - ISBN: 9780198164029 Brian NEWBOULD, Schubert: The Music and The Man. University of California Press, 1999. - ISBN: 9780520219571 Wilhelm Joseph von WASIELEWSKI, The Life of Schumann. Blumenfeld Press,2011. - ISBN: 9781446057056 Evin İLYASOGLU, 71 Turkish Composers. Pan, 2007. - ISBN: 9789944396257
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| Semester Activities | Number | Weighting |
| Participation | 1 | 15 |
| Laboratory / Application | ||
| Field Work | ||
| Quizzes / Studio Critiques | ||
| Portfolio | ||
| Homework / Assignments | 1 | 20 |
| Presentation / Jury | ||
| Project | ||
| Seminar / Workshop | ||
| Oral Exam | ||
| Midterm | 1 | 25 |
| Final Exam | 1 | 40 |
| Total |
| Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 3 | 60 |
| Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 1 | 40 |
| Total |
| Semester Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | 3 | 48 |
| Laboratory / Application Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | ||
| Study Hours Out of Class | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Field Work | |||
| Quizzes / Studio Critiques | |||
| Portfolio | |||
| Homework / Assignments | 1 | 10 | |
| Presentation / Jury | |||
| Project | |||
| Seminar / Workshop | |||
| Oral Exam | |||
| Midterms | 1 | 10 | |
| Final Exams | 1 | 10 | |
| Total | 120 |
| # | Program Competencies/Outcomes | * Contribution Level | ||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 1 | To be able master and use fundamental phenomenological and applied physical laws and applications, | |||||
| 2 | To be able to identify the problems, analyze them and produce solutions based on scientific method, | |||||
| 3 | To be able to collect necessary knowledge, able to model and self-improve in almost any area where physics is applicable and able to criticize and reestablish his/her developed models and solutions, | |||||
| 4 | To be able to communicate his/her theoretical and technical knowledge both in detail to the experts and in a simple and understandable manner to the non-experts comfortably, | |||||
| 5 | To be familiar with software used in area of physics extensively and able to actively use at least one of the advanced level programs in European Computer Usage License, | |||||
| 6 | To be able to develop and apply projects in accordance with sensitivities of society and behave according to societies, scientific and ethical values in every stage of the project that he/she is part in, | |||||
| 7 | To be able to evaluate every all stages effectively bestowed with universal knowledge and consciousness and has the necessary consciousness in the subject of quality governance, | |||||
| 8 | To be able to master abstract ideas, to be able to connect with concreate events and carry out solutions, devising experiments and collecting data, to be able to analyze and comment the results, | |||||
| 9 | To be able to refresh his/her gained knowledge and capabilities lifelong, have the consciousness to learn in his/her whole life, | |||||
| 10 | To be able to conduct a study both solo and in a group, to be effective actively in every all stages of independent study, join in decision making stage, able to plan and conduct using time effectively. | |||||
| 11 | To be able to collect data in the areas of Physics and communicate with colleagues in a foreign language ("European Language Portfolio Global Scale", Level B1). | |||||
| 12 | To be able to speak a second foreign at a medium level of fluency efficiently | |||||
| 13 | To be able to relate the knowledge accumulated throughout the human history to their field of expertise. | |||||
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