Information Package / Course Catalogue
History of Classic Music
Course Code: MÖ261
Course Type: Required
Couse Group: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 0
Credit: 2
Lab: 0
ECTS: 2
Objectives of the Course

The course aims to inform about music from the beginning up to the present in Turkey and in the world, its historical development, periods, trends and music history by listening to some samples from the world and Turkish music.

Course Content

Music culture and the place of music history in education, basic concepts of music history, antiquity civilizations, Middle Ages, Gotic Age, Renaissance, and Baroc periods and their musical specialties and selected works

Name of Lecturer(s)
Lec. Vasfi ÇİLİNGİR
Learning Outcomes
1.To be able to identify the place of art and music in human and society life
2.To be able to distinguish types and forms in music.
3.To be able to analyze music consciously.
4.Have theoretical knowledge about different periods.
5. Recognize different period music.
Recommended or Required Reading
1. Dawson,David.ve Acay,Sefai.(1997).Müzik Öğretimi.Ankara:YÖK Basımevi
2.Gültekin,Oransay.(1978).Müzik Tarihi.Ankara:Yaygın Yükseköğretim Kurumu.
3. İlyasoğlu,Evin.(2001).Zaman İçinde Müzik.İstanbul:Yapı Kredi Yayınları.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Introduction to Music History( Egypt, Sumer and china civilizations)
Week 2 - Theoretical
Music in Indian, Ibranian and Greek civilizations.
Week 3 - Theoretical
Tibetion, Cava, Korean and Japanese music.
Week 4 - Theoretical
Middle Ages Music.
Week 5 - Practice
Middle Ages Music.
Week 6 - Theoretical
Last Gothic period.
Week 7 - Theoretical
Music of Renaissance period composers, sample pieces
Week 8 - Theoretical
Music of Renaissance period composers, sample pieces (Midterm exam)
Week 9 - Theoretical
The born of Opera Art.
Week 10 - Theoretical
The artistic basis of Baroc music.
Week 11 - Theoretical
Music of Calssical Period.
Week 12 - Theoretical
Music of Romantic period.
Week 13 - Theoretical
National schools period
Week 14 - Theoretical
Contemporary Period in Western Music
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory2228
Individual Work4118
Midterm Examination115217
Final Examination115217
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)50
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PÇ-1
PÇ-2
PÇ-3
PÇ-4
PÇ-5
PÇ-6
PÇ-7
PÇ-8
PÇ-9
PÇ-10
OÇ-1
4
3
5
OÇ-2
4
4
3
5
OÇ-3
4
3
3
OÇ-4
3
4
3
OÇ-5
5
4
5
4
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026