Information Package / Course Catalogue
History of Music I
Course Code: KMZ163
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 0
Credit: 2
Lab: 0
ECTS: 4
Objectives of the Course

Making the students to understand the art music correctly by the definition, concept and the characteristics; creating consciousness about the principles to perform this music by the comprehension of the evolution periods from a historical perspective, arguing the social characteristics of the creations in the privacy of the composers.

Course Content

Studying on the creation and the development of the Western Art Music in a chronological step way by detailing through the region, composer, musical form and make the students more conscious about the music they study.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Ins. Umut GÜNGÖR
Learning Outcomes
1.Understand the difference between the art music and the others,
2.Evolution of the Western art music in the historical perspective,
3.Novelties that comes to music generally by classical period and the characteristics of classical music,
4.Characteristics of romantic music,
5.Characteristics of instrumentation and the vocal usage in both eras,
6.Principles of the performance of music in both eras,
7.Appropriateness of the principles of performance to the individual instrument and vocal techniques
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Kutluk, Fırat. Historical Evolution of Music. Çiviyazıları, 1997.
2.Mimaroğlu, İlhan. History of Music. Varlık Yayınları, 1995.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Definition of music, the factors that make up music
Week 1 - Preparation Work
Students are expected to attend each lesson as the previous week’s subjects repeated and learned.
Week 2 - Theoretical
Art music Definition, concept and characteristics
Week 2 - Preparation Work
Students are expected to attend each lesson as the previous week’s subjects repeated and learned.
Week 3 - Theoretical
Christianity, Church Organization and Music
Week 3 - Preparation Work
Students are expected to attend each lesson as the previous week’s subjects repeated and learned.
Week 4 - Theoretical
Plain Song, Early Polyphony 9-12th Century, Notre Dame School
Week 4 - Preparation Work
Students are expected to attend each lesson as the previous week’s subjects repeated and learned.
Week 5 - Theoretical
Cantus Firmus, Organum
Week 5 - Preparation Work
Students are expected to attend each lesson as the previous week’s subjects repeated and learned.
Week 6 - Theoretical
Sequence, Liturgical Drama
Week 6 - Preparation Work
Students are expected to attend each lesson as the previous week’s subjects repeated and learned.
Week 7 - Theoretical
Scholastic Philosophy
Week 7 - Preparation Work
Students are expected to attend each lesson as the previous week’s subjects repeated and learned.
Week 8 - Theoretical
Secular Music, the Starting Points of the Secular Pillar of Western Classical Music
Week 8 - Preparation Work
Students are expected to attend each lesson as the previous week’s subjects repeated and learned.
Week 9 - Theoretical
Troubadours, Instruments, Adam de la Halle
Week 9 - Preparation Work
Students are expected to attend each lesson as the previous week’s subjects repeated and learned.
Week 10 - Theoretical
Ars Antiqua 1150 - 1300, Multi-chorality
Week 10 - Preparation Work
Students are expected to attend each lesson as the previous week’s subjects repeated and learned.
Week 11 - Theoretical
13-14th Century. Ars Nova, Isorhythmic Motet, Musica Fecta
Week 11 - Preparation Work
Students are expected to attend each lesson as the previous week’s subjects repeated and learned.
Week 12 - Theoretical
Academy, Craft and Art, Grocheo, Vicentino
Week 12 - Preparation Work
Students are expected to attend each lesson as the previous week’s subjects repeated and learned.
Week 13 - Theoretical
Renaissance: Definition, origin and concept
Week 13 - Preparation Work
Students are expected to attend each lesson as the previous week’s subjects repeated and learned.
Week 14 - Theoretical
Aesthetics
Week 14 - Preparation Work
Students are expected to attend each lesson as the previous week’s subjects repeated and learned.
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory144284
Midterm Examination1426
Final Examination1426
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)96
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PÇ-1
PÇ-2
PÇ-3
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PÇ-5
PÇ-6
PÇ-7
OÇ-1
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
OÇ-2
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
OÇ-3
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
OÇ-4
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
OÇ-5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
OÇ-6
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
OÇ-7
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
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