Information Package / Course Catalogue
Contemporary Music I
Course Code: KMZ369
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

Make the students understand the concept of contemporary music, creating the cause and the result relations of musical change in 20th century and how 20th century art movements effected music

Course Content

The development of music in 20th century and the evolutions of music will be investigated. By doing so, today’s art music can be perceived right.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Ins. Umut GÜNGÖR
Learning Outcomes
1.Ability to understand the composing skills of the contemporary composers
2.Ability to understand how the contemporary art movements effect and caused the change in music
3.Ability to understand and apply the effects of contemporary art movements’ on the principles of performance
4.Recognizing of the composers of the comtemporary era
5.The understanding of how the instruments improved during the comtemporary era
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Kütahyalı, Önder. Çağdaş Müzik Tarihi. Varol Matbaası, 1981.
2.Ergüven, Mehmet. Ses ve Ötesi. Sanat Dünyamız Sayı 79. YKY, 2009
3.Tanyol, Tuğrul. Non-existent sounds / disappearing sounds. Sanat Dünyamız Sayı 79. YKY, 2009
4.Korucu, Semih. Soundscape, literate scape. Sanat Dünyamız Sayı 79. YKY, 2009
5.Gould, Glenn. Future music under the effect of electronic. Sanat Dünyamız Sayı 79. YKY, 2009
6.Doumet, Christian. Modernity pays attention on music. Sanat Dünyamız Sayı 79. YKY, 2009
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Definition and content
Week 1 - Preparation Work
Students are expected to attend each class as the previous week's subjects pereated and learned.
Week 2 - Theoretical
General view of 20th century
Week 2 - Preparation Work
Students are expected to attend each class as the previous week's subjects pereated and learned.
Week 3 - Theoretical
Contemporary music in Debussy’s term
Week 3 - Preparation Work
Students are expected to attend each class as the previous week's subjects pereated and learned.
Week 4 - Theoretical
Last romantics and Verismo
Week 4 - Preparation Work
Students are expected to attend each class as the previous week's subjects pereated and learned.
Week 5 - Theoretical
Impressionism
Week 5 - Preparation Work
Students are expected to attend each class as the previous week's subjects pereated and learned.
Week 6 - Theoretical
Expressionism
Week 6 - Preparation Work
Students are expected to attend each class as the previous week's subjects pereated and learned.
Week 7 - Theoretical
Effects of folk music
Week 7 - Preparation Work
Students are expected to attend each class as the previous week's subjects pereated and learned.
Week 8 - Theoretical
Jazz and its effects
Week 8 - Preparation Work
Students are expected to attend each class as the previous week's subjects pereated and learned.
Week 9 - Theoretical
Bitonality, Polytonality
Week 9 - Preparation Work
Students are expected to attend each class as the previous week's subjects pereated and learned.
Week 10 - Theoretical
Bitonality, Polytonality
Week 10 - Preparation Work
Students are expected to attend each class as the previous week's subjects pereated and learned.
Week 11 - Theoretical
Neoclassicism
Week 11 - Preparation Work
Students are expected to attend each class as the previous week's subjects pereated and learned.
Week 12 - Theoretical
12 tune management
Week 12 - Preparation Work
Students are expected to attend each class as the previous week's subjects pereated and learned.
Week 13 - Theoretical
Microtonal music
Week 13 - Preparation Work
Students are expected to attend each class as the previous week's subjects pereated and learned.
Week 14 - Theoretical
Functional music
Week 14 - Preparation Work
Students are expected to attend each class as the previous week's subjects pereated 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
PÇ-4
PÇ-5
PÇ-6
PÇ-7
OÇ-1
5
5
5
4
5
5
3
OÇ-2
5
5
5
4
5
5
3
OÇ-3
5
5
5
4
5
5
3
OÇ-4
5
5
5
4
5
5
3
OÇ-5
5
5
5
4
5
5
3
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