GEAR 206 | Course Introduction and Application Information - Department of Cinema and Digital Media

Course Name

Eras and Composers in Music

Code	Semester	Theory (hour/week)	Application/Lab (hour/week)	Local Credits	ECTS
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	Discussion Q&A Lecture / Presentation
National Occupation Classification	-
Course Coordinator	Dr.Öğretim Üyesi Ünsal Doğan BAŞKIR
Course Lecturer(s)	Doç. Zeynep Simge ACUNAZ EYTEMİZ
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; describe general history of classical music. compare the differences between eras of the classical music. describe the development of the instruments and orchestras. discuss the classical music composers’ lives’ reflections on their works. classify eras of the classical music and composition styles.
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.
Related Sustainable Development Goals

Course Category	Core Courses
	Major Area Courses
	Supportive Courses
	Media and Management Skills Courses
	Transferable Skill Courses

Week	Subjects	Related Preparation
1	Orientation and introduction to the course Baroque Era	Sadie, Stanley Grove Music Dictionary, Apel W.,Harvard Dictionary of Music, E.L. Voynich, Chopin’s Letters, Samson J., Music of Chopin
2	Classical Period: J. Haydn, W.A. Mozart, L. v. Beethoven	Sadie, Stanley 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	Romantic Period: F. Schubert, F. Mendelssohn, H. Berlioz	Sadie, Stanley Grove Music Dictionary, Apel W.,Harvard Dictionary of Music, E.L. Voynich, Chopin’s Letters, Samson J., Music of Chopin
4	Romantic Period: N. Paganini, F. Liszt, F. Chopin, R. Wagner	Sadie, Stanley Grove Music Dictionary, Apel W.,Harvard Dictionary of Music, E.L. Voynich, Chopin’s Letters, Samson J., Music of Chopin
5	Quiz Romantic Period: R. Schumann, C. Schumann, J. Brahms	Sadie, Stanley Grove Music Dictionary, Apel W.,Harvard Dictionary of Music, E.L. Voynich, Chopin’s Letters, Samson J., Music of Chopin
6	Romantic Period: Tchaikovsky, Ballets of Tchaikovsky	Sadie, Stanley Grove Music Dictionary,Kalbeck Max Johannes Brahms; Frisch W., Brahms and His World Ed., Bottstein L, The Compleat Brahms
7	Midterm Review	Sadie, Stanley 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
8	Midterm
9	Nationalist Composers: M. Glinka, B. Smetana, A. Dvorak, E. Grieg	Sadie, Stanley Grove Music Dictionary, Apel W.,Harvard Dictionary of Music, Smetana, Dvorak, Grieg works recordings
10	Russian Romantic Composers	Sadie, Stanley Grove Music Dictionary, Apel W.,Harvard Dictionary of Music, Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff, Borodin, Rimsky-Korsakov,Schostakovitch
11	Romantic Period Opera Composers	Sadie, Stanley Grove Music Dictionary, Apel W.,Harvard Dictionary of Music, Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff, Borodin, Rimsky-Korsakov, Schostakovitch
12	Impressionism	Sadie, Stanley Grove Music Dictionary, Debussy, Ravel Recordings
13	Turkish Composers	İLYASOĞLU Evin;71 Türk Bestecisi / 71 Turkish Composers
14	Humor and Music	Personal Archive&Records
15	Final Review	Sadie, Stanley Grove Music Dictionary, Apel W.,Harvard Dictionary of Music, Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff, Borodin, Rimsky-Korsakov, Schostakovitch
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

Semester Activities	Number	Weigthing
Participation	1	15
Laboratory / Application
Field Work
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
Portfolio
Homework / Assignments	1	20
Presentation / Jury
Project
Seminar / Workshop
Oral Exams
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
Theoretical Course Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours)	16	3	48
Laboratory / Application Hours (Including exam week: '.16.' x total hours)	16		0
Study Hours Out of Class	16	3	48
Field Work			0
Quizzes / Studio Critiques			0
Portfolio			0
Homework / Assignments	1	16	16
Presentation / Jury			0
Project			0
Seminar / Workshop			0
Oral Exam			0
Midterms	1	3	3
Final Exam	1	4	4
		Total	119

#	Program Competencies/Outcomes	* Contribution Level
#	Program Competencies/Outcomes	1	2	3	4	5
1	To be able to have fundamental knowledge about narrative forms in cinema, digital and interactive media, and the foundational concepts relevant to these forms.	-	-	-	-	-
2	To be able to create narratives based on creative and critical thinking skills, by using the forms and tools of expression specific to cinema and digital media arts.	-	-	-	-	-
3	To be able to use the technical equipment and software required for becoming a specialist/expert in cinema and digital media.	-	-	-	-	-
4	To be able to perform skills such as scriptwriting, production planning, use of the camera, sound recording, lighting and editing, at the basic level necessary for pre-production, production and post-production phases of an audio-visual work; and to perform at least one of them at an advanced level.	-	-	-	-	-
5	To be able to discuss how meaning is made in cinema and digital media; how economy, politics and culture affect regimes of representation; and how processes of production, consumption, distribution and meaning-making shape narratives.	-	-	-	-	-
6	To be able to perform the special technical and aesthetic skills at the basic level necessary to create digital media narratives in the fields of interactive film, video installation, experimental cinema and virtual reality.	-	-	-	-	-
7	To be able to critically analyze a film or digital media artwork from technical, intellectual and artistic perspectives.	-	-	-	-	-
8	To be able to participate in the production of a film or digital media artwork as a member or leader of a team, following the principles of work safety and norms of ethical behavior.	-	-	-	-	-
9	To be able to stay informed about global scientific, social, economic, cultural, political, institutional and industrial developments.	-	-	-	-	-
10	To be able to develop solutions to legal, scientific and professional problems surrounding the field of cinema and digital media.	-	-	-	-	-
11	To be able to use a foreign language to communicate with colleagues and collect data in the field of cinema and digital media. ("European Language Portfolio Global Scale", Level B1).	-	-	-	-	-
12	To be able to use a second foreign language at the medium level.	-	-	-	-	-
13	To be able to connect the knowledge accumulated throughout human history to the field of expertise.	-	-	-	-	-