COURSE UNIT TITLE

: HISTORY OF POPULAR MUSIC: FROM THE BEGINNING TO THE 1960S

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MZK 1007 HISTORY OF POPULAR MUSIC: FROM THE BEGINNING TO THE 1960S COMPULSORY 3 0 0 3

Offered By

Department of Musicology

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR AYKUT BARIŞ ÇEREZCIOĞLU

Offered to

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Course Objective

The aim of this course is to acquaint the students historical information about cultural, stylistic and technical features of Popular Music genres and subgenres.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Describe to cultural, stylistic and technical features of Popular Music genres and subgenres which appear from to 1900 s-1960 s in America and UK,
2   Defind to musical features of Popular Music genres and subgenres which appear from to 1900 s-1960 s and recognize transactions between them,
3   Describe to stylistic reflections of Popular Music genres and subgenres which appear from to 1900 s-1960 s to present genres,
4   Defind to variable musical concepts in Popular Music practises,
5   Execute a research using with related literature.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction: concept of popular music and pioners in popular music.
2 Age of Tin-Pan Alley and Blues (history, musical features, styles and subgenres).
3 Country (history, musical features, styles and subgenres).
4 Gospel and Boogie-woogie (history, musical features, styles and subgenres).
5 Jazz (Ragtime, Boogies) and big bands.
6 Gospel (history, musical features, styles and subgenres) and concept of 'Song Family'
7 Popular music ambient in 1940's and overwiev of America in 1950's (genres of Rockabilly and Hillbilly).
8 American protest folk songs.
9 Rock'n Roll in America and UK (1950's).
10 "Beats" and influences on popular culture, Counter Culture and Hippies.
11 Introduction to 1960's. Hard Rock bands and Pschedelic Rock in UK.
12 Midterm Exam
13 Pyschedelic Rock and Progresif Rock
14 Kraut Rock

Recomended or Required Reading

Text Book(s)/Required Readings:
Popüler Müzik Tarihi I text book.
Additional Sources:
Hatch, David, Millward, Stephen (1993), Blues dan Rock a Pop Müziğin Analitik Tarihi, (Çev: Eyüp S. Iblağ), Istanbul: Korsan Yayınları.
Wicke, Peter (2006). Mozart tan Madonna ya Popüler Müziğin Bir Kültür Tarihi, (çev: Serpil Dalaman), Istanbul: Yapıkredi Yayınları.
Lull, James (2000). Popüer Müzik ve Iletişim, (çev: Turgut Iblağ), Istanbul, Çiviyazıları.
McGregor (2000). Pop Kültür Oluyor, (çev: Gürol Özferendeci), Istanbul, Çiviyazıları.
Oakley, Giles (2004). Blues Tarihi Şeytanın Müziği, (çev: Aydemir Özügül), Istanbul, Ayrıntı yayınları.
Complementary Materials:
Audio materials and documantaries about popular music genres.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Instructor tells the historical and musical information about popular music genres and represents to audio samples about them.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ATT ATTENDANCE
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + ATT * 0.10 + FIN * 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + ATT * 0.10 + RST * 0.50


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods


Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. Students must be attend the lessons seventy percent.
2. Every kind of attend of copy to be puneshed.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 1 13
Preparation for final exam 1 8 8
Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 67

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15PO.16PO.17PO.18
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LO.255
LO.355
LO.455
LO.5555

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