COURSE UNIT TITLE

: MUSIC ANALYSIS II

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MAS 6180 MUSIC ANALYSIS II ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Music Proficiency in Art

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ONUR NURCAN

Offered to

Music Proficiency in Art
Opera Proficiency in Art

Course Objective

To comprehend advanced techniques of harmonic, contrapuntal and formal analysis through theoretical knowledge and historical process.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Demonstrate main concepts of harmony, counterpoint and music forms
2   Explain music forms, chordal structures and polyphonic (contrapuntal) techniques according to their principal aspects
3   - Recognize formal and textural designs used in Baroque, Classical, Romantic periods and in the 20th century
4   - Analyse the place and importance of the smallest formal and chordal unit within the whole design
5   Assess similarities and dissimilarities of various music forms.
6   - Interpret the effects of formal and chordal components on the overall design of works

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Romantic period Schubert
2 Romantic period Mendelssohn
3 Romantic period Schumann
4 Romantic period Chopin
5 Romantic period Liszt
6 Romantic period Wagner
7 Romantic period Brahms
8 20th century Rachmaninoff
9 20th century Reger
10 20th century Debussy
11 20th century Ravel
12 20th century Shostakovich
13 20th century Stravinsky
14 20th century Schoenberg
15 final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Benjamin, Thomas; Horvit, Michael; Nelson, Robert; Techniques and Materials of Tonal Music, Wadsworth Publishing Company, Belmont CA, 1992
Kennan, Kent, Tonal Counterpoint, Prentice-Hall, Inc., New Jersey, 1999
Clough & Conley, Basic Harmonic Progressions, W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., New York, 1984
Korsakov, N. R., Kuramsal ve Uygulamalı Armoni, Çev. Ataman, A. M., Levent Müzik Evi, Izmir, 1996
Percichetti, Vincent; Twentieth-Century Harmony: Creative Aspects and Practice, W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., New York, 1961
Gren, D.M.; Form in Tonal Music, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc. New York, 1979
Bora, Uzay; Müzikte Form, Prizma Matbaacılık Ltd. Şti., Izmir, 2004
Usmanbaş, Ilhan; Müzikte Biçimler, Devlet Konservatuvarı Yayınları, Milli Eğitim Basımevi, Istanbul, 1974
Lecture notes
Examples from music literature

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Instruction, self-study, analysis, discussion, homework assignments.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 ASG ASSIGNMENT
2 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) ASG * 0.70 + FCG * 0.30
4 RST RESIT
5 RST RESIT ASG * 0.70 + RST * 0.30


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

EXAMS: A Final exam will be held at the end of the semester and a student will earn 30% of his/her grade through this exam.

HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS: A student will earn 70% of his/her grade via homework assignments given throughout the semester.

Assessment Criteria

Written exam (Final) and homework assignments aim at evaluating whether or not a student has achieved theoretical and applied proficiency as described in Learning Outcomes.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

onur.nurcan@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Theoretical 14 3 42
Pre Class Self Study 14 4 56
Final Preparation 1 4 4
Paper Preparation 14 4 56
Final Exam 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 160

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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