COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ANALYSIS OF SYMPHONY II

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MAS 5266 ANALYSIS OF SYMPHONY II ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Music

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ONUR NURCAN

Offered to

Music

Course Objective

To comprehend, theoretically and aurally, formal and tonal structures of symphonies composed in 18th (Classical era) and 19th (Romantic era) centuries.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Explain multi-movement works written in the genre of symphony according to their formal aspects.
2   Define tonal shifts occurring within movements theoretically and aurally.
3   Designate composition techniques employed in symphonies.
4   Recognize the musical era that a particular symphonic work belongs to.
5   Compare Classical Era symphonies with Romantic Era symphonies.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Beethoven Symphony No. 7 - 1st movement
2 Beethoven Symphony No. 7 - 2nd and 3rd movements
3 Beethoven Symphony No. 7 - 4th movement
4 Schumann Symphony No. 4 - 1st movement
5 Schumann Symphony No. 4 - 2nd and 3rd movements
6 Schumann Symphony No. 4 - 4th Movement
7 Comparison of Classical and Romantic Era Symphonies
8 Mendelssohn Symphony No. 4 Italian - 1st movement
9 Mendelssohn Symphony No. 4 Italian - 2nd and 3rd movements
10 Mendelssohn Symphony No. 4 Italian 4th movement
11 Brahms Symphony No. 4 - 1st movement
12 Brahms Symphony No. 4 - 2nd and 3rd movements
13 Brahms Symphony No. 4 - 4th movement
14 Review of Romantic Era Symphonies
15 FINAL

Recomended or Required Reading

Hanning, Barbara R., Concise History of Western Music, W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., New York, 1998
Gren, D.M., Form in Tonal Music, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc. New York, 1979
Rosen, Charles, Sonata Forms, W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., New York, 1988
Materials:
Scores and audio recordings of related works.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Instruction, self-study, theoretical analysis, aural 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


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

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

Turkish

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)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparation before/after weekly lectures 14 4 56
Preparation for Final Exam 1 4 4
Preparing Individual Assignments 14 2 28
Final 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 133

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.12541
LO.21351
LO.33541
LO.42451
LO.52531

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