COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ANALYSIS IN WESTERN MUSIC

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MZK 5019 ANALYSIS IN WESTERN MUSIC ELECTIVE 2 0 0 4

Offered By

Music Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR PEYRUZE RANA ÇETINKAYA

Offered to

Music Teacher Education

Course Objective

To develop knowledge of musical forms and to analyze the harmonic and formal structures of monophonic and polyphonic musical works.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   1. To define the concept of form in music and explain its historical development and significance in musical analysis.
2   2. To identify and analyze musical components such as motif, figure, phrase, period, and texture in both monophonic and polyphonic works.
3   3. To perform harmonic analysis alongside formal analysis and evaluate the relationship between harmony and form in the studied pieces.
4   4. To explain and analyze the structural characteristics of fundamental musical forms such as song form, rondo, and sonata.
5   5. To effectively use appropriate methods of representation (e.g., diagrams, charts, graphs) during the process of formal analysis.
6   6. To analyze the formal and harmonic structures of musical works from different historical periods and stylistic contexts.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Definition, importance, and necessity of form in music.
2 Concepts of motif, figure, and texture.
3 Development and transformation within motif structure: studies on selected pieces.
4 Development and transformation within motif structure; analysis of selected pieces and musical writing exercises related to the studied topics.
5 The concepts of phrase and period in music through harmonic analysis.
6 Lied forms; listening to selected works and performing formal and harmonic analysis.
7 Lied forms; listening to selected works and performing formal and harmonic analysis.
8 General review, Course evaluation, Midterm
9 Rondo form; listening to selected works.
10 Formal and harmonic analysis studies.
11 Sonata forms.
12 Sonata forms; listening to selected works and conducting form and harmonic analysis.
13 Formal and harmonic analysis studies.
14 Formal and harmonic analysis studies.
15 Final exam.

Recomended or Required Reading

Andre Hodeir. Müzikte Türler ve Biçimler Çeviren, Ilhan Usmanbaş
Uzay Bora. Müzikte Form Yapıtaşları ve Bölmeli Formlar
Fuad Koray. Müzik Formları
Ilhan Usmanbaş (1974). Müzikte Biçimler.
Wallace Berry (1966). Form in Music, New Jersey Prentice Hall, Inc.
Leon Stein (1979). The Study and Analysis of Musical Forms. U.S.A: SummyBirchard Inc.
Janet Salsbury (1986) A Concise Analysis of Beethoven s 32 Pianoforte Sonatas. A. Weeke & Co., Ltd. London.
Charles Rosen (1988). Sonata Forms. WW Norton & Company Incorporated.
William Earl Caplin (2013). Analyzing Classical From: An Approach for the Classroom
Mesruh Savaş (2018). Batı Müziğinde Form ve Analiz.
Nurhan Cangal (2018). Müzik Formları

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Presentation, Analysis of musical pieces, repertoire analysis

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 VZ Midterm
2 FN Semester final exam
3 BNS BNS Student examVZ * 0.40 + Student examFN * 0.60
4 BUT Make-up note
5 BBN End of make-up grade Student examVZ * 0.40 + Student examBUT * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

mid-term and final exam success, attendance to the courses

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

attendance to the courses is essential

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

peyruze.simsek@deu.edu.tr
esin.canakay@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours


One hour of English every weekday during office hours.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Tutorials 13 2 26
Lectures 13 2 26
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for midterm exam 1 13 13
Preparation for final exam 1 13 13
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 108

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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