BAHÇEŞEHİR UNIVERSITY BİLGİ PAKETİ / DERS KATALOĞU
| FILM AND TELEVISION | |||||
| Bachelor | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 6 | ||
Course Introduction and Application Information
| Course Code | Course Name | Semester | Theoretical | Practical | Credit | ECTS |
| GEP0133 | 20th Century Music | Spring | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| This catalog is for information purposes. Course status is determined by the relevant department at the beginning of semester. |
Basic information
| Language of instruction: | English |
| Type of course: | GE-Elective |
| Course Level: | Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle) |
| Mode of Delivery: | Face to face |
| Course Coordinator : | Dr. BURCU ALARSLAN ULUDAŞ |
| Course Lecturer(s): |
Instructor CELAL ELDENİZ |
| Recommended Optional Program Components: | none |
| Course Objectives: | To provide a general knowledge of Modern and Contemporary music produced in Europe, Russia, USA and Turkey as of the beginning of the 20th century till today, including brief explanations on the interaction between Contemporary Music and other more popular genres such as Blues, Jazz, Rock’n’Roll, Electronic Music etc. |
Learning Outcomes
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The students who have succeeded in this course; The students who have succeeded in this course are able to; 1) talk about the main composers of the 20th and 21st centuries and related thought currents. 2) recognize the works and sound imagery of these composers and discern their works upon hearing them 3) distinguish different periods by their sound imagery 4) explain the key paradigms of aesthetic philosophy as of 1900's till today 5) know the paradigms and how they influenced specific composers and thus the genesis of different music currents 6) understand and explain the development of western art music in Turkey, recognize main Turkish composers such as the Turkish Five on hearing their works. 7) use the adequate terminology to describe contemporary music |
Course Content
| Modernism, Nationalism, Minimalism, Post-Minimalism, Neo-Romanticisim, The Great War, WWII, Vietnam War, Atonality, 12-tone Music, Serialism. "Entartete Musik", Post-Modernism, Jazz, Rock, Metal Music. |
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
| Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
| 1) | Introduction. Music and Culture. | |
| 2) | The Concept of Music according to Linguistics, Physics, Sociology and Aesthetics. | Reading: “Why We Sing” from Music Instinct by P. Ball |
| 3) | Historical Background : Music in East & Music in Antiquity Medieval Age, Renaissance, Baroque Music, Classical and Romantic Periods of Music History | Reading: Hand-Out by Celâl Eldeniz |
| 4) | Historical Background : Music in East & Music in Antiquity Medieval Age, Renaissance, Baroque Music, Classical and Romantic Periods of Music History | Reading: Hand-Out by Celâl Eldeniz |
| 5) | Historical Background : Music in East & Music in Antiquity Medieval Age, Renaissance, Baroque Music, Classical and Romantic Periods of Music History | Reading: Hand-Out by Celâl Eldeniz |
| 6) | PART II-PRE-WAR PERIOD Basic Music Theory-Physics of Sound Basic Music Theory-Musical Terms | Readings: 1. Listener’s Guide (via E-mail) 2. Notes on Music Theory by Celâl Eldeniz |
| 7) | Introduction to Modern and Contemporary Periods of Music History Pre-War Period I Movements, Techniques, Composers: Post-Wagnerian: Mahler, Strauss Spanish Nationalism: Albeniz, De Falla, Granados South America: Villa-Lobos Italy: Puccini Other Parts of Europe: Janacek, Sibelius | Readings: 1. Hand-Out by Celâl Eldeniz Pre-War Period II: Impressionism, French Avant-Gardes, Les Decadents, Les Six. Movements, Techniques, Composers: France: (Romanticism) Saint-Saëns, Fauré, (Impressionism) Debussy, Ravel, (neoclassicism) Satie, Les Six (Milhaud, Poulenc and others) Readings: Hand-Out by Celâl Eldeniz |
| 8) | Pre-War Period III: A Reaction to Avant-Garde: Tonal- Atonal, Second Viennese School, Twelve-Tone System | Movements, Techniques, Composers: Second Viennese School/Expressionism: Schönberg, Berg, and Webern Neo-Classicism USSR: Rachmaninov, Scriabin, (neo-classicism) Stravinski, Prokofiev, (neoromanticism) Shostakovich |
| 9) | PART III-THE PERIOD BETWEEN THE WARS Between the Wars in America: Jazz Music & Visual Arts: Musical Theatre. Movements, Techniques, Composers: Jazz Influenced Music: Gershwin, Bernstein Midterm Exam (13.11.2019, (After covering topics in first half of the class )13.20 - 14.20, H 101) Submission of Midterm Projects | Videos (Not a must, Optional): 1. Documentary : Blues America 2. Some of the Jazz Documentaries on-line 3. The Music that Made the Movies (3 Parts) |
| 10) | Around WWII: Neue Sachlichkeit, Gebrauchsmusik, Entartete Musik, Electronische Musik. British and American Contemporary Classical Music | Movements, Techniques, Composers: British Music: (Socialism) Holst, Williams, (neo-romanticism) Britten Electronic Music: Varèse Microtonal Music: Charles Ives Utility Music: Hindemith, Weill, Copland |
| 11) | AFTER-WAR PERIOD Serialism, Musical Primitivism, Futurism, Neo-Romanticism, Eclecticism | Movements, Techniques, Composers: Serialism & Total Serialism: Stockhausen, Boulez, Berio, Krenek Folklorism/Musical Primitivism: Bartok Futurism: Russolo Neo-Romanticism: Barber Polystilism/Eclecticism: Schnittke, Cowell, Messiaen |
| 12) | Indeterminism, Texturalism, Computer Music, Minimalism | Movements, Techniques, Composers: Aleatoric Music/Indeterminism: John Cage, Xenakis Texturalism: Ligeti Computer Music: Max Mathews Minimalism: Philip Glass, Steve Reich, John Adams |
| 13) | New Simplicity, New Complexity, Musical Historicism, Rock Influenced Music, Rock Music and Pop Music | New Simplicity: Reimann New Complexity: Osborne Musical Historicism: Benjamin Bagby Rock Influenced Music: Scott Johnson, John Zorn |
| 14) | Putting it all together. Revision and General Discussion. | Screening : Documentary: The Sound and The Fury: A Century of Modern Music |
| 15) | MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY MUSIC IN TURKEY | Modern and Contemporary Music in Turkey Make a Research. TBA Final Exam (Exam Date and place TBA) Submission of Self-Evaluation Papers Resources |
Sources
| Course Notes / Textbooks: | Class Notes and Hand-Outs • Notes on Music Theory by Celâl Eldeniz • Hand-outs on Music History by Celâl Eldeniz Course Text Book: • Copland, New Music (in the copy center) |
| References: | Secondary Resources: • Nicholas Cook, The Cambridge History of Twentieth-Century Music • Nicholas Cook, Music: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford University Press (Çeviri: “Müziğin ABC’si”) • Peter Wicke, From Mozart to Madonna: A Cultural History of Pop Music • Burkholder, Grout, Palisca, A History of Western Music, 8th Edition • Burkholder, Palisca, Norton Anthology of Western Music, 5th Edition • Weiss, Taruskin, Music in the Western World: A History in Documents • Alex Ross, The Rest is Noise: Music in the 20th Century • Frisch, Music in the 20th and 21st Centuries • Ashby, The Future of Modernist Music |
Evaluation System
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Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
| No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Low | 3 Average | 4 High | 5 Highest |
| Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution | |
| 1) | Being familiar to the main concepts and methods of the social sciences and the fine arts devoted to understanding the world and the society | 4 |
| 2) | Having comprehensive knowledge regarding different media and branches of art | 3 |
| 3) | Knowing the historical background of audio-visual moving images in the world and in Turkey and keeping pace with the new developments in the area | 1 |
| 4) | Having a good command of the language and the aesthetics of audio-visual moving images in the world and in Turkey | 1 |
| 5) | Being able to create a narrative that could be used in a fiction or a non-fiction audio-visual moving image product | 2 |
| 6) | Being able to write a script ready to be shot | 2 |
| 7) | Having the skills to produce the photoboard of a script in hand and to shoot the film using the camera, the lights and other necessary equipment | |
| 8) | Being able to transfer the footage of a film to the digital medium, to edit and do other post-production operations | |
| 9) | Being able to create a documentary audio visual moving image from the preliminary sketch stage to shooting, editing and post-production stages | |
| 10) | Being able to produce an audio visual moving image for television and audio products for radio from preliminary stages through shooting and editing to the post-production stage | |
| 11) | Being culturally and theoretically equipped to make sense of an audio-visual moving image, to approach it critically with regard to its language and narration and being able to express his/her approach in black and white | 3 |
| 12) | Having ethical values and a sense of social responsibility | 5 |