Department of Sociology

GEAR 203 | Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Name

Masterpieces in Music History

Code	Semester	Theory (hour/week)	Application/Lab (hour/week)	Local Credits	ECTS
GEAR 203	Fall/Spring	3	0	3	4

Prerequisites	None
Course Language	English
Course Type	Service Course
Course Level	First Cycle
Mode of Delivery	-
Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course	Discussion Q&A Lecture / Presentation
National Occupation Classification	-
Course Coordinator	Doç. Zeynep Simge ACUNAZ EYTEMİZ
Course Lecturer(s)	Doç. Zeynep Simge ACUNAZ EYTEMİZ
Assistant(s)	-

Course Objectives	The aim of this course is to learn the masterworks of music and to identify the essential differences between them and any ordinary work.
Learning Outcomes	The students who succeeded in this course; will be able to explain the difference between a masterwork and an ordinary work. will be able to compare the differences between the periods to which masterpieces belong. will be able to classify masterworks in music history. will be able to compare different characteristics of different masterworks. will be able to explain the development of instruments and orchestra.
Course Description	In this course, masterworks of classical music history and basic information on those works will be presented. While students learn about these masterpieces, they will also learn about the composers of the works and have general information about the period in which the works were composed. They will also learn about the historical development of the orchestra.
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Course Category	Core Courses
	Major Area Courses
	Supportive Courses
	Media and Management Skills Courses
	Transferable Skill Courses

WEEKLY SUBJECTS AND RELATED PREPARATION STUDIES

Week	Subjects	Related Preparation
1	Orientation and introduction to the course	Sadie, S.,”Grove Music Dictionary”, Apel W.,”Harvard Dictionary of Music”
2	J. Haydn- Surprise Symphony, Farewell Symphony General information about the structure of the orchestra and instruments L.v. Beethoven- Moonlight Sonata, 5th Symphony, 9th Symphony, Piano Concertos	Sadie, S.,”Grove Music Dictionary”, Apel W.,Harvard Dictionary of Music, Rosenblum, Sandra Performance Practices in Classic Piano Music Todd. Beethoven Recordings and films
3	A short life story of the W.A. Mozart W.A. Mozart- Symphony No. 40, The Magic Flute, The Abduction from the Seraglio, Requiem	The Enjoyment of Music/ K. Forney, A. Dell’Antonio Sadie, S.,”Grove Music Dictionary”, Apel W.,Harvard Dictionary of Music, Rosenblum, Sandra Performance Amadeus Movie
4	Brief Information About Baroque Instruments and the Baroque Period G.F. Handel- Sarabande, Water Music, The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba Vivaldi- The Four Seasons	Sadie, S.,”Grove Music Dictionary”, Apel W.,”Harvard Dictionary of Music”, Rosenblum, Sandra “Performance Practices in Classic Piano Music” Todd. Müziği Yaratanlar- Barok Dönem- Aydın Büke/ İpek Mine Altınel (İngilizce Çeviri notları ile)
5	J.S. Bach- Goldberg Variations, The Art of Fugue, Coffee Cantata, Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565 Scarlatti- Harpsichord Sonatas Albinoni- Adagio	Sadie, S.,”Grove Music Dictionary”, Apel W.,Harvard Dictionary of Music, personel archive and recordings,Film: ‘Mein name ist Bach’, Müziği Yaratanlar- Barok Dönem- Aydın Büke/ İpek Mine Altınel (İngilizce Çeviri notları ile)
6	Schubert- Ave Maria, Erlkönig, Symphony No. 8, Trout Quintet Grieg- Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46, Peer Gynt Suite No. 2, Op. 55 Mendelssohn - Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64	Sadie, S.,”Grove Music Dictionary”, Apel W.,Harvard Dictionary of Music, Rosenblum, Sandra Performance Practices in Classic Piano Music Todd. L. Mendelssohn, Brian Newbould, Schubert: The Music and The Man Grieg recordings
7	Mendelssohn- A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Hebrides Overture, Scottish Symphony, Italian Symphony Orff- Carmina Burana Tchaikovsky- Pathetique Symphony, Symphonies No.4, No.5, Violin Concerto, Piano Concerto No.1, Swan Lake, The Nutcracker, 1812 Overture Saint Saens- Danse Macabre, The Carnival of the Animals	Sadie, S.,”Grove Music Dictionary”, Apel W.,Harvard Dictionary of Music,Mendelssohn, Orff, Tchaikovsky recordings, Tchaikovsky Ballets Videos, Saint-Saens Recordings
8	Midterm Week
9	Quiz
10	Chopin- Nocturne Op.9 No.2, Nocturne in C- Sharp Minor, Piano Sonata No.2, 24 Preludes, Polonaise- Fantasie, Revolutionary Etude Paganini- 24 Caprices, Concerto No.1, Violin Sonata No.6, La Campanella, Moses Fantasy Schumann- Dichterliebe, Kinderszenen, Carnaval, Davidsbüntlertanze, Fantasiestücke, Symphony No.4, Papillons	Sadie, S.,”Grove Music Dictionary”, Apel W.,Harvard Dictionary of Music, E.L. Voynich, Chopin’s Letters, Samson J., Music of Chopin Wilhelm Joseph von Wasielewski The Life of Schumann The Devil’s Violinist- Paganini (Movie)
11	Clara Schumann- Drei Romanzen Brahms- Hungarian Dances, Symphony No.3, Piano Concerto No.1, Symphony No.4, Violin Concerto Liszt- Liebestraum, Dante Symphony, La Campanella, Hungarian Rhapsody No.2, Transcendental Etudes	Sadie, S.,”Grove Music Dictionary”, Apel W.,Harvard Dictionary of Music. Geliebte Clara- Movie- Clara Schumann, Brahms, Liszt Recordings and presentations Romantizmin Işığı Clara- Aydın Büke Müzikte Romantik Dönem Bestecileri- Serhan Bali
12	Berlioz- Symphony Fantastique Pagliacci- Leon Cavallo Madame Butterfly, La Boheme, Turandot- Giacomo Puccini	Sadie, S.,”Grove Music Dictionary”, Apel W.,”Harvard Dictionary of Music”, Madame Butterfly, Il Pagliacci, La Boheme, Turandot recordings, Fantastic Symphony Recordings
13	Wagner- Der Ring des Nibelungen, Lohengrin Mahler- Symphonies, Kindertotenlieder Dvorak- Symphony No.9 “From the New World” Mussorgsky- Pictures at an Exhibition Rimsky Korsakov- The Flight of the Bumblebee, Scheherazade Debussy- Clair de Lune, Arabesque No.1, Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune Stravinsky- The Rite of Spring	Sadie, S.,”Grove Music Dictionary”, Debussy, Wagner Opera recordings, Mahler Symphony recordings, Debussy recordings, Stravinsky ballets, Film: ‘Coco Chanel and Igor Stravinsky’, Rimsky-Korsakov, Mussorgsky, Dvorak recordings
14	Rachmaninoff- Piano Concerto No.2 Op.18, Prelude in C Sharp Minor Prokofiev- Dance of the Knights, Romeo and Juliet, Satie- Gnosienne 1, Gymnopedie 1, Morceau en Forme de Poire, Vexations, Parade	Sadie, S.,”Grove Music Dictionary”, Apel W.,Harvard Dictionary of Music J. Cage, Satie, Ravel recordings, Satie presentations,Rachmaninoff and Prokofiev recordings
15	Bartok- Romanian Folk Dances, Piano Concerto No.3, Concerto for Orchestra, Viola Concerto Saygun- İnci’nin Kitabı, Yunus Emre Oratoryosu, Köroğlu, Horon Erkin- Köçekçe, Piano Quintet, Duyuşlar, Keman Konçertosu Akses- 50. Yıl Marşı, Dağlar Alnar- Kanun Konçertosu, Çiftetelli Rey- Lüküs Hayat, 10. Yıl Marşı, Schostakovitch- Waltz No.2, Symphony No.5	İLYASOĞLU Evin;71 Türk Bestecisi / 71 Turkish Composers, Bartok recordings and documentaries, Turkish Five recordings and interviews, Schostakovitch Recordings
16	Semester Review/ Final Exam

Course Notes/Textbooks

Dorling KINDERSLEY

The Complete Classical Music Guide. DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley), 2012.

ISBN: 9781409383161

Suggested Readings/Materials

Stanley SADIE

Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. Oxford University Press, 2001.

ISBN: 9780195170672

Willi APEL

Harvard Music Dictionary. Harvard University Press, 1969.

ISBN: 9780674375017

Ed. W. FRISCH

Brahms and His World Princeton University Press. 1990

ISBN: 9781400833627

Jan SWAFFORD

Johannes Brahms: A Biography. Random House USA Inc., 2003.

ISBN: 9780679422617

E.L. VOYNICH

Chopin’s Letters. Dover Publications, 1988.

ISBN: 9780486255644

Jim SAMSON

Music of Chopin. Clarendon Press, 1994.

ISBN: 9780198164029

Brian NEWBOULD

Schubert: The Music and The Man. University of California Press, 1999.

ISBN: 9780520219571

Wilhelm Joseph von WASIELEWSKI

The Life of Schumann. Blumenfeld Press,2011

ISBN: 9781446057056

Evin İLYASOGLU

71 Turkish Composers. Pan, 2007.

ISBN: 9789944396257

EVALUATION SYSTEM

Semester Activities	Number	Weigthing
Participation	1	15
Laboratory / Application	-	-
Field Work	-	-
Quizzes / Studio Critiques	1	25
Portfolio	-	-
Homework / Assignments	1	20
Presentation / Jury	-	-
Project	-	-
Seminar / Workshop	-	-
Oral Exams	-	-
Midterm	-	-
Final Exam	1	40
Total	4	100

Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade	4	60
Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade	1	40
Total	5	100

ECTS / WORKLOAD TABLE

Semester Activities	Number	Duration (Hours)	Workload
Theoretical Course Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours)	16	3	48
Laboratory / Application Hours (Including exam week: '.16.' x total hours)	-	-	-
Study Hours Out of Class	14	3	42
Field Work	-	-	-
Quizzes / Studio Critiques	1	10	10
Portfolio	-	-	-
Homework / Assignments	1	10	10
Presentation / Jury	-	-	-
Project	-	-	-
Seminar / Workshop	-	-	-
Oral Exam	-	-	-
Midterms	-	-	-
Final Exam	1	10	10
		Total	120

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES AND PROGRAM QUALIFICATIONS RELATIONSHIP

#	Program Competencies/Outcomes	* Contribution Level
#	Program Competencies/Outcomes	1	2	3	4	5
1	To have the knowledge of classical and contemporary theories in sociology, and be able to comparatively analyze these theories.	-	-	-	-	-
2	To have the knowledge of main methodological approaches in sociology as well as social research and data analysis methods.	-	-	-	-	-
3	To have knowledge in the fields of general sociology, sociology of institutions, social structure and change, and applied sociology.	-	-	-	-	-
4	To be able to determine the appropriate methods in the design of the planning stage and conclusion of a sociological project, individually or as part of a team.	-	-	-	-	-
5	To be able to diagnose the social dynamics behind personal problems by using sociological imagination.	-	-	-	-	-
6	To be able to define social problems at local, national, and global level, and offer new policies for solutions.	-	-	-	-	-
7	To be able to apply commonly-used computer programs for data collection and analysis in sociological research.	-	-	-	-	-
8	To be able to develop a socially responsible, scientific and ethical perspective regarding the collection, analysis, interpretation and presentation of data.	-	-	-	-	-
9	To be able to analyze different aspects of the social world by drawing on the knowledge produced by other disciplines of the social sciences.	-	-	-	-	-
10	To be able to constantly renew herself/himself professionally by following scientific and technological developments in sociology and social research.	-	-	-	-	-
11	To be able to collect sociological data and communicate with sociologists and other social scientists in a foreign language ("European Language Portfolio Global Scale", Level B1).	-	-	-	-	-
12	To be able to speak a second foreign at a medium level of fluency efficiently.	-	-	-	-	-
13	To be able to relate the knowledge accumulated throughout the human history to their field of expertise.	-	-	-	-	-

*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest

GEAR 203 | Course Introduction and Application Information

WEEKLY SUBJECTS AND RELATED PREPARATION STUDIES

EVALUATION SYSTEM

ECTS / WORKLOAD TABLE

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES AND PROGRAM QUALIFICATIONS RELATIONSHIP

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