Course Information

Course Name	Turkish	Batı Müziğinde Tarihsel Dönemler
	English	Historical Periods in Western Music
Course Code	MYL 559E	Credit	Lecture (hour/week)	Recitation (hour/week)	Laboratory (hour/week)
Semester	1	-	3	-	-
Course Language		English
Course Coordinator		Paul Alıster Whıtehead
Course Objectives		1. Through readings and discussion, to generate an awareness of the main trends and developments in periodisation and cultural context of Western music, 2. To develop an understanding of musical performance and patronage through a study of the historically evolving forms of musical production and consumption, 3. Through focused listening to selected examples, to generate critical listening skills and and develop an understanding of the representative genres and stylistic features present in Western music,
Course Description		Periodisation and chronology in Western music; effects of philosophical movements (such as Humanism, Enlightenment) on musical cultivation; musical patronage; interrelationships between the sacred and secular realms; developments in music notation; music printing and distribution; musical style categories (including aspects of texture, harmonic/melodic syntax, instrumentation)
Course Outcomes		Graduate students who successfully pass this course gain the following knowledge, skills and competencies: 1. Knowledge of the biographical background, and the cultural and intellectual settings, of representative composers’ works 2. Competency in commenting on a range of music-historical issues such as periodisation as historical construct 3. Skill in providing informed discussion on a range of musical and aesthetic issues related to historical periodisation, such as influence, Nationalism, Modernism, and conservatism 4. Competency in researching and presenting essays in a standard musicological format 5. Knowledge of standard bibliographical tools and resources used in the study of music history 6. Skill in categorising and contextualising musical examples based on listening experiences
Pre-requisite(s)		MYL/E 5022E
Required Facilities
Other
Textbook		Hoppin, Richard, 1978, Medieval Music, Norton Fassler, Margot, 2014, Music in the Medieval West, Norton Strohm, Reinhard, 1993, The Rise of European Music, 1380-1500, Cambridge University Press
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