Course Information

Course Name	Turkish	Müzikolojinin Temelleri
	English	Foundations of Musicology
Course Code	MYL 557E	Credit	Lecture (hour/week)	Recitation (hour/week)	Laboratory (hour/week)
Semester	2	3	3	-	-
Course Language		English
Course Coordinator		Paul Alıster Whıtehead
Course Objectives		1. Through readings and discussion, students develop an understanding of the scope of Musicology and its connection to related fields in the Socail Sciences, Humanities, and Cultural Studies. 2. Students becme familiarised with library, archival, and internet resources and the appropriate research methods. 3. Through exposure to case studies students gain experience in employing textual and historical techniques, and organological and lexicographical tools. 4. Students are shown methods of organizing and presenting their findings and conclusions in an academic setting.
Course Description		A survey of the discipline of Musicology, including a historical overview. The course comprises a broad division into the scope of the field (in regard to related scientific and humanistic disciplines, and including an examination of the historical/systematic division), its resources (libraries, archives, and digital/internet materials), and its research methodologies (textual and historical, organology, lexicography, performance practice, etc.).
Course Outcomes		On successful completion of the course, students will be able to: 1. demonstrate a good up-to-date working knowledge of the main English-language secondary sources on Musicology and related disciplines 2. comment on a range of conceptual issues, including the status of musical autonomy as regards societal and cultural constraints, and demonstrate an ability to conceptualise 3. describe, evaluate and/or challenge pertinent current scholarly thinking on a range of these conceptual issues 4. incorporate a consistently strong grasp of detail with respect to content 5. display to a high level skills in selecting, applying, interpreting and organising information, including evidence of a high level of bibliographical control 6. research and present an essay in a standard musicological format
Pre-requisite(s)		MYL 805E
Required Facilities
Other
Textbook
Other References		Glen Haydon, Introduction to Musicology (University of North Carolina Pres, 1941). John A. Kimmey, Jr., A Critique of Musicology: Clarifying the Scope, Limits and Purposes of Musicology (Edwin Mellen Press, 1989). Frank Ll. Harrison, Mantle Hood, and Claude V. Palisca, Musicology (Prentice-Hall, 1963). James W. Pruett and Thomas P. Slavens, Research Guide to Musicology (American Library Association, 1985). Denis Stevens, Musicology: A Practical Guide (Schirmer, 1981). Joseph Kerman, Contemplating Music: Challenges to Musicology (Harvard University Press, 1985). Nicholas Cook and Mark Everist, eds., Rethinking Music (Oxford University Press, 1999). Nicholas Kenyon, ed., Authenticity and Early Music: A Symposium (Oxford University Press, 1988). Alastair Williams, Constructing Musicology (Ashgate, 2001). Grove Music Online (internet resource).

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