Course Information

Course Code:
Course Number:
Code Course Name Language Type
MUZ 121 Music History I Turkish Compulsory
Local Credits ECTS Theoretical Tutorial Laboratory
2 3 2 0 0
Course Prerequisites and Class Restriction
Prerequisites None
Class Restriction None
Course Description
Musical cultures in ancient civilizations. Ancient Mesopotamian and Anatolian music cultures. Evaluation of European social and cultural life in Middle Ages, Renaissance, Baroque, Classic and Romantic Eras and the placement of music in that period. Composers, instruments, musical forms and styles, studies on music theory. Composers of Baroque Era: Bach, Handel, Telemann, Vivaldi. Composers of Classic Era: Mozart, Beethoven, Haydn. Composers of Romantique Era: Weber, Spohr, Schubert, Berlioz. Social and cultural life of Europe in 20th century, and review on the placement of music. Modernism and impressionism, and composers of these trends: Debussy, M. Ravel. Shöenberg and twelve-tone music.Polyphonic music in Turkey at the very beginning of Republican Era.