COURSE UNIT TITLE

: THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF MUSIC I

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MZB 5039 THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF MUSIC I COMPULSORY 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Musicology

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR MEHMET FIRAT KUTLUK

Offered to

Musicology

Course Objective

The objective of this course is for students to be able to recognize the classical and popular music with economy-politics aspect.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   understanding the political economy of music
2   understanding the political development of popular music
3   understanding the music industry
4   understanding the protest music in Turkey
5   understanding the theory

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Economy politics of classical music Introduction
2 Music and Money: composer as a business man
3 Music and politics during 18 and 19th century
4 Age of Enlightenment and Don Giovanni
5 Wagner and Das Judentum in der Musik
6 Ideology and song: Europe before and after second world war From Hitler s Germany to Darmstad
7 Mid-term exam
8 The American Leftist s music choice: From Eisler and Seeger to protest rock
9 Soviet cultural policy of 1936-1956
10 Socialist Realism and Turkey
11 The censorship of music: TRT until 1980 s
12 The influence of Westernisation to Turkish music literature
13 Halkevleri (Public-Houses)
14 Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

1) Kutluk, F., Müzik ve Politika, Doruk Yayınları, Ankara.
2) Freville-Plehanov 1991- J. Freville-G. Plehanov: Sosyalist Açıdan Toplum, Sanat ve Eleştiri, çev: Asım Bezirci, Yön Yayınları, Istanbul.
3) Jdanov 1977- A. Jdanov: Edebiyat, Müzik ve Felsefe Üzerine, çev: Fatmagül Berktay, Bora Yayınları, Istanbul.
4) Kutluk 1992- Fırat Kutluk: 1948 Eleştirisi ve Türkiye , Edebiyat ve Eleştiri, 5:13-17.
5) Thomson 1994- Katharine Thomson: Mozart ın Yapıtlarındaki Masonik Örgü, çev: Halim Spatar, Pencere Yayınları, Istanbul.
6) Volkov 1991- Solomon Volkov: Tanıklık Tutanağı (Şostakoviç in Anıları) çev: Halim Spatar, Pencere Yayınları, Istanbul.
7) Porter- James Porter: Muddying the Crystal Spring: From Idealism and Realism to Marxism in the Studying of English and American Folk Song
8) Attali 1985- Jacques Attali: Noise: The Political Economy of Music, Ing. Çev: Brian Massumi, University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lectures, presentations with audio and video.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + FCG * 0.60
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT)
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

firat.kutluk@deu.edu.tr
4129200

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 4 56
Preparation for midterm exam 1 20 20
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Midterm 1 3 3
Final 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 144

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.133
LO.25
LO.35
LO.45
LO.55

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