COURSE UNIT TITLE

: HISTORY AND REPERTOIRE OF ELECTRONIC AND COMPUTER MUSIC 1

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
KNS 3053 HISTORY AND REPERTOIRE OF ELECTRONIC AND COMPUTER MUSIC 1 ELECTIVE 3 0 0 3

Offered By

Composition

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASISTANT PROFESSOR AYSIM DOLGUN ILDIZ

Offered to

Piano
Composition
Percussion Instruments
Flute
Horn
Trombone
Guitar
Cello
Viola
Harp
Bassoon
Trumpet
Tuba
Violin
Clarinet
Oboe
Contrabass

Course Objective

This course is a historical survey of the developments in electronic music from its genesis in the late 19th-century to approximately 1970.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   1. Students will learn to recognize and understand the relationships between technological development and artistic creation.
2   2. Students will gain an overview of the important composers and innovator in electronic music until 1970.
3   3. Students will learn and be able to identify important electronic music repertoire written before 1970.
4   4. Students will be able to identify the likely artistic and philosophical goals of electronic compositions, even for unfamiliar works.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 1- How to listen to electronic music. What is important
2 2- Early history 1
3 3- Early history 2
4 4- Advent of the magnetic tape
5 5- Musique concrete
6 6- Pierre Schaeffer
7 7- Pierre Henry
8 8- Midterm exam
9 9- Elektronische Musik
10 10- Stockhausen
11 11- The development of the analog tape studio: Olivero
12 12- Classic analog studio productions: Subotnick
13 13- Electroacoustic music
14 14- Project presentations 1
15 15- Project presentations 2
16 16- Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Main Referances/textbook(s) Materials:

Collins, Nick, Electronic Music, Cambridge University Press, 2015
Manning, Peter, Electronic and Computer Music, Oxford University Press, 2013
Collins, Nick and d Escrivan, Julio (eds.),The Cambridge Companion to Electronic Music, Cambridge University Press, 2007

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Classes will consist of lectures on historical topics and listening to electronic music repertoire.
Assignments will consist of readings and listening assignments, plus one short oral report on a composer of the student s choosing.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE
3 RST RESIT
4 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE RST


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Assignments: There will be weekly reading and listening assignments.
Project: There will be one short oral presentation.
Exams: There will be one short quiz, a midterm, and a final exam.

Assessment Criteria


The assignments will be evaluated through exam performance.

The project will be evaluated on the basis of timeliness, thoroughness, and accuracy.

Exams will be evaluated on the basis of accuracy, familiarity with the repertoire studied in class, and ability to extrapolate concepts studied in class to unfamiliar repertoire.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Participation in 70% of courses is compulsory.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Lecturer:
Yab. Uzm. Pieter SNAPPER
psnapper@gmail.com

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 10 3 30
Student Presentations 1 3 3
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 1 14
Preparation for midterm exam 1 4 4
Preparation for final exam 1 8 8
Preparing assignments 14 1 14
Project Preparation 1 5 5
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 3 3
Quiz etc. 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 87

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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