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COURSE UNIT TITLECOURSE UNIT CODESEMESTERTHEORY + PRACTICE (Hour)ECTS
COMPOSITION II YBM102 Second Term (Spring) 2 + 0 6

TYPE OF COURSE UNITCompulsory Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNITBachelor's Degree
YEAR OF STUDY1
SEMESTERSecond Term (Spring)
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED6
NAME OF LECTURER(S)Professor Mehmet Emin Göktepe
Instructor Duysal İmsel
Professor Fazlı Orhun Orhon
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT At the end of this course, the students;
1) Produces contrast ideas derived from a single musical idea.
2) Composes small-scale chamber music such as a duo or trio.
MODE OF DELIVERYFace to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSENo
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT
COURSE DEFINITIONTeaching theoretical and practical approaches to composing.
COURSE CONTENTS
WEEKTOPICS
1st Week Pulse in music, simple and compound meters
2nd Week Rhytmic structures, polyrhythm
3rd Week Rhytmic structures, polyrhythm
4th Week Simultaneity; texture, heterophony, polyphony, homophony
5th Week Analysing repertoire, medieval and renaissance polyphony basics.
6th Week Analysing repertoire, medieval and renaissance polyphony basics.
7th Week Analysing repertoire, rhytmic structures, Stravinsky
8th Week Composition Project beginning and repetoire analyses.
9th Week Composition Project continued and repetoire analyses.
10th Week Composition Project continued and repetoire analyses.
11th Week Composition Project controlls
12th Week Composition Project controls and performance
13th Week Finalizing Project file
14th Week Presentation and analysation of the project before a jury
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READINGThe contemporary violin : extended performance techniques, Strange, Patricia, 2001, University of California Press
New directions for clarinet, Rehfeldt, Phillip, 1994, The Scarecrow Press, Inc.
Extended Techniques for the Horn : A Practical Handbook for Students, Performers and Composers, Hill, Douglas, 2010, Warner Bros. Publications
Music notation in the twentieth century : a practical guidebook, Stone, Kurt, 1980, W. W. Norton & Company, Inc.
Music notation : a manual of modern practice, Read, Gardner, 1979, Taplinger Pub. Co.
20th-century microtonal notation, Read, Gardner, 1990, Greenwood Press
Second String Quartet in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 10 : Authoritative Score, Background and Analysis, Comme, Neff, Severine; Schoenberg, Arnold; Chorley, Grant, 2005, W. W. Norton & Company, Inc.
Lyrische Suite : für Streichquartett, Berg, Alban, 1955, Universal Edition
Style and idea in the Lyric suite of Alban Berg, Perle, George, 2001, Pendragon Press
Aventures : for three Singers and Seven Instrumentalists : Study Score, Ligeti, György, 1992, Edition Peters
Nouvelles Aventures : for three Singers and Seven Instrumentalists : Study Score, Ligeti, György, 1994, Edition Peters
Fourth String Quartet, Ferneyhough, Brian, 1990, Edition Peters
Trio for piano, violin and horn (or cello or viola) : E Flat Major, Brahms, Johannes, Edition Peters
Trio for Violin, Horn and Piano, Ligeti, György, 2001, Schott
Vox balaenae : for three masked players : electric flute, electric cello, electric piano, Crumb, George, 1972, Edition Peters
Eleven echoes of autumn, 1965 (Echoes 1) [for] violin, alto flute, clarinet, and piano, Crumb, George, 1972, Edition Peters
Allegro sostenuto : for clarinet/bass clarinet, violoncello and piano, Lachenmann, Helmut, 2003, Breitkopf & Hartel
Schattenblatter : fur Bassklarinette, Violoncello und Klavier, Huber, Klaus, 1975, Ricordi
Modern Music and After, Griffiths, Paul, 2011/3rd, Oxford University Press
A History of Western Music, Burkholder, Grout, Palisca, WW Norton & co., 2019
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODSLecture,Other,Practice
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
 QuantityPercentage(%)
Assignment710
Project330
Other210
Total(%)50
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%)50
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%)50
Total(%)100
ECTS WORKLOAD
Activities Number Hours Workload
Midterm exam224
Preparation for Quiz
Individual or group work14456
Preparation for Final exam11515
Course hours14228
Preparation for Midterm exam11010
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam122
Homework10110
Meeting with advisor111
Total Workload126
Total Workload / 304,2
ECTS Credits of the Course6
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTIONTurkish
WORK PLACEMENT(S)No
  

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