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COURSE UNIT TITLECOURSE UNIT CODESEMESTERTHEORY + PRACTICE (Hour)ECTS
COMPOSITION V YBM301 Fifth Term (Fall) 2 + 0 4

TYPE OF COURSE UNITCompulsory Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNITBachelor's Degree
YEAR OF STUDY3
SEMESTERFifth Term (Fall)
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED4
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) A series of compositions consisting of several medium-sized parts with vocal accompaniment is composed.
2) Has knowledge of choral music.
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 Human voice, choir
2nd Week Human voice, choir continued
3rd Week Human voice, solo
4th Week Human voice, solo continued
5th Week Working on texture
6th Week Working on texture continued
7th Week Analysing current styles
8th Week Analysing current styles
9th Week Composition Project beginning
10th Week Project draft check, analysing repertoire
11th Week Project draft check, analysing repertoire
12th Week Project draft check, analysing repertoire
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,Practice,Other
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 Course4
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTIONTurkish
WORK PLACEMENT(S)No
  

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