ART 210 – Western Music and Aesthetics
Topics Covered:
An overview of the elements affecting the creation and perception processes of music and the formation of aesthetic criteria. Pythagoras and the music of the spheres, “ethos” in music, the Gothic period, church and music, opera, the Baroque period, the Classical period, Wagner, the interaction between classical and jazz music, approaches to music in the twentieth century, and musical analysis according to periodic aesthetic approaches.
Topics Covered:
Week 1: Course Introduction and Overview
Week 2: Physics of Music and Basic Musical Concepts
Week 3: Medieval and Renaissance Western Art Music
Week 4: Baroque and Classical Western Art Music
Week 5: Romantic and Modern Western Art Music
Week 6: Pitches, Instruments, Rhythmic Cycles (Usul), and Modes (Makam) in Traditional Turkish Music
Week 7: Turkish Art Music: Modes, Instruments, Composers
Week 8: Turkish Folk Music: Modes, Instruments, Regional Characteristics
Week 9: Taksim in Traditional Turkish Music
Week 10: The Emergence of Jazz: Blues, Ragtime, Swing
Week 11: Bebop, Hard Bop, and Cool Jazz
Week 12: Fusion/Rock-Jazz and Mainstream Movements
Week 13: Fundamental Elements of Jazz and Interaction with World Music
Week 14: Comparative Listening: Interaction Between Musical Genres
Week 15: Final Exam Submission
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