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  Course Description
Course Name : History of Musical Theatre

Course Code : STY 719

Course Type : Optional

Level of Course : Second Cycle

Year of Study : 1

Course Semester : Fall (16 Weeks)

ECTS : 4

Name of Lecturer(s) : Asst.Prof.Dr. MUSTAFA BAYIK

Learning Outcomes of the Course : Acquires comprehensive information on important periods of the birth of the musical theater and its developmental stages.
Acquires comprehensive information about the key concepts in the history of opera and major music currents.
Acquires comprehensive information on the subject, the main characters, and musical structure of the works of opera.
Acquires comprehensive information concerning the works and the lives of composers and their musical identities.
Has the ability to find and provide documents and archives on the important works of opera literature.

Mode of Delivery : Face-to-Face

Prerequisites and Co-Prerequisites : None

Recommended Optional Programme Components : None

Aim(s) of Course : The birth of Musical Theatre works in the historical process, developmental stages and presenting comprehensive information on important periods, such as performing arts, what is the contribution of the analysis.

Course Contents : Development of the history of musical theater, it is important periods and currents, characteristics of these currents, the recognition and analysis of important composers and works.

Language of Instruction : Turkish

Work Place : Clasroom


  Course Outline /Schedule (Weekly) Planned Learning Activities
Week Subject Student's Preliminary Work Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 Meet and provide preliminary information about the course Source Reading, Research Display - Lecture - Discussion
2 Italian music renaissance beginning of opera and the actual entrance to the opera. Source Reading, Research Display - Lecture - Discussion
3 Aria, arioso and Lecturing concepts duette Source Reading, Research Display - Lecture - Discussion
4 Introduction of Bel Canto School and style of Naples Source Reading, Research Display - Lecture - Discussion
5 The art of Central Europe´s first melodrama Source Reading, Research Display - Lecture - Discussion
6 Examination of the opera Orfeo and Euridice Source Reading, Research Display - Lecture - Discussion
7 Examination of the opera Alceste Source Reading, Research Display - Lecture - Discussion
8 Mid-term exam
9 Examination of opera buffa, Opera Comique, ballad opera. Source Reading, Research Display - Lecture - Discussion
10 The art of opera on the Vienna classics Period and the Mannheim School Source Reading, Research Display - Lecture - Discussion
11 Between XVIII. to XIX. century areas of music and non-music Summits Source Reading, Research Display - Lecture - Discussion
12 XIX century Italian Opera, Verdi Source Reading, Research Display - Lecture - Discussion
13 Opposed to Wagner, Verdi ambient Homework Source Reading, Research Display - Lecture - Discussion
14 Examination of Macbeth Opera Source Reading, Research Display - Lecture - Discussion
15 Examination of Aida and Othello Opera Source Reading, Research Display - Lecture - Discussion
16/17 Final


  Required Course Resources
Resource Type Resource Name
Recommended Course Material(s)
Required Course Material(s)


  Assessment Methods and Assessment Criteria
Semester/Year Assessments Number Contribution Percentage
    Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) 1 50
    Homeworks/Projects/Others 1 50
Total 100
Rate of Semester/Year Assessments to Success 40
 
Final Assessments 100
Rate of Final Assessments to Success 60
Total 100

  Contribution of the Course to Key Learning Outcomes
# Key Learning Outcome Contribution*
1 understands the conversion lines based on the past to the future development of the performing arts, and applies them according to the needs of our time. 5
2 shows the ways that would help them to obtain competency in using Turkish correctly, beautifully and efficiently 0
3 ensures effective and correct use of the voice mechanism, the coordination of breath and sound ability, and health protection of voice as part of the opera singing training, 0
4 creates a critical perspective by taking into account the requirements of the era and synthesizes the learned information while investigating all aspects of theatre and opera of national and international literature. 0
5 knows the methods, theories, history, and uses of the voice and body techniques and their relationship with theories of art, aesthetics, and behavioral psychology. The student understands the art in particular with a level of knowledge that enables them to transfer it into the future. 5
6 has sufficient knowledge in terms of scene technology, and comprehends the way the artistic and expressive images of the game will be expressed. 0
7 gains a social and aethetic point of view of theatre-acting and opeara-singing and ensures adequacy of application in performing arts, radio, television and cinema. 0
8 gains the ability to assess the universal values with his/her acquired knowledge in the field of study. 3
9 gains the sensitivity of being an artist conscious of the responsibility that falls on him/her personally, nationally, and globally. 0
10 knows and has the ability to show the ways that help him/her to find the necessary documents, tools, resources, and organize an archive regarding the sources related to performing arts. 0
11 gains the ability to provide information to different audiences about the area of performing arts within the realm of the art of theatre-acting / opera – singing. 0
12 gains the ability to individually carry out the process of working on the work(s) he/she is obliged to work on. 0
13 constantly improves himself as a man of art, and keeps up-to-date about the current art events. 0
14 shows and uses the ways to use the correct technique of voice and speech sound on stage by singing, solfege and ear training. 0
15 has a sense of social responsibility, social competence, and communication skills required by Performing arts. 0
16 gains professional ethics and professional discipline of art along with attributes, and awareness of being a professional performing artist in theatre-acting/opera-singing. 0
17 continuously improves himself as a man of art, relates the knowledge and skills of professional ethics to other art fields, and establishes ties between them. 3
18 shows the ways to bring the character’s thoughts and feelings into existence on the stage through techniques and methods of performing arts. 0
19 gains the ability to use his/her natural mechanism as an instrument on the stage by improving his skills of coordination, and knowing his/her body, emotions and thoughts. 0
* Contribution levels are between 0 (not) and 5 (maximum).

  Student Workload - ECTS
Works Number Time (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Course Related Works
    Class Time (Exam weeks are excluded) 16 2 32
    Out of Class Study (Preliminary Work, Practice) 16 4 64
Assesment Related Works
    Homeworks, Projects, Others 1 4 4
    Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) 1 4 4
    Final Exam 1 4 4
Total Workload: 108
Total Workload / 25 (h): 4.32
ECTS Credit: 4