Music of Caucasia and Balkans

Mode of Delivery

Face to Face

Prerequisites and Co-Requisites

None

Recommended Optional Programme Components

Instruments and music from the Turkish World

Course Contents

In this course, formation of national melody and rhythm in the Caucasus region with the societal and cultural developments in the 16th – 17th century will be studied. Under this context, from the traditional musics of Caucasus, Circassians’ national songs and dances, Abkhazians’ national songs and dances, Ossetians’ national songs and dances, Chechens’ national songs and dances, Lezgins’ national songs and dances, Tabasarans’ national songs and dances, Armenians’ national songs and dances, Georgians’ national songs and dances and Azerbaijanians’ national songs and dances will be reviewed. Historical roots of Balkan music, which was determined by, will be investigated. Periods of Balkan Music will be studied, like the period before Christianity, Slavic tradition and elements from Byzantine and Ottoman Empire. The musical instruments like trumpet, accordion, clarinet, guitar, mandolin, gusla and bagpipes which determines the character of Balkan Music will be investigated.

Weekly Schedule

1) Music Culture and Musical Structure in the Peoples of the North Caucasus
2) Instruments in the Music Culture of the North Caucasus
3) Azerbaijan, Dagestan and Chechen Music Culture
4) Circassian and Abkhaz Music Culture
5) Georgian, Laz and Lezgi Music Culture
6) Armenian Music Culture
7) Synthesis songs in Balkan Music
8) mid exam
9) Bulgarian, Greek, Macedonian and Romanian Music
10) Albanian and Bosnian Music
11) Serbian, Croatian and Montenegrin Music
12) Moldovan, Romanian and Slovenian Music
13) Balkan Instruments: Trumpet, Clarinet, Accordion
14) Balkan Instruments: Guitar, Mandolin, Violin and Percussion
15) final exam
16) final exam

Recommended or Required Reading

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1) Lecture
2) Question-Answer
3) Discussion

Assessment Methods and Criteria

Contribution of Midterm Examination to Course Grade	30%
Contribution of Final Examination to Course Grade	70%
Total	100%

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

Not Required