UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA
"MUSIC OF THE 19th CENTURY"
MUH 4361 / MUH 5365 (Fall 2007)
Instructor: Scott Warfield

SECTION 1 (class # 89503 [UG] or # 91366 [Grad]) Class Meetings: Tue 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Location: Colbourn Hall 148

This web page and its associated links serves as a communications site for MUH 4361 / MUH 5365 at the University of Central Florida. Posted here are various information pages, assignments, study guides, and links to useful web sites. Students in this course are free to print any of these pages for their own use.

Undergraduate Syllabus (Fall 2007) - Overview of the course, grading policies, etc. for Undergraduates

Graduate Syllabus (Fall 2007) - Overview of the course, grading policies, etc. for Master's-level students

Schedule - Tentative list of reading & listening assignments

Weekly Assignments - A complete list of all specific assignments, class announcements, and other reminders in chronological order for Fall 2007

Assignments - Instruction Sheets for MUH 4361 / MUH 5365 out-of-class projects

Course Readings

A list of all items (Books, Articles, Scores & Recordings) used in class and now in the UCF Library for use in your studying.

Basic Music History Reviews

For those who wish to review their basic music history knowledge, the web sites maintained by W.W. Norton provide supplemental study materials, including chapter outlines, practice quizzes, and listening guides keyed to:

19th-Century Composers

Brief biographical sketches of selected composers written by members of the class.

Useful Web Sites

Libraries and Search Tools

UCF Library
Home page of the UCF Library, with full access to the online catalog. On-campus users and those with a UCF ISP may also have access to the online versions of the following electronic databases:
The Library of Congress
Home page of the largest library and largest music library in the world. Search its catalog via the link near the top of the page.
Doctoral Dissertations in Music On-Line
A searchable index of doctoral dissertations written in the fields of musicology, ethnomusicology, and music theory. Although primarily an index of American dissertations, it also includes many of the more recent European dissertations.
The Lied and Art Song Texts Page
The Lied and Art Song Texts Page is an archive of 17,733 texts used in Lieder and other classical Art Songs (Kunstlieder, Mélodies, Canzoni, Romansy, Canciones, Liederen, Canções, Sånger, Laulua, etc.) as well as in many choral works and other types of classical vocal pieces (27,128 settings and growing). Several thousand translations to English, French, German, Spanish and other languages are also offered.

Classic Era Composers

Franz Joseph Haydn
A well-maintained site run by Haydn enthusiasts. Includes essays, a catalogue of works, and other useful information.
The Mozart Project
An outstanding site that includes almost anything that one might want related to W.A. Mozart
The Beethoven Center
Home page of the Ira F. Brilliant Center for Beethoven Studies at San Jose State University. Includes a wide range of resources, including an on-going bibliography database.
Mad About Beethoven
An excellent website about Ludwig van Beethoven, maintained by a British journalist with a passion for this composer. Look under the "Beethoven the Master" heading for a detailed chronology of Beethoven's life. Other information, including brief biographies of individuals important in Beethoven's life and similar details are available on this site.
An Eroica Project
A web site devoted to Beethoven's Symphony No. 3, "Eroica," consisting chiefly of comparisons of numerous performances of that work.

Beethoven's "Heiligenstadt Testament"

In 1802, Beethoven wrote a letter to his brothers in which he revealed his impending deafness and what that meant to him as a musician. Below are 3 websites with translations of that important document.
"Egmont" by J.W. Goethe
A web site that includes an English translation of the entire play by J.W. Goethe, for which Beethoven supplied incidental music (including an Overture). Act V, scene iv contains Egmont's speeches that inspired Beethoven's "Victory Symphony," which are one of the keys to understanding the Overture to Egmont.

Student-Identified Web Resources

History of the Symphony
This is a course website of the history of the symphony, MU 324, at California Polytechnic State University. The design and content of the website is by Janet Joichi, Ph.D. It focuses upon three points under the main subject heading, the history of the symphony: the history of the orchestra, the history of the instruments in the orchestra, and the symphony repertory of the orchestra. The histories and symphony repertoire list are divided by the different musical time periods. The professor seemed to have gathered her information from reliable sources that are named on the home page. The website is organized well but is limited to this focused subject area. (Chavarria)
Music History Online : Music of the 19th Century
This is a commercial website set up in lesson format with the first 34 lessons dedicated to music theory, each one discussing pertinent subjects in the theory category. Lesson 39 is about 19th century music history in particular. Lessons 35-38 discuss other centuries of history. Lesson 39 is written by Dr. Brian Blood. This website is intended for high school through college level students. The website is dedicated and connected with the Arnold Dolmetsch family, with links to explain the family’s contribution to music. (C. Jimenez)
Classical Net
ClassicalNet is a website dedicated to all genres of music from Medieval repertoire to Modern music. It divides nineteenth century music into Classical and Romantic (giving the dates for each). There are several user-friendly sections including a list of basic repertoire (by period and genre). When you click on that link it also gives you information about the composer as it relates to those pieces. Another link gives you a chronological list of the composers, a timeline for composers, a works list for each composer and several other categories including a master composer index. The books and scores sections makes it easy to look for and buy books (sorted by many different categories). This website also has a section where you can read reviews on authors works. Although it does not focus exclusively on 19th century music, it goes into detail about many of its composers and offers a helping hand to those looking for 19th century repertoire and information on the composer. All in all, a very good website. It is very well organized and easy to use. (Kempnich)
The Schubert Institute (UK)
The Schubert Institute of the UK has produced an amazing website to answer almost every question about this composer. The site is maintained by Richard Norris who is a member of the Schubert Institute of the UK, and it is updated regularly. This is a fairly easy site to navigate; it has five headers, which break in to at least 6 subtopics for each heading. For example the tab for "Compositions" is broken down into each genre in which Schubert composed. They also encourage scholars to submit their papers to share with the Schubert community. (Mock)
Questia
Questia is a site for which the user must have a subscription, but there is a free trial version. It is easy to use and includes links to full-length books, journals, newspaper articles, encyclopedia entries, etc. This is an excellent research source for any paper; the search engine on the page is very helpful and brings only the most relevant sources to the viewer’s attention. For example, when nineteenth-century music is searched, the first books that appear are The Cambridge History of Nineteenth-Century Music and Chromatic Transformations in Nineteenth-Century Music. It’s like having an entire library at your fingertips! The only downside is the $99.99 yearly subscription. (Tardif)
"The Franz Liszt Site"
The web's most comprehensive resource about Franz Liszt, the famous Hungarian composer/pianist. Featuring a highly acclaimed commentary, timeline, biography, recommended recordings with annotations, newly discovered manuscripts, and links and resources. It is a user-friendly site, with a menu on every page for easy navigation. There is an introduction in 5 languages explaining how non-English-speaking users can still use many resources of the site. The site can be used by anyone; its information is valid and complete for scholars, but younger students will also be able to understand everything without being overwhelmed. Rich DiSilvio, who created the site, is an illustrator, photographer, fine artist, digital artist, web designer, new media developer, architectural designer and writer. (Szymanski)

Local Concert Information

Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra
As Central Florida's local professional symphony orchestra, the OPO performs a variety of concert series in and around Orlando. Follow the “Events” link on the home page to view the various concert series they present.
Orlando Opera
Orlando’s professional opera company presents 3-4 operas and others events each season. Student tickets are available in some areas of the house for as little as $ 10.00.
The Festival of Orchestras
The Festival of Orchestras is a permanent concert series in Orlando’s Bob Carr Performing Arts Centre, featuring five internationally acclaimed symphony orchestras each season.
The Winter Park Bach Festival
The Winter Park Bach Festival is internationally known as the fourth oldest Bach Festival in the United States, having been founded in 1935 to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the birth of Johann Sebastian Bach. This organization hosts a series of classical concerts throughout the year, as well as an extended Bach Festival in the early spring, on the campus of Rollins College in Winter Park.

Local & Regional Broadcasting Information

WUCF-FM (89.9)
The web site of the University of Central Florida's own non-commercial radio station. Its programming is primariliy jazz, but WUCF also carries some NPR programming, a Sunday evening show on Bluegrass, and Saturday broadcasts of The Metropolitan Opera. WUCF-FM is available to you through the Internet to anyone with a Real Player Plug-in.
WMFE-FM (90.7)
Orlando's public radio station broadcasts primarily classical music, news, and other NPR programming 24-hours a day. Use the "pull-down" menu under "90.7" on the tool bar at the top of the home page to reach the web link for listening to WMFE's broadcast.
WUFT-FM (89.1)
The University of Florida's public radio station in Gainesville broadcasts a mix of classical, jazz, folk, and world music, as well as news and NPR programming 24-hours a day. WUFT-FM can be heard through the web link on their home page.

Web Sites for Downloadable Computer & Internet Tools

Real.com
Web site of "Real Player," one of the standard plug-ins that you might need to listen to web broadcasts and streaming audio, or to play CDs through your computer. The basic player can be downloaded at now cost from this site.
Windows Media
Web site of "Windows Media Player," another plug-in the is used for listening to web broadcasts, streaming audio and CDs.
Sibelius
Web site of one of the most widely used software packages for writing and printing music with computers. Various demo versions and upgrades are available for downloading, as is a help center for users.
Finale
The Web site of Coda Music, makers of the widely used Finale program for writing and printing music. A basic form of the program is available as a free download.