This web page and its associated links serves as a communications site for MUH 4371 / MUH 5375 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 2010) - Overview of the course, grading policies, etc. for Undergraduates

Graduate Syllabus (Fall 2010) - Overview of the course, grading policies, etc. for Master's-level students

Weekly Assignments - A complete list of all specific assignments, class announcements, and other reminders in chronological order for Fall 2010

Assignments - Instruction Sheets for MUH 4371 / MUH 5375 out-of-class projects

• Living Composer Biography paper and presentation (UG and GRAD)
• Music Web Sites (UG)
• Paper on Music and politics in the 20th Century (UG and GRAD)
• Paper on Babbitt's "Who cares if they listen?" (UG and GRAD)
• Major Paper (UG and GRAD)

Assigned Listenings

A web page that includes links for many of the assigned listenings for the course. Most are from "YouTube", but other sources may also be included. Simply click the link and listen. Note also that some of these items may be downloaded to your computers for futher study.

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.

The Rest Is Noise : Listening to the Twentieth Century

A summary page for Alex Ross's book, The Rest Is Noise : Listening the the Twentieth Century, which includes a number of useful related links toward the middle and bottom of the page. These include The Rest Is Noise Audio Guide (a web page that leads to audio samples of works discussed in the text), a glossary of terms, and a complete list of works discussed.

One of the largest web sites for free downloadable scores of choral music. Searchable by composer, title, etc. Files display and print as PDF documents.

The International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP) attempts to create a virtual library containing all public domain musical scores, as well as scores from composers who are willing to share their music with the world without charge. Use the window at the left on the home page to search "Strauss," which gives access to a significant number of early Strauss scores that are now in the public domain. Scores may be viewed as PDFs and can be downloaded.

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 New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians II
• The Music Index Online - (Available on the UCF Library's Web page under "Database Titles 'M'")
• Music Literature Abstracts (RILM) - (Available on the UCF Library's Web page under "Database Titles 'R'")
• Classical Music Library

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.

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 "Web Magazine" of the American Music Center, devoted to the work of limving American composers.

The blog of Alex Ross, music critic of The New Yorker, and author of The Rest Is Noise.

Personal website of one of the leading critics and writers on new music, with links to extensive resources elsewhere.

An electronic journal, first published in 2007, devoted to the interaction of music and politics in any era, bust especially in the 20th century.

A series of major awards, begun in 1985 with "Music Composition" as its first category, administered by the University of Louisville.

Among the most famous and prestigious awards for journalism and the arts, including music.

The official website of the 20th Century American composer Alan Hovhaness. The site is easily navigable through links on the top on the page that are clearly labeled into categories. This site contains more than a detailed biography of the composer. It includes a list of all his works, but focuses mainly on his symphonies with extra information for select works. The site also has a photo gallery, a list of recordings of Hovhaness's music, current news about Hovhaness, and interviews with Hovhaness. This site is great resouce for anyone researching Alan Hovhaness. With actual audio clips of interviews with the composer the site offers a better insight into Alan Hovhaness through his own words. (J. Fuentes, 2010)

The website to the Arnold Schoenberg Center provides valuable information on Arnold Schoenberg. The mission of the Schoenberg Center is to educate musicians, scholars, and the public to the life and works of Arnold Schoenberg. The information is provided both in English and German, but there are a few pages that are not translated to English. The website provides a biography of his life and a complete list of works. Each work is presented with date of publication, first performance, different versions, description of the work, translation of the text for vocal pieces, and the discography. In addition, the website has posted articles about Schoenberg, interviews with Schoenberg, and historical recordings. The website is easy to navigate but at times it takes a bit for pages to load. For scholars, the website provides an overview of the collection housed by Schoenberg Center, which includes Schoenberg’s entire library, manuscripts, historical clippings, and programs. In addition, to the information provided the website lists the different events and exhibitions that the Schoenberg Center holds throughout the year. This website is a good resource for students and scholars learning about Arnold Schoenberg. (R. Cortes, 2010)

Art of the States is a WGBH Radio Boston production that participates in musical exchange with the European Broadcasting Union. Over the last fourteen years they have collected performances of “new, unusual, and lesser-known repertoire” for features on their broadcast. In 2002 they launched the website to offer listeners an extended database. The website features audio streaming, program notes, and links to related websites. From the homepage you can click on any number of links to view either featured material, or search by composer, instrumentation, time period, genre, or performer, in addition to keyword search. For instance the time period database is divided into decades starting with the year 1771-1780 and ending with 2001 till the present. Each piece has an individual page containing information about the music, the composer and performer. The sound files and composer information are useful tools in discovering new and past composers in United States musical history. The website is clean and easy to use, each link is self explanatory, and the information is very well organized within a variety of databases. (D. Roby, 2008)

The Composition Today webpage is a useful page for various opportunities and events related to composing contemporary classical music. Features links to composition competitions, concerts featuring new music, composers, articles/interviews and even sample recordings. Search a topic or hear a random recording right from the home page. The interviews section talks with many renowned living composers and their ongoing activities. Profiles of composers show a list of works with related links to YouTube and where to purchase scores. Profile pages also show upcoming concerts of works starting from early 20th century composers up to today. The level of intended user of this page is wide and only requires an interest in the music of the 20th century and beyond. Aspiring composers, concert goers and those interested in new music would find this page quite interesting. Most of the web page is free access with the exception for those who wish to create their own composers profiles or to access competition and job listings for a reasonable yearly fee. An alphabetical search for composers returns a bio, links to hear recording and buy scores. The best feature is the display of upcoming concerts right on the composers profile page and links to a youtube video of some works. Interviews pose interesting questions to the likes of BBC sponsored composers. Information seems to be very reliable but sometimes incomplete biographies of dead composers were found. Overall appearance is organized with minimal advertising and the navigation is easy. (R Tweedle, 2010)

This website is a streaming audio site of contemporary music. It is a good way to hear what music is out there from modern and living composers in America. The music streams 24 hours a day and has a vast variety. It does not stick to any particular style or genre, but instead pulls from a multitude of sources to expose American composers to the listening public. In order to use the site you must have a broadband internet connection and Macromedia Flash. The site is run by Molly Sheridan, a composer and writer in the classical music industry. She also runs the online magazine New Music Box, a magazine dedicated to modern composers, and has served as an editor for Symphony magazine. (K. Hickson, 2008)

A creation of the Library of Congress, this website is a collection of primary sources surrounding Emile Berliner (1851-1929), a German immigrant to the United States in 1870, who was responsible for the development of the microphone and gramophone player. Sources available are varied and include articles, letters, lectures, and recordings from the years 1870 to 1956. The search feature works well if you know what you need, but the options to pare down the listings are also helpful to find documents useful to you. The information is reliable, coming directly from the Library of Congress. Since the site contains only primary sources, it is most useful for someone who has done a small amount of research within this topic beforehand, but is a valuable resource for anyone without direct access to the Library of Congress itself. (K. Riecken, 2010)

Piero Scaruffi’s The History of Avantgarde Music is an online copy of Scaruffi’s book of the same title. A man of many careers, Scaruffi was born in Italy and moved to the United States, whereupon he began work as a scientist, poet, social/political commentator and historian, etc. This particular website is dedicated to 20th-century music, including post-modernism, minimalism, and computer music. The website is smooth and clear-cut, with links to each chapter of the book as well as a bibliography. Best of all, there are links to all of Piero Scaruffi’s other websites and books. There is also a link to profiles of hundreds of 20th-century composers, most of whom are modern-day. While it is not a strictly academic resource, it is similar to The Rest is Noise by Alex Ross. (E. Stillson, 2008)

This website contains a list and recordings of special NPR broadcasts from the year 2000. It is a part of the general NPR site. These broadcasts were from the series “The 100 most important American musical works of the 20th century” and are available to listen to for free on this site. This site is helpful when studying American music from both the art music and popular music perspectives. The broadcasts discuss the works and the composers/performers, and also why the work was chosen for this list. It is a reliable source since it is from NPR. There is not much navigation required on the site since it is mostly a list. RealAudio is required to listen to the broadcasts. The written summaries of each piece provide a glimpse of the music, the importance, and the speakers featured in each broadcast. (K. Hickson, 2008)

The official website of John Adams. The site contains a list of works with sound clips and words from the composer on each one, a biography of the composer, a list of recordings with outgoing links to each album, and many interviews and articles written by or involving John Adams. A great resource for anyone who is researching, playing, or listening to his music, the site also contains a "Technical Information Guide" explaining the different synthsizers and software used to create each piece. (G. Jimenez, 2008)

This website contains a wealth of information the composer John Cage. It is not a site dedicated to his bibliography and general history but it does shows the means of how to acquire any information about him. The homepage states clearly what the site contains: his complete discography, a catalog of Cage’s music, his collaborations, literature that the creator of the website searched and compiled himself. He also includes an updated list of future performances that show case Cage’s music. Andre Chaudron created this site primarily out of his own interest in Cage, but after seeing how thorough his research was it leads me to believe that he is either a knowledgeable amateur or one who studied him in college. This website is a good jumping off point for finding music and research containing any information on this artist. (T. Dippel, 2010)

Developed by Michal Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony. This site offers access to a few 20th Century composers. The site is best navigated by composer. Each composer has a biography and a major piece which is expounded upon (walk through of the piece, history, orchestration etc). It is an interactive website with scores, listening examples, timelines and more. This site also aids teachers in educating their students about classical music. (Felicia Skinner, 2010)

Live365 is the World's Largest Internet Radio Network. The site offers high quality streaming of radio stations or 260+ genres of music. The individual stations' playlists are programmed by "real people with a deep passion for music". The site itself is easy to navigate through genre links and an in-site search engine. Whatever you're in mood to listen to there will be a station to cater. You can create your own presets to keep the stations that you love to listen to at hand. Live365 is free if you don't mind listening to ads. Live365 is based in Silicon Valley and has been broadcasting since 1999 due to listener subscriptions, broadcasting subscriptions, and advertising revenues. Live365 pays royalties to labels, artists, songwriters, and publishers through established royalty collection organizations including BMI, SESAC, ASCAP, and SoundExchange. (J. Fuentes, 2010)

This site offers a “no frills” database of living composers. From the home page you can click on any one of the alphabetical surname links to find a composer by last name, you can search by country of origin, or you can simply search the database using the search engine provided. Once you have found a composer, click on their name and the link will take you to their personal website. For the sake of this project the composer must have lived after the year 2000, when the project began. The composer must also compose strictly in the “classical music” idiom, no pop music allowed, and the composer must be at least 18 years of age. Composers from any country are eligible. The format is simple, easy to use and very straightforward. (D. Roby, 2008)

This website provides as its primary content extensive interviews with Hollywood composers, and reviews of the latest film scores. It follows the format of an online magazine and avoids the technical aspects of the music in favor of its aesthetic value and how it is tied to the action in the film, or how the action in the film influenced the composition process. The website proves to be a valuable up to date resource for the latest commissioned music, something now almost exclusive to Hollywood. It also provides detailed reviews of the latest movie soundtracks, major award announcements, and upcoming live film music concerts. (J. Jimenez, 2010)

As stated at the top of the webpage this site was a result of the merger of the IPL (Internet Public Library) and the LII (Librarians’ Internet Index). Anyone who is interested in learning about the history of music ranging from The Middle Ages to the Twentieth Century would find a wealth of information as well as audio examples to help pursue their quest. Each time period link within the site gives you a brief synopsis of what each is about with links to additional information. Each time period also has a list of composers from the era that were most influential as well as links to their music (however some are just sound clips), popular styles at the time and explanations on how these particular sounds came to be. (T. Dippel, 2010)

This site is created by competing students. It gives music history, theory, composers with brief biographies, games with music, professions in music and much more. The history section is divided by era. Within each era are different sections like composers, trends and techniques. There are also essays to read, definitions of techniques and examples of pieces to listen to. The site is easy to navigate. (F. Skinner, 2010)

The official website of Philip Glass provides valuable information on his life, works, and upcoming events. The website is very well organized and easy to navigate. The website provides both his biography in two formats, a short and a long version by Tim Page, the music critic of the Washington Post. In addition the website includes a listing of current news that relate to Philip Glass, including upcoming performances and CD releases. The website also includes an icon for music, including recordings, books, films, and compositions. This section has a vast amount of information including release date, notes, and sometimes even links to obtaining the item from Amazon or ITunes. The list of music compositions can be sorted by the name of the composition, category, or year. Each composition includes date of composition, publisher information, brief notes, and instrumentation. In addition, some of the compositions also include the commissioning group/individuals, premiere information, as well as the recordings and/or films the composition was used in. Under the "Music" icon there is an interactive way to hear over sixty works by adjusting some bars, called Glass Engine. Glass Engine can filter the works by year, title, and length. More interesting are the sliding bars that filter the works based on velocity, density, intensity, sorrow, and joy. The "Contact" section of the site provides information pertaining to renting, licensing, and booking, including information on publishers abroad. This website is a good resource for students and anyone that is interested in learning about the music of Philip Glass. (R. Cortes, 2010)

Roland Dyens is one of the best-known classical guitarist-composers today. His website includes a plethora of information related to the artist including a biography and reviews. One section the I found to be interesting was the compositions section, which includes a few partial samples of his works. The website is very user friendly with numerous language options and easily navigated menus. On the right side of the page, regardless of which section you are in, you can see Roland Dyens latest tweets and more importantly a list of his upcoming tour dates. (M. de Keyzer, 2010)

Schott is a music publishing company founded by Bernhard Schott in Mainz, Germany in 1770. Schott was awarded the “privilegium exclusivum” and title of court music engraver which granted him exclusive re-engraving/selling wrights. Schott was also one of the first printers to use of lithography technology making engraving and distribution easier. A commitment to contemporary music was Schott’s primary focus from the beginning. This is highlighted by first edition publications through early history of such composers as Carl Stamitz, Mozart(Don Giovanni) and Beethoven(9th). Here you can search profiles of composers past and present along with easy access to purchasing the score. News on contemporary concerts and recent publications are also easily accessible. The Schott music web site is a great resource for any level of musician. Starting from a neat and straight forward homepage there is related news on contemporary music and easy access to reading the page in one of 7 different national languages. The navigation allows links to more News, Composers/Authors, Genres, Rights & Rental and Shop. The news sections give great announcements of upcoming concerts and newly published works. Many premieres of new works are also displayed. There is a search for composers which returns a short profile and bio. The Rights & Rental give pertinent information on renting works for performance, licenses to arrange an already published work and contact for publishing a new work. Finally, one can find easy access to purchase scores directly from Schott. Schott remains a family owned company giving them a respectable image. Composer profiles are brief but give a great idea of what they are about or what major accomplishment they were known for. Schott has shown to remain true to promoting contemporary music by publishing new works and informing public of related events. (R. Tweedle, 2010)

Sequenza21 is an online forum for contemporary classical music. The website contains listings of current performances of new music, as well as reviews of new CDs of current and 20th century composers. The main forum is dedicated to anything interesting in the contemporary music community (new ensembles, world premieres, and innovative ideas in performing and composing, for example). The built-in search engine works with Google to provide a list of articles on Sequenza21 related to your search, defined by keywords, or "tags", which the author can attach to their article. Since the site is supported by ads placed by composers and performers, and all articles are written by forum members (who are largely composers/performers themselves), the information found can be biased. Even still, the site contains links to other music blogs (including Alex Ross's) as well as websites of composers and performing ensembles, and thus is a valuable resource for anyone interested in knowing what's going on in the contemporary classical world. (K. Riecken, 2010)

A Teacher's Guide to the Holocaust is a University of South Florida website dedicated to help teachers of the subject with a comprehensive overview of the events, people, and the arts of the Holocaust. The music section of the website, divided into sections dealing with music of the Third Reich, music of the ghettos and camps, "degenerate" music (music banned by the Nazis), and music in response to the Holocaust, provides extensive historical notes, contrasting musical examples, period photos, and links to websites related to the music of the Holocaust. The website deals with all aspects of music, including both the traditional art music preferred by the Third Reich, "street songs" and songs of the partisan resistance of the camps and ghettos, and even operas composed and performed at the infamous camp of Terezin. An extensive list of compositions dedicated to the Holocaust by the likes of Steve Reich and Terezin survivor Karel Berman finishes the music section of A Teacher's Guide to the Holocaust. (J. Jimenez, 2010)

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

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 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.

Web site of "Windows Media Player," another plug-in the is used for listening to web broadcasts, streaming audio and CDs.

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.

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.