UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA
MUSIC HISTORY SEMINAR:
"Gershwin, Copland, & Bernstein
MUH 6935 (Fall 2008)
Instructor: Scott Warfield

SECTION 1 (class # 20874) Class Meetings: Tuesday 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Location: Colbourn Hall 148

This web page and its associated links serves as a communications site for MUH 6935 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.

Syllabus (Spring 2008) - Overview of the course, grading policies, etc.

Schedule - Tentative list of weekly topics for discussion

Assignments - A complete list of all specific assignments, class announcements, and other reminders in chronological order for Spring 2008

Assignments - Instruction Sheets for MUH 6935 out-of-class projects

Course Readings and Collective Bibliography

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

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 Lester S. Levy Collection of Sheet Music at the Johns Hopkins University
"The Lester S. Levy Collection of Sheet Music consists of over 29,000 pieces of American popular music. The collection spans the years 1780 to 1980, but its strength is its throrough documentation of nineteenth-century America through popular music." (From "The History of the Collection")
The MTT Files
A series of one-hour radio broadcasts by Michael Tilson Thomas, Music Director of the San Francisco Symphony, on a variety of topics. Programs 2 and 3 are entitled "What Does American Sound Like?"

Useful Websites for Gershwin

The Official Website of George & Ira Gershwin
An authoritative web site that includes historical background, sound files, and even downloadable sheet music for the Gershwins.
The Red Hot Jazz Archive
A web site devoted to "The History of Jazz before 1930," with a vast array of information on the pioneers or jazz. Includes a series of essays on topics in early jazz, biographical information on performers and ensembles, and literally hundreds of early jazz recordings available in streaming formats.
Porgy by DuBose Heyward
A hypertext copy of the novel that inspired Gershwin's Porgy and Bess, included as part of the web site of the Unversity of Virginia's American Studies Program. Follow the link to "hypertexts" for numerous full-text versions of important American documents and literature.

Useful Websites for Copland

The Cat and the Mouse (Scherzo Humoresque)
A streaming video performance (by T. Pascale) of Copland's first published work.
Passacaglia
A streaming video performance on AOL Video (from You Tube) of Copland's early Passacaglia
The Aaron Copland Collection ca. 1900-1990
The Library of Congress's website of Aaron Copland memorabilia, sketches, scores, letters, and other primary documents, most available in high quality PDF or JPEG formats.

Useful Websites for Bernstein

Collins - Bidini play Bernstein: Sonata for Clarinet
A streaming video of a performance of Bernstein's first published work.
A Guide to Leonard Bernstein's Candide
A very thorough web site that tracks the changes in many of the most important productions of this problematic work.

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.