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 - Overview of the course, grading policies, etc. for Undergraduates

Graduate Syllabus - 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 Spring 2018

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

• Composer Biography[Not Assigned in 2018]
• Paper on Schumann's Dichterliebe
• Paper on Strauss's Don Juan
• Major Paper

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.

Course Recordings

A list of all Streaming Audio examples used in class.

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

• W.W. Norton entry point for Burkholder, A History of Western Music 8th ed. or Hanning, Concise History of Western Music, 4th ed.
• Craig Wright & Bryan Simms, Music in Western Civilization, Media Update

19th-Century Composers

Brief biographical sketches of selected composers written by members of the 2007 class.

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 varoius online databases and other tools.

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 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 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.

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.

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.

• Ludwig van Beethoven - Heiligenstadt Testament
• The Heiligenstadt Testament

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.

Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 in D minor - Text and translation of Fourth Movement"

• 4th movement - Text and Translation
• 4th movement - English translation (only)

The Hector Berlioz website was founded and operated by a husband and wife, Michel Austin and Morin Tayeb, from Scotland. The website is frequently updated and new information is indicated with asterisks in the table of contents so that it is easy to find. The layout and navigation is clear and easy, and the site offers a French version as well as the English one. Available on the site is information about Hector Berlioz’s Life and Career, Musical Works, Literary Works (although some are only in the original French), Travels around the world, and contemporary articles and events related to the composer. There is also a section that includes Hector Berlioz’s Critical Studies of the Symphonies of Beethoven as well as a timeline of paintings and photographs of Berlioz. (N. Buonanni, 2013)

Classical music archives was conceived and founded by Pierre R. Schwab initially as an online resource for audio and midi files of “Classical Music.” Although the site is now charging a monthly subscription fee of $5.99 a month ($59.90 for a yearly subscription) the content of the site has grown dramatically over the last three years and now includes not only one the largest audio and midi database of classical music but also an extensive amount of exclusive materials such as interviews and private concerts. With the subscription comes unlimited streaming of all of the files hosted on the site as well as discounts on purchases (non-Members are allowed to purchase as well). The site is well laid out and easy to browse by composer, artist or album. Each composer on the website has a brief bio section the outlines their life and general works, even though it isn’t the most detailed biography available it is guaranteed accurate (there’s even a “Submit Musicology Correction” link at the bottom left hand corner of every page.) (Jeremy Adams, 2011)

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, 2007)

The International Edvard Grieg Society is dedicated to the preservation, performance and research of the music of Edvard Grieg. Their website is easy to use with clickable tabs on the left side of the home page that will direct one to any page of the site. The information is clearly presented and contains anything from basic biographical information to details pertaining directly to the society and other groups dedicated to Grieg as well as listings of recently published scholarly papers and articles connected to the Grieg conference since. Although this website falls short in providing a fully comprehensive look into Grieg’s life and music the presence of a “links” page allows one to easily access other websites with more information. (J. Adams, 2011)

A website set up in cooperation with W.W. Norton and Co and built around Essential Classics. The homepage is clean with tabs that are easy to navigate. While it does contain musical eras from the Middle Ages through 20th-century Music, a click on the eras tab at the top shows the Romantic era option. Under the Romantic tab are the period’s date and brief bullet points under headings like Historical themes, musical context, style and composer. Each can be opened to find a more in-depth explanation of the topic. In addition to the composers tab on the homepage, which opens to an alphabetical list of composers, the site also groups composers by time period. The composer pages include biographies, listening examples and lists of works. The website is ideal for someone who is beginning their music history journey and the composer pages are a great way for a college-level student to brush up on facts or learn something new. (Jessica Ellison, 2011)

This Fanny Hensel website was put together by Furore Verlag, who also have a home site dedicated to music by women composers. This website is in both English and German with a bulk of it being in English. It is a very concise site offering basic information on Fanny, including her biography, some of her music publications, books, CDs, and where her music is being performed. The layout is fairly simple with the tabs always located at the top of the screen, allowing you to go though all the subsections of the site with out constantly returning to the home screen. This seems to be a good site to look up basic information to further research in other places. (B. Ramirez, 2011)

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, 2007)

This Website was created by the Ingram Cultural Recourses Management Corporation and is maintained by Mary Ingraham. It is a great comprehensive source for everything Brahms. It gives a full timeline of his life as well as a link to a more extensive biography. The site also offers a complete works page organized by genre. What makes this site great is its Annotated Webography of sites related to Johannes Brahms which provides many more potential leads. This is an easy site to navigate with a very straightforward layout and a da capo link at the bottom of every page that takes you back to the home screen. (Beatriz Ramirez, 2011)

This web site was created by Ingrid Schwaegerman with the research and writing done by (members of) the Raptus Association for Music Appreciation. The subject options are located on the left side of the layout. The site includes standard information like Beethoven’s biography, a works list and a picture gallery. It also includes unique subjects like, creation histories (general/symphonies), Beethoven‘s friends and new questions raised by Beethoven research. The creation histories tab open to new tabs that explore the steps Beethoven took to create his piano concertos, cello-sonatas and his symphonies. The biography section of this site is extensive, including his family, childhood, court apprentice, Bonn years, Vienna years, trials and tribulations, through to end of his life. The site is, at first, hard to navigate because of the way the tabs are set up but once that is mastered the site is a wealth of knowledge for a college student, educator, composer or Beethoven enthusiast. (Jessica Ellison, 2011)

This is a website dedicated entirely to the composer Felix Mendelssohn. It consists of a very detailed and lengthy biography, and also a page listing all of his works. Furthermore, there is a page with links to video's of his music as well as a page with numerous links to other websites that contain information on Mendelssohn. And finally for those interested in purchasing music or recordings there is a link for that as well. (K. Reim, 2013)

This website is a fan-page devoted to Meyerbeer, one of the leading 19th century composers of opera. Although the event-related news on the webpage has not been updated for some time, the links at the bottom of the home page offer many valuable sections devoted to Meyerbeer's Operas. Also on the home page are links to pages where you can purchase Meyerbeer's published diaries. The sub-sections allow you to learn about Meyerbeer's life, his operas (including the librettos), view some pictures of his bust and grave site, and listen to some audio samples. There are also sections for interviews and articles as well as an extensive bibliography and discography. The information provided seems accurate and although the layout of the site is not very user-friendly, it provides a lot of information on Meyerbeer. (Matt DeKeyzer, 2011)

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, 2007)

Musopen is a non-profit organization whose self-proclaimed purpose is to "set music free." Musopen works as a comprehensive online collection of art music of all genres from the Medieval era to the 20th century. Visitors can download sheet music and recordings, as well as contribute to the site by uploading their own. The website increases access to music to musicians, educators and the general public, as well as increase exposure to featured performers and educational programs. Musopen also operates a "Radio" section where visitors can enjoy constant streaming of randomized selections. (Jorge Jimenez, 2011)

Naxos is a classical music website that allows you to search information on classical composers and compositions, as well as purchase recordings. It gives composer bio's and descriptions of their different works and style. It then will list available recordings for purchase of the various compositions and where they can be found. It's an easily navigatable site whether you're looking for a specific composer or a composition, and while the recordings cost money, if you're just looking for info that part of the site is free. (K. Reim, 2013)

This site is all about Chopin. It was put up on the 150th anniversary of Chopin's death, by Anh Tran. Anh Tran adores Chopin's music, and thus has made this site as a memorial to him. There is an extensive biography, composition list, music analysis of select pieces (continually updated), recordings (links to Cd's and free recordings), scores, and links to more information about Chopin. On the fun side, there are quizzes, questions and a forum discussion. This site was started by him with help from many other musicians. It is extremely easy to navigate. (Felicia Skinner, 2011)

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, 2007)

This site is made by Kristian Evansen and is focused on Richard Wagner. There is a lengthy biography, along with a timeline and interactive map to follow the footsteps of Wagner. There is also an emphasis on "The Ring," which includes analysis and history, as well as a fun comparison to Star Wars (encompasing melodic analysis and use of the orchestra and more). Everything is found in a list on the home page and translations are provided for everything except who Kristian Evansen is. (F. Skinner, 2011)

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, 2005)

The Tchaikovsky-Research website is dedicated to the life and music of Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. This site is easily navigated through a series of menus and is well organized with many cross references throughout the sections allowing for effortless research. The information included is thorough and appears to be updated regularly, even though it is not clear who is the original creator of the site. Topics range from biography, a chronological view of his life, lists of places he lived and visited, a catalog of his letters organized by date and correspondents, a list of his works, and a database of over 20,000 publications and recordings relating to Tchaikovsky. Additionally, if you have questions about a specific topic there is a forum for discussions and questions. (N. Buonanni, 2013)

This website, creatd and maintained by Per-Erik Skramstad, is a great resource for Wagner performers because of its extensive coverage of recent performances around the world, but especially because it contains interviews with the performers and producers involved. It also provides short introductions into each of Wagner's operas and links to videos. Wagneropera.net has a very useful section in which it gives expert recomendations on which Wagner CDs and DVDs to acquire, as well as links to these and to books and other items. The website design is very simple with only one major subdivision, and links are readily available throughout. (J. Jimenez, 2011)

The general setup of the site is extremely user-friendly with an appealing visual layout. The site is authored by Vincent Vargas, an avid opera fan and amateur singer. This site consists of seven sections. The first button on the home menu takes you to the operas section where you can view information on Wagner's thirteen completed operas and can sometimes find cast lists, full scores, and even videos. The next section deals with specific productions, with reviews, pictures and some videos. The third section concerns Bayreuth (Wagner's opera house) and contains pictures, historical information, some video clips, and a list of performances that have been staged there. The fourth section, "Wagnerians," provides biographical information, pictures, and audio downloads for some of the greatest singers in history. The Megastore provides links to buy CDs, DVDs, and books related to Wagner's operas through Amazon.com. The final section is the site’s “links page,” which provides links to more than fifty other Wagner-oriented websites including biographical sites, scholarly Wagner sites, and even books written by Wagner himself. The page also links to online opera forums and blogs, Wagner related art, libretti, plot synopses, and scores, and different Wagner societies. (De Keyzer, 2011)

Anton Reicha is a name that one does not hear about in regards to the 19th century nowadays; however, he is one of the most prominent names in wind quintet literature, being known as the father of the wind quintet. He has composed 24 wind quintets. There is a brief biography on Reicha on the website. This website talks about why he is known as the father of the wind quintet. Additionally, it goes into the relationship with Beethoven, even though their paths are different. It also briefly discusses how he has taught in Paris, and finally speaks about his wind writing technique. (Parillo, 2015)

Niccolo Paganini is regarded as one of the best violinists of any time. His technique and etudes are still referenced in today’s time, and even sometimes outside of the realm of the violin. This website starts off with his biography, but also goes into some more intimate details about his life. Diving into these details of his life, this website talks about theories as to why he was such a profound musician. (Parillo, 2015)

The website is a biography on Robert Schumann. The information seems to be very accurate compared to the Grove Music Dictionary. The website provides midi files of Schumann's various works and even provides links to recommended recordings by the website, which is handy if you want a recording of a particular work. The website itself seems to have more composers than just Schumann which is great. The website is very well organized and isn't too difficult to navigate. The website seems to be a pretty good source overall and it would be a good source if you want basic information on Robert Schumann or any other composer. (Bischoff, 2015)

"Womencomposers.org" (last updated 2010) is primarily made by Janet Robbins, who provides biographical information on many women composers from Clara Wieck Schumann and Fanny Mendelssohn to more unknown women composers like Louise Dumont Farrenc. The biographies are accompanied by audio recordings (with background music by the composer) read by Janet Robbins who is also a radio show host who has a show about classical composers. Each biography has a reference list and also has lists of the music played in the recording, which could be a great resource for writing a paper on women composers. There is a decent list of a few works hand-picked by Robbins to give a good insight into where to start listening for each composer. The biographies are handy for the more obscure women composers whom you may not have heard of otherwise. Each composer has an added artist portrait done by Maureen “Mo” Blumenthal, which was part of the inspiration for Robbins to start the site. (Roseboom, 2015)

This website is an easy way for people to get a beginning start when researching composers. This website serves as an easy to read and informative website. users can search for composers through alphabetical order, the country of origin, and the historical period. With Rossini, for example, when one pulls up the composer it gives his birth and death years, and a mini-biography (subsections titled Rossini Family, Works, and Travels and Career). Under the works tab are Youtube links so one can hear the composer’s best-known works in an easy way. There is also a tab which gives quotes from the composer. (Lima, 2015)

Early Romantic Guitar Music is a website that provides a list of Romantic Era guitar composers and pieces that they have composed. The names are hotlinks, and when clicked bring the reader to a brief biography of the composer. Some of the biographies include lists of compositions by the composers. With that list, there are also links to buy said music. The editor is not named, but the contact information is given in case the reader has any questions. This website would be useful to guitarists that are looking for pieces in the Romantic Era and wanting to know more about the composer of that music. The website is straight forward and easy to use. (C. White, 2015)

This website provides a lot of information on the early nineteenth century composer Franz Schubert. Navigating this website is very simple because of the tabs on the top of the page that link to various topics on Schubert. The topics on this website include Schubert’s biography, the music he wrote, important letters from his life, and even has information on Schubert’s circle of friends. The information on the website is very detailed and it also provides links to other Schubert websites if you need more information. This website would be a great source for those who would like any information on Franz Schubert. (Bischoff, 2015)

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.