SECTION 1 (class # 10535) Class Meetings: Tuesday 6:00 pm - 8:50 pm
Location: PAC M 0261
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 2019) - Overview of the course, grading policies, etc.
Assignments - A complete list of all specific assignments, class announcements, and other reminders in chronological order for Spring 2019
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
UCF Library Libraries and Search Tools
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 databases and other electronic databases.The Library of CongressHome page of the largest library and largest music library in the world. Search its catalog via the link near the top of the page.The Lester S. Levy Sheet Music Collection 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 Official Website of George & Ira Gershwin Useful Websites for Gershwin
An authoritative web site that includes historical background, sound files, and even downloadable sheet music for the Gershwins.The Red Hot Jazz ArchiveA 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. For example, see the page "Rhapsody in Blue" for links to multiple arrangements of Gershwin's first major orchestral success recorded before his death.Porgy by DuBose HeywardA 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.
The Aaron Copland Collection ca. 1900-1990 Useful Websites for Copland
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.Fanfare for Aaron Copland"NOT INTENDED TO BE A SYSTEMATIC OR COMPLETE SURVEY OF MR. COPLAND'S COMPOSITIONS, THIS SITE IS INSTEAD MEANT TO INTRODUCE LISTENERS TO A BROAD SPECTRUM OF AARON COPLAND'S WORK.""Reaping the Golden Harvest: Pare Lorentz, Poet and Filmmaker"An excellent introduction to the documentary films The Plow That Broke the Plains, The City, and others that set the standard for documentary films in the 1930s. (includes basic Quicktime projections of these films.)Internet Archive"The Internet Archive, a 501(c)(3) non-profit, is building a digital library of Internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. Like a paper library, we provide free access to researchers, historians, scholars, and the general public."
The Leonard Bernstein Collection, ca. 1920-1989 Useful Websites for Bernstein
The Library of Congress's website of Leonard Bernstein memorabilia, sketches, scores, letters, and other primary documents, most available in high quality PDF or JPEG formats.Leonard Bernstein.comOfficial website maintained by Bernstein's heir. In addition to reliable basic informaion, licensing, etc., see the Newsletter, including all back issues, for news of performances, publications, etc.The Official West Side Story Web SiteA web site with connection to the Bernstein heirs. While not always easily navigated, much useful information may be found under the "archives" and "lyrics" links.A Guide to Leonard Bernstein's CandideA very thorough web site that tracks the changes in many of the most important productions of this problematic work.
Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra Local Concert Information
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 Winter Park Bach FestivalThe 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.
WUCF-FM (89.9) Local & Regional Broadcasting Information
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.
Real.com Web Sites for Downloadable Computer & Internet Tools
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 MediaWeb site of "Windows Media Player," another plug-in the is used for listening to web broadcasts, streaming audio and CDs.SibeliusWeb 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.FinaleThe 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.