UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA
MUSIC HISTORY SEMINAR:
"Richard Strauss"
MUH 6935 (Spring 2020)
Instructor: Scott Warfield

SECTION 1 (class # 17466) Class Meetings: Tuesday, 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Location: PAC M 261

This web page and its associated links serves as a communications site for MUH 6935 (Spring 2020) 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 2020) [REVISED 17 March 2020] - 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 2020

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 the seminar and now in the UCF Library for use in your studying.

Recordings

A list of links to all (streaming) recordings and videos used in the seminar.

Useful Web Sites

Libraries and Search Tools

UCF Library
Home page of the UCF Library, with full access to the online catalog. UCF students (using their NID) 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.
IMSLP / Petrucci Music Library
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.
YouTube
"Launched in May 2005, YouTube allows billions of people to discover, watch and share originally-created videos. YouTube provides a forum for people to connect, inform, and inspire others across the globe and acts as a distribution platform for original content creators and advertisers large and small. YouTube is a Google company."
The Lied and Art Song Texts Page
"The Lied and Art Song Texts Page is an archive of texts used in 61,835 Lieder and other classical art songs, as well as in many choral works and other types of classical vocal pieces. The collection currently indexes 37,970 texts and includes 7,600 translations to English, French, Italian, Dutch, German, Spanish, Portuguese, and other languages."
IPA Source
"IPA Source is the web's largest library of International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) transcriptions and literal translations of opera arias and art song texts."

Useful Websites for Richard Strauss

The Richard Strauss Institute (Garmisch-Partenkirchen)
Web site of the RSI (officially sponsored by the Bavarian State Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts), the international center for research into the music and life of Richard Strauss. In addition to background on the RSI and its activities, the site includes a searchable bibliography that covers the years 1995-2006. (In German only.)
Richard Strauss Online
An authoritative web site established by Richard Strauss (grandson of the composer) of Vienna. It includes biographical information, photos, short videos, a works list, and other information in both German and English (see the choice at the top right corner).


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 "Concerts & Events" link on the home page to view the various concert series they present.
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, including 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. Click on "Listen Live" 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.