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Premieres in the Library of Congress Collections

Letter from D.R. Hutchinson to Leonard Bernstein, May 19, 1965

D.R. Hutchinson to Leonard Bernstein. Manuscript/Mixed Material. https://www.loc.gov/item/musbernstein.100060587/. From the Leonard Bernstein Collection. This image is included on the basis of fair use.

Overview

This course is an opportunity for early-stage undergraduates to ​​explore music history through the lens of world premieres. We look at how several well-known premieres in classical music history shaped, and were shaped by, the worlds around them, and what these works meant in their contexts and ever since.

Learning Objectives

  • To locate and identify primary sources in Library of Congress digital collections that relate to world premieres
  • To describe these sources and use details to generate questions about music history

About this Lesson Plan

Discipline(s)

Music History/Musicology

Time Needed

1 class period (50 minutes)

Original Course

MUS 130B (Introduction to Music Literature)

Lesson Plan Created By

Dr. Matt Mugmon, Fred Fox School of Music, University of Arizona, and Rachel Castro, University of Arizona Libraries