| Course Title: First Nights |
| Start Date: 01/19/2021 End Date: 03/12/2021 |
| Term: Spring Semester 2021 |
| Description: We will examine five major musical works from the 17th to the 20th century: Orfeo (Monteverdi), Messiah (Handel), the Ninth Symphony (Beethoven), the Symphonie fantastique (Berlioz), and Le Sacre du printemps (Stravinsky). Using Thomas Kelly's book First Nights, recordings of modern performances, and selected readings, we will study how these works function as pieces of music and what makes them unique. By focusing on their premieres, we will place them in their cultural and social contexts, approaching them from the point of view of their first listeners. At the end of the course, we will jump into the 21st century by organizing and hosting premiers of works specifically composed for our class. |
| Distribution(s): I - Humanities , SI - Speaking-Intensive , WI - Writing-Intensive |
| Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate     | Credits:4.00     |
| Faculty         | Phone         | Email address         |
| Robert Eisenstein   |           | reisenst@mtholyoke.edu   |
| Meeting Dates         | Method         | Meeting days         | Meeting times         | Building name         | Room     | Frequency     |
| 01/19/2021 - 03/12/2021   | Flex. Immersive Seminar/Disc.   | Monday   | 02:30PM - 03:45PM   | TBA   | TBA   | Weekly |
| 01/19/2021 - 03/12/2021   | Flex. Immersive Seminar/Disc.   | Tuesday and Thursday   | 02:15PM - 04:00PM   |   |   | Weekly |
| 01/19/2021 - 03/12/2021   | Flex. Immersive Seminar/Disc.   | Wednesday and Friday   | 03:00PM - 04:00PM   |   |   | Weekly |
| Requisite Courses         | ||
| None |           |           |
| Comments         |
| Additional Comments         |
| Course Tags         | ||
| MOD0001   | MOD-1: Courses meeting in Module 1   | This course meets in Module 1.   |
| Cross-listed Sections         |
| None   |
| Course Availability | ||||
| Section status: Open     | Capacity: 18     | Enrollment: 16     | Available: 2     | Waitlist: 0 |
BOOK INFORMATION
| Book List         | Required         | Publisher Full Price         |
| To be determined. |           |           |
| Additional Book Comments         |
| This is NOT the complete book list for this class.   |