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Left to Right: Margret Fieldman (Sheng's sister), Bright Sheng, Kurt Mazur (conductor), and Alice and David Cheng (Sheng's parents) after the premiere of H'un in New York City with the New York Philharmonic (1993).
[Photograph from Bright Sheng Papers, Box 1, Photographs. Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan.]

This section provides a sample of the types of archival material that is included in the Bright Sheng collection at the Bentley Historical Library. The samples show the variety of media forms used in Bright Sheng's work process.

Archival Material: Composition Manuscript
"My Song for Solo Piano"
1988
From Original Cover Reads:
"Work commissioned by The Serkin Commissions project sponsored by The Performing Arts Department of the 92nd Street Y, who gave the World Premiere Performance at 92nd Street Y, NYC on 12/11/1989. Premiere performances are also sponsered by the Kennedy Center, the Chicago Symphony, and the UCLA Center for the Performing Arts."
View a digital version of Bright Sheng's Composition Manuscript.

Archival Material: Video-cassette
"Madame Mao"
View video clip from Bright Sheng's archival collection
"Madame Mao" digital clip

Archival Material: Video-cassette
Video clip of Bright Sheng greeting Aaron Copeland and Leonard Bernstein at the Tanglewood Music Center when Sheng was a student in the Center's Composers' Workshop (1985).

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