The Unanswered Question - Six Talks at Harvard by Leonard Bernstein

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6 total episodes

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1 seasons

First Aired January 11, 1976

Overview

The 1973 Norton Lectures by Leonard Bernstein, presented at his alma mater Harvard University, explores all types of music, including: folk music, pop songs, symphonies, tonal and atonal works; all taught by legendary master composer and conductor, Leonard Bernstein.

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Musical Semantics

Season 1 - Episode 3 - 2h 22m

Air Date

January 25, 1976

Overview

Semantics is the study of meaning in language, and Bernstein's third lecture, "musical semantics", accordingly, is Bernstein's first attempt to explain meaning in music. Although Bernstein defines musical semantics as "meaning, both musical and extramusical" (p. 9) this lecture focuses exclusively on the "musical" version of meaning.