The Unanswered Question III : Musical Semantics (1976)
• January 11th, 1976 • 2h 23min
Documentary, Music
Overview
This series comprised six lectures on music, which cumulatively took the title of a work by Charles Ives, The Unanswered Question. Bernstein drew analogies to other disciplines, such as poetry, aesthetics, and especially linguistics, hoping to make these lectures accessible to an audience with limited or no musical experience, while maintaining an intelligent level of discourse: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" this lecture focuses exclusively on the "musical" version of meaning.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
The Greatest Radio Station In The World
Released on: 2022-06-20
Documentary, Music
A fun-filled documentary that tells the unique 60-year history of WPKN in Bridgeport, CT, through in...
Inger Christensen - The cicadas exist
Released on: 1998-03-09
Documentary
In this portrait film, we meet Inger Christensen in her apartment in Østerbro, Copenhagen, where she...
SMTown Live in Tokyo 2011 (Special Edition)
Released on: 2011-11-13
Music
29 Live Performances from SMTown in Tokyo 2011 by WOWOW
Antoine de Caunes : la vie rêvée d'un enfant du rock
Released on: 2025-11-25
Documentary
Documentary on Antoine de Caunes, a French television presenter, comedian, actor, journalist, writer...
Electric Callboy: Tekkno - Live in Europe
Released on: 2024-03-20
Music, Documentary
A compilation of live performances from across Europe by the German electronicore band, Electric Cal...
Song
Released on: 2014-04-11
Documentary
Song is a story of the last Finnish rune singer and his pupil, and the comforting power of singing.
Ace (Or, I Wanna Be Like Sophie Aldred)
Released on: 2025-03-26
Music, Science Fiction
A young girl (Esme James) yearns to express her love for classic Doctor Who, in the face of a disapp...
Burns in the USA
Released on: 2017-01-25
Documentary, History
Robert Burns was well aware of the revolution taking place across the Atlantic as he grew up. The po...
Animusic
Released on: 2001-06-23
Animation, Music, Family
Animusic draws you into its reality like no place you have ever been. You encounter new dimensions o...
Reminiscence
Released on: 2025-03-10
Drama, Music, Family
Aurora, daughter of retired Jazz composer Hugo, is informed that his father’s Alzheimer’s disease ha...
KILLOLA LIVE in HOLLYWOOD
Released on:
Music
Watch and listen as the cult-admired rockmob [Killola] rifles through ten songs on a warm California...
Melbhattan
Released on: 2013-05-23
Animation, Music, Comedy
Melbhattan. Melbhattan is part homage, part pastiche of the opening sequence of Woody Allen's semina...
Eddie and the Cruisers
Released on: 1983-09-23
Drama, Music
A television newswoman picks up the story of a 1960s rock band whose long-lost leader — Eddie Wilson...
Press Play
Released on: 2022-06-16
Music, Romance, Science Fiction
Laura and Harrison have the picture-perfect romance built on the foundation of a shared love of musi...
Eddie and the Cruisers II: Eddie Lives!
Released on: 1989-08-18
Drama, Thriller, Music
In the sixties, Eddie and the Cruisers were the hottest band around. But the tragic death of its lea...
The Saddest Music in the World
Released on: 2003-09-17
Comedy, Drama, Music
In Depression-era Winnipeg, a legless beer baroness hosts a contest for the saddest music in the wor...
The Weeknd: Live at SoFi Stadium
Released on: 2023-02-25
Music
Filmed at LA's SoFi Stadium, The Weeknd brings down the house – and your living room – in this epic ...