Movie

The Unanswered Question I : Musical Phonology

“Bernstein at Harvard”

★ 9.0(2)19761h 45m

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Director: Humphrey Burton
Release date: 1976-01-11
Runtime: 1h 45m
Language: English
Box office: $2,000
Budget: $1,000
Status: Released
Country: United States of America
Studio: Harvard Productions

The Unanswered Question I : Musical Phonology — trailer

About The Unanswered Question I : Musical Phonology

The Unanswered Question I : Musical Phonology is a 1976 movie in the Documentary and Music genres, directed by Humphrey Burton, starring Leonard Bernstein. It has a runtime of 1 hour 45 minutes. It holds an average rating of 9.0/10 from 2 viewers. Below you can see where to watch The Unanswered Question I : Musical Phonology in United Arab Emirates — across streaming, rental and purchase options — along with the full cast, trailer and viewer reviews.

Synopsis

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: Phonology is the linguistic study of sounds, or phonemes. Bernstein's application of this term to music results in what he calls "musical phonology".

Cast

Leonard Bernstein

Himself

Themes & keywords

philosophyclassical musicharvard universitybernsteinlecturemusic theorylinguisticsnoam chomskymusicleonard bernstein

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The Unanswered Question I : Musical Phonology has a runtime of 1 hour 45 minutes (105 minutes).

Who stars in The Unanswered Question I : Musical Phonology?+

The Unanswered Question I : Musical Phonology stars Leonard Bernstein.

When did The Unanswered Question I : Musical Phonology come out?+

The Unanswered Question I : Musical Phonology is a 1976 movie directed by Humphrey Burton.

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The Unanswered Question I : Musical Phonology is Documentary and Music film.

Who directed The Unanswered Question I : Musical Phonology?+

The Unanswered Question I : Musical Phonology was directed by Humphrey Burton.