The Unanswered Question 1973 1 Musical Phonology Bernstein Norton

The Unanswered Question 1973 1 Musical Phonology Bernstein Norton

[@kennethcarvalho3684]

I have never seen a man speak with such eloquence intertwined with confidence and poise.

[@Ntrinzc]

Rubbed off on u eh

[@KISIEL1M]

Allan Watts spoke similarly.

[@pirojfmifhghek566]

I've known many a professor over the years who could do this similarly. You spend enough days teaching people, repeating the same concepts again and again until you've whittled down the words and phrases just how you like them, and you'd be surprised how eloquent you suddenly become. Bernstein was also a conductor, so he had to spend a good amount of time showing competence and confidence and a highly professional level, in front of a room of professionals, for hours at a time. All those skills and all that material was further honed for this particular video, which was meant for a Harvard audience with higher standards. The real shame is that you don't see stuff like this as often simply because there's either a greater emphasis on packaging education as entertainment or putting it behind a paywall or tuition fee. Often the latter requires that they don't record it at all, otherwise anyone could get a full Juliard education from youtube alone. I mean, you _can,_ but you'll have a harder time knowing whether the information you're getting is actually genuine and thorough. Even this video from Bernstein is just a tiny taste of the depths of understanding music theory.

[@DonCYHaute]

Check out Glenn Gould

[@Deliquescentinsight]

Plus he is never arrogant: that rare event, an admirable man.

[@walterbishop3668]

The rare moment you are doing the right thing on youtube. watching and thanks to uploader

[@caginn]

You are welcome, enjoy, best!

[@mediathug]

Wow, yeah, I was just thinking that as I'd found and started watching.

[@steffen5121]

When you're finally on the light side of youtube again. lmao.

[@passage2enBleu]

Three minutes in and one feels to have entered through the portals of highest thought to touch the realms of Heaven.

[@danieltkach2330]

Or the wrong thing at work lol

[@filusso]

It should be illegal to have the explanation of Mozart’s chromaticism interrupted by a milk chocolate advert

[@1samc]

The performance itself was interrupted by a bomb scare, when Bernstein himself was conducting the "universality of mankind". He was devastated and destroyed, but his faith "DOUBLED"; especially when the audience stayed and reinforced this universality.

[@allenjones3130]

Classical music and commercial TV aren't meant for each other.

[@MyNameIsNeutron]

@@allenjones3130 I think they go together just fine.

[@ayejayuu49]

On the other hand; did you find a better way to watch this for free?

[@MyDIldoFace]

And a bomb scare

[@nocynic]

I was fortunate enough to play under his baton on a few occasions, and to speak with him. The greatest mind and the greatest talent I have ever encountered.

[@robertbodle2354]

"The best way to know a thing is in the context of another discipline."

[@dr.brianjudedelimaphd743]

Debussy drew inspiration from expressionist paintings

[@michaelgill5644]

Of course! All of he arts are related. Just as all humanity is (all ) related. Throughout (all of) time!!

[@urmorph]

Goethe: "He who does not know another language does not really know his own."

[@SpaceGhostNick]

music helped me get through a chemistry degree

[@Ntrinzc]

Michael Gill I bet u think u were mighty woke for being able to come to that conclusion lmao

[@ellenorchid01]

I watch Bernstein and he seems to be speaking without notes, speaking so fluently and fluidly, without "ums" or 'you knows". I am struck by what a seasoned performed/actor he is. How he engages the audience - and the camera - with such a warmth and friendly manner. He admits to being "petrified" which seems honest and also he has the strength to be vulnerable. What an excellent speaker. How brilliant and appealing. I love his handsome appearance, his crimson tie, and his appealing deep voice. His knowledge is extraordinary. In these troubled times, it comforts me so much to watch this and other LB videos. I'm grateful to Bradley Cooper and all the creators of "Maestro" that have brought Bernstein again to new world attention and to new generations as well as the older ones.

[@TruthSurge]

He is reading. He keeps glancing back at the exact same spot constantly. Just to the upper right of the long camera angle so it doesn't look so awkward but yes, he's reading.

[@catherinekyngdon327]

What a wonderful opportunity to listen to Bernstein speak. This is worth so much it is priceless.

[@paxwallace8324]

I was inducted in Jr high School at 14 to replace a saxaphonist in what was then a pretty high level youth jazz band in my home town. So of course I was struggling with music theory in order to solo better like all jazz musicians when at that hyper impressionable age I stumbled across these lectures on PBS. These lectures faned the flames of what was already a pretty hot fire so that I became so obsessed with the sound of music approaching that tonal precipice that he talks about in later lectures. As a result of this televised musical inquiry I began my own so I naturally became a composer. I am now 63 and I am still a working Jazz Pianist and Composer still engaged with that inquiry.

[@jdsgotninelives]

A man of extraordinary gifts. Musician, story teller, philosopher, historian, presenter, writer, orator, artist, poet, and painter. Thank you for making such fine material available to someone like me, who had no idea this existed before KZbin made it available to me.

[@LearnerChess]

Same goes for me. I had no idea this existed. Bernstein is the best lecturer I've ever heard, as well as, of course, a great musician.

[@jdsgotninelives]

I'll second that :-)

[@jslasher1]

He would have lived longer had he not smoked himself into an early grave.

[@KoenZyxYssel]

He also would have lived longer if medical research wasn't so controversial. There are actually a lot of scenarios in which he would have lived longer, let's see if we can name all of them. Oh wait, that's a waste of precious time and resources.

[@jeepvanetten689]

He lived a long and productive life. He did smoke too much.

[@lespaulandtheboys]

Seeing a lot of "western culture doesn't produce people like this anymore". I would say, very brilliant minds do still exist, but pop culture is less tolerant of deep, nuanced ideas, so they are not broadcast as widely. One modern example (among countless) is Robert Sapolsky - a king of modern scientific communication, but unheard of in the mainstream. In some ways, we are seeing a return of nuance, e.g. with the meteoric rise in long-form interview/documentary podcasts and semi-academic video-essay youtube channels. Just enjoy these lectures and propagate the intrigue and passion that they invoke within you.

[@tartanhandbag]

i was literally about to use Sapolsky as an example...

[@qwertyuoip1234]

I highly recommend his Stanford lecture series on neuropsychology.

[@whatabouttheearth]

Stephen Jay Gould didn't die that long ago.

[@lowerlowerhk]

Thanks to your recommendation I watch his talk on disproving free will. It is a profound lecture. Thank your for introducing a gaint on which shoulder I could stand.

[@lucalbo]

These lectures lie among the best things uploaded ever. Thank you!

[@caginn]

You are welcome, enjoy, best!

[@san_ake]

I can't press the like button enough times. I'm saddened by the fact that I was born at a time where such wisdom and eloquence has everything but disappeared, but I am also glad that it grants me the technology to witness this 46 year old masterclass I couldn't have witnessed otherwise. Thanks to whoever uploaded this.

[@n3v3rg01ngback]

san_ake Make sure it was an odd number.

[@ralphsutton1939]

I saw the original lectures on TV in the early Seventies. I was spellbound then, and even more so on revisiting them now. As a teacher (of languages) I have never encountered such inspirational teaching. Ever!

[@andypianoman2732]

Same here !

[@jhummelgaard9310]

Do check out Robert Gjerdingen's Music in the Galant Style

[@RememberGodHolyBible]

"spellbound"... interesting choice of words. That LITERALLY was what happened. Bernstein was not even correct if you see my other comment under tis video. He just enchanted you and others with a hollow fair speech.

[@faitesentrerlesmusiciens1532]

​@@jhummelgaard9310😂

[@MarkGrindell]

I last approximately 25 minutes into this and there are tears in my eyes. I never really know why. I feel impossibly thankful and blessed.

[@maxalaintwo3578]

His articulation is just off the chart. I've literally had to pause and search the definition of some of the words he says. I admire it and desire to follow in his lead

[@Ana_crusis]

is english your second language?

[@maxalaintwo3578]

@@Ana_crusis No. I just have a smaller vocabulary than I once thought lol

[@douglaslusky6052]

Me Too!

[@TheBigMclargehuge]

How could you figuratively pause and look up words? You don't have to indicate you're speaking literally we Believe you.

[@maxalaintwo3578]

@@TheBigMclargehuge I'm a young Gen Z whippersnapper, I put "literally" in front of everything as a general intensifier

[@QGDeclined]

As someone who always struggled with music theory and had a subpar natural ear for pitch intervals - yet still insisted on playing music - this demonstration of the harmonic series, the development/evolution of new harmonics being accepted as tonal... what a beautiful presentation. This made me understand the circle of fifths in an entirely new perspective that charts and articles never could. What a teacher, a true command of his craft and the ability to explain it. RIP Maestro thank you for the enlightenment.

[@dawnrazornephilim]

So much shit comes out of America that it's nice to be reminded that there are some great Americans as well, this guy was brilliant. He does seem to like philosophers I do as well and it's interesting how he works it into music.

[@daftdoggo7662]

“He decided to learn it himself, what a man, even bought me the sheet music” if that isn’t true bromance I don’t know what is

[@JAYDUBYAH29]

From a time when complex and lucid intellectualism was still given time on broadcast TV.

[@Persun_McPersonson]

Oh, how we have fallen..

[@TheBoglodite]

@@Persun_McPersonson When your entire society values profit over all else, it's no wonder the arts and intellectualism fall.

[@Persun_McPersonson]

@@TheBoglodite yeh

[@remixandkaraoke]

I sure do miss those days.

[@HomeAtLast501]

...said the pseudo- and easily impressed intellectual using highly stilted language.

[@NashvilleGuitarist]

i could listen to him talk on any subject im just thankful it's music. Thanks for sharing

[@caginn]

You are welcome, enjoy, best!

[@SuperKorenman]

Man cant believe its been almost 50 years since he posted this on KZbin

[@malcolmdale]

Such a pleasure to hear a whole lecture without "you know", "like", "er, um", or any expletives.

[@jslasher1]

Wow! How correct you are. NO so-called 'filler words', which are used non-stop today by the hoi-polloi.

[@Roescoe]

He did that so well that I noticed the very few that he did say. Hah, Toastmasters really starts attuning you to that.

[@reev9759]

YES but the fake nose scratches.

[@hank1519]

@@jslasher1 Hoi polloi meaning us

[@gmnr1336]

2:31 he says uh. Just because someone’s uses um, or ah, or err, in their speech, doesn’t make them bad speakers. It is the content of that speech that matters most.

[@mymatemartin]

This has utterly transformed and blown open my understanding of scales, keys, modulations, diatonic and chromatic control. it's just mind blowing. Freedom at last. Thank you so much for the upload. What a great man Bernstein was.

[@caginn]

Martin Craig you are welcome, enjoy, best!

[@whoisthispianist01]

Stunning intelligence! B demonstrates mastery of music and language - articulating every point with precision and clarity. He never says “um”.

[@HomeAtLast501]

You're so easily impressed.

[@eltiogottlieb.4911]

​@@HomeAtLast501pero ¿Por qué demeritar? En efecto se expresaba con absoluta elocuencia y sapiencia.

[@HomeAtLast501]

I made this comment 2 years ago, so I don't remember why I was unimpressed with this blowhard spewing simple concepts using the highly stilted language, and exaggerated articulation, that is so common among those in Classical Music. So I decided to rewatch part of it to see what I was thinking. I'm 18 minutes into it, and it's all hot air. All he has said is that he realized that a small number of well-known compositions had a phrase consisting of the same 4 notes. That's it. I can't waste anymore time relistening, since the lecture is so long, and he could have said what he just said in 18 minutes in about 2 minutes. So let me as you this. If you watched it, what did he conclude about the universal musical language?@@eltiogottlieb.4911

[@SylverANGL]

Thank you so much for the upload.

[@caginn]

You are welcome, enjoy, best!

[@andrewlaw2420]

Thank you so much, I remember these from when they were first broadcast and have talked about them ever since, I will so much enjoy watching again, I love the part about Mozart 40th symphony

[@edgotsis]

And for Beethoven's 5th! If I remember right they were brodcasted in PBS.

[@Ahggie43]

A man who thinks about what he says and does.

[@JohnMoore-qv4vn]

Ads every 5 minutes for the entire presentation. Thanks so much for making Bernstein pertinent and timely.

[@Monica-wc8wr]

Back when at Harvard you got your money’s worth. What a lecture!

[@whatabouttheearth]

Well, in this century US state university cost more than the legendary Cambridge in England (look it up)

[@BigHogEntertainment]

Could we get a few more commercials?? I’m not getting enough

[@OneMileyCyrusFanVlog]

Well, it's the youtuber who decides where to put them, then again this is so precious so I get that they want make money off of it. However, I had 0 ad and you can too if you can add 'Ad block" (a free extension) to your browser, it blocks ALL ads on youtube, unfortunately it only works on computers. Thanks for the heads up because I almost put it on my smart tv, but I can't stand ads especially on a lecture

[@andrewdressler6173]

For real

[@Go_EZ-ier_On_Us_And_Enjoy]

'Ad Blocker Free' is fantastic! 😃 Saves a ton of data and time! Please support musicians by going to concerts and buying albums!! 🌝 Enjoy!

[@PosiAttiGuy]

The video has been on the site for a while, it is therefore very likely it has been claimed by a third party. Once it gets claimed and monetized, the uploader himself has no longer any say in where, what and how many ads the video gets. It's reasonable to assume that this would be the case here, they usually pepper the video heavily with ads, cause you know... corporate shills amirite. Just yeet on AdBlock and stop crying lmao

[@josemontes9818]

FAST and seek FORWARD and seek TO and seek THE and seek END then REPLAY IT BACK AND NO INTERRUPTIONS.

[@ardennes8970]

Thank you. Chomsky will remain legend. 2022 sends love light and happiness

[@michaelwoodsmccausland5633]

Musicians Against Multiple Sclerosis@ Salutes this incredible being who rediscovered the ability of Sound to heal! Onelv MWM

[@laomark9583]

Bernstein gives us the pride of being Human. He is a "Real Human Being", one of the one-percenter of the one-percenters ...

[@martinehamon3818]

Lao Mark agree

[@fraserwing8744]

The amount of ads in these videos is inexcusable.

[@denisosu]

Phenomenal - thanks for sharing! What a rare combination of a really great lecturer, an amazing musician and a genuine intellectual - how many people could take such a complex topic and explain it to non-musicians so that they actually understand it?? I could listen to him talk about and play music forever!

[@caginn]

You are welcome, enjoy, best!

[@thomasdr08]

The explanation of harmonics just blew my mind. As one who deals with wavelengths on a day to day basis, I've never actually considered this.

[@intuneorange]

Hemholtz

[@andrewcarter1599]

My Musicianship 101 course was taught by a joyless, mediocre woman who relished in shattering any notions of meaningful aesthetic values or any universality in music. Any absolutes would contradict her postmodern intellectual tradition. Intuitively, this felt wrong, and having Leonard Bernstein convey the absolute physical reality that the minor third is so much higher up the harmonic series than the major third and therefore strikes our ears with a sort of dissonance, provides a framework and vocabulary to discredit her rantings which have long haunted me. Of course his lectures predated my college by 30 years, but how wonderful to have them now. And how much less her excuse for what she taught.

[@blahdeblah1975]

What a gift this man was.

[@paxwallace8324]

It's so wild to think all these highly skilled musicians (Boston Symphony) went out to their period correct automobiles and drove home to their period correct domiciles spread throughout the Boston area of 1973 and their spouses and families or perhaps hipster single lives or elderly single lives and students. I love looking at audiences from this period as well I can almost see myself out there in those audiences. It was such a different world. The idea of watching this program on a handheld Smart phone while imaginable was pure science fiction. It's kinda sad because people really went to concerts plays jazz clubs lectures museums because culture took work back in my youth.

[@mrnarason]

Came here after finishing up watching all of the young people's concerts, a natural transition.

[@mckavitt]

I wondered how long he would stay seated in that formidable chair, for no lack of eminent behinds before his own having sat in it. Not a minute into it he is standing & about half a minute later he is seated on the desk. He did mention "occupying" that chair. Then, he frees himself of all that & stands rather alienating himself from the desk except as a support for his papers. Then, he is re-occupying the chair. Then off a few feet away to the piano. This, like his words & musical examples, is rhythmic, highly knowledgable teaching. Love you, Lenny. And may you, finally, rest in peace, aware of how much you have left behind to our immense pleasure, stimulation & gratitude.

[@magnusbnordh9624]

This series is a pure treasure.

[@frikkiejacobs8858]

I'm trying to focus on what he is saying, but I keep getting distracted by how beautifully he is saying it.

[@RCB-ww3tm]

So true. One of the greatest artists and intellectuals of the 20th century ❤️ RIP Lenny. If only we had met ...

[@jgonz260]

@@RCB-ww3tm Extremely eloquent,

[@PaulTheSkeptic]

He does command a powerful vocabulary. I consider speaking to be a sort of artform in itself. When humans communicate, one way of describing what's happening is that one person is painting a picture in the mind of the other person. And to do this really well, you need a large vocabulary and the intellectual tools to use it properly. With that, it's easier to communicate complex concepts. But beware. Because when you're behind some famous lecture desk in the hallows halls of Harvard University, you sound intelligent and confident. But when you're on the internet, often you can sound like a pretentious asshat. Being a bit of a pretentious asshat myself, I know from experience.

[@jgonz260]

@@PaulTheSkeptic Agree. No question that L. Bernstein was somewhat arrogant, pompous, and pretentious. However, he was a brilliant intellectual, musician, and composer, and these attributes go with the territory. He was amazingly eloquent. I am just overly impressed with how he kept going with this excellent speech in such an eloquent way for more than one hour as if he was reading a dictation. Few people can do this, certainly not presidents. Simply impressive!

[@PaulTheSkeptic]

@@jgonz260 I didn't mean to imply that I thought he was arrogant or pompous in any way. In his time and in his skin with his achievements, he can get away with that. I'm saying that I have a tendency to speak like a book. I read a lot. I can see how I can come off as a pretentious asshat in the 21st century and on the internet. It's totally different. No one's going to accuse him or other great speakers, James Baldwin and FDR come to mind, of being pompous. They deserve the respect they get for their intellectual acumen and precise diction. I agree totally. He was very eloquent and I learn a lot when I listen to him.

[@the_Rade]

I just keep coming back to these lectures. So amazing!I've even started playing the piano because Leonardo inspired me. I'm learning so much every time I watch. They are so deep and thurow. Profoundly edifying. I wish there was more content like this! Thank you for uploading :D

[@caginn]

You are welcome. Enjoy, best!

[@agapeyoga1]

amazing! thorough, educated, clear, interesting, informative, classy, cool, etc (and what eye candy!!)

[@SarahJones-wy5us]

Maria Vailakis-Wippick, Oh yes brains, talent charisma sexy ,handsome,oh lord what a man maestro Bernstein was eye candy an understatement !!!

[@jeanmorin9095]

The man is endowed with high level of talent as a musician. teacher, and as an actor. His body language helps him considerably in conducting.

[@horrified871]

I recently joined the joy of classical music and the lectures should be translated into every language!

[@AndiKravljaca]

I love how you can hear his 'Maaaaaa!' encoded on the video tape several times, way in the background.

[@ArkonPT]

Yeah, thought my earphones were screwed at first haha

[@Chaosmonaut]

Andi Kravljaca any clue why this may be happening?

[@SillyNolan]

Andi Kravljaca overtone series

[@AiMR]

You have good ears. That is called 'print through' and is the result of the magnetic field of a tape recording imprinting itself on the nearby layers of a reel of tape.

[@ungodly_athorist]

I imagine it being more likely to happen if the tape sits for a long period of time without being played. If so, I now wonder how tape archives protect against the phenomenon.

[@BenjiOrthopedic]

1:40:50 I could listen to Lennie talk for hours and hours on end and never get tired of it. He was one of the most eloquent speakers ever, not to mention his being a walking encyclopedia of music - and I don't just mean classical.

[@MarcelloSevero]

In Bersteinian sign language, a nose scratch means a full stop.

[@shawncharton9416]

Or a coke problem.

[@rayfoster4339]

i kinda wonder if he did cocaine? because there are other videos he seems kinda high on coke? ...i used to do it in my 20's so i know the tells

[@SarahJones-wy5us]

@@rayfoster4339 His main addiction was amphetamines (speed) and pain killers, his nasal rubbing was largely due to sinus problems.

[@MrTeff999]

Sarah Jones -How do you know this?

[@SarahJones-wy5us]

@@MrTeff999 Because anybody who has taken an interest in the life and musical acumen of Maestro Bernstein knows full well of his battles with amphetamines and alcohol ,also his health battles with emphysma, asthma .and a runny nose caused by sinus conditions which irritated him.

[@Tom-iv5pw]

Tried to listen this while working as background noise. Stopped being able to concentrate on my work because of how informative and mesmerizing the lecture is. I'm pausing and coming back some other time. Gotta' finish work.

[@brucermorgan]

Thank you for posting this fine excerpt. And what a gift to music study this series was and still is .

[@caginn]

You are welcome, enjoy, best!

[@keyboardbw]

Amazing, a 1hr 45min coherent lecture without ANY notes or teleprompter.

[@aarinteich]

yes, I thought that at first, but have come to the conclusion there is indeed a teleprompter - still, amazing information, and amazingly orated! This is my second time through...!

[@drummist1000]

He keeps shifting his eyes/look, I noticed it immediately. So, I believe there IS a teleprompter, at least one.

[@martinehamon3818]

keyboardbw still valuable!

[@1samc]

If any of you haven't noticed there isn't a regular teleprompter, you haven't watched this to the end....and i mean the full lecture. Even after so doing, if you still believe there is, the details have blown over your head. (Un)fortunately. There is actually a "teleprompter" of sorts: in his memory.

[@whatabouttheearth]

He was a composer in training for the New York Philharmonic at the age of 25, I got a feeling this guy obsessed with such thoughts and even if he was using one for this probably didn't need a teleprompter. There are many other interviews with him on You Tube

[@PaulCaseyHealingArts]

This is amazing. He combined all my favorite subjects into a supremely coherent and engaging lecture. I can't wait to watch the rest.

[@sallysteinwachs2245]

What brought me here is the movie and I’m excited to listen. I sang in a choir. I am a painter later in life.

[@CaroleHoldem-lh4np]

Great to Watch ,and wonderful to hear his Wonderful Knowledge, Thanks for this documentary 🎶💥💖🎶

[@Ahggie43]

This is the first time I've heart "tonic" explained without thinking of Schweppes

[@classicalmusicanalysis]

Hahahahahaha

[@CLASSICALFAN100]

...or (this goes back a few years) "Hair Tonic"?

[@LearnerChess]

"Long hair tonic" ;)

[@vk92007]

You're Funny!!

[@u.v.s.5583]

Gin and tonic relationship.

[@chicolofi]

What a lecture. Amazing.

[@smashkin92]

Wow. This is incredible. Thank you SO MUCH for the upload.

[@santilomonaco3177]

Bernstein's lectures are, today more than ever, pure unadulterated intelligence! Deep pleasure and constant tension intertwined in a singularly unique, sadly of days gone past, way of embracing complexity. The academic wokes, cancel culture and related "modern" debris should be forced to watch and listen.

[@n3v3rg01ngback]

This is good insight into where music probably comes from. Every musician can benefit from watching.

[@dillardfilth8933]

20 ads. If they only knew what they were interrupting

[@tescheurich]

Not one of those ads stand a chance. I tap the corner going lemme hear Bernstein, lemme hear Bernstein.

[@lightheartsounds1676]

Ad blocker?

[@ebberman7672]

I saw no ads. What am I doing right? Firefox with Adguard AdBlocker add-on.

[@coajrmusic]

Scrolling to the end, then hitting the replay button works on this video.

[@dillardfilth8933]

I have Adblocker now y'all 🤘😁. It was just the audacity

[@LMedlock33]

I just came across this and am choked up in the first 5 minutes of it. This is my dream class.

[@onanonainoyole]

Este hombre era un genio, sin duda.

[@gyptis]

Oui merci pour ce partage, j'avais acheté les dvd mais mon lecteur toutes zones a rendu l'âme et je ne pouvais plus les voir.

[@caginn]

De rien, Prendre plaisir, Meilleurs vœux!

[@hoctroviet]

West side story! This great men wrote that musical too!!! He was so talented! One of the great human being of the 20th century.

[@ConspiracistLizardMan]

What a brilliant mind.

[@brianmcguire5175]

When he brings the music technique into this lecture he really begins to capture my attention. He was brilliant at teaching the complexity of his life work of knowledge. I guess the linguistic stuff was his warmer or opening but his music stuff is amazing

[@dpratte]

What a genius. What an American treasure. RIP Leonard.

[@Dsullivann]

Stumbled upon this, best thing I've found in a LONG time

this is pure gold

[@lilbrix09]

I'd just like to say thank you so much to the uploader. This sort of knowledge and understanding of music simply must be passed on. Incredible lecture.

[@caginn]

Thank you for your comment and kind words. My pleasure, enjoy, best!

[@kappabravomusic2101]

Wow. I'm quite impressed with Bernstein's English. Very high quality. Very pleasant to listen to.

[@whatabouttheearth]

Partial Trans Atlantic accent? 🤔

[@ForeverFall]

I've never seen so many ads in one video. And never in such a high frequency. It's sad, really

[@musicbydavidsmith]

54:46 Much like a camera’s aperture, or the display of a television, I love how he expresses and demonstrates his point of musical development at the piano. Such a pleasure.

[@contactkeithstack]

19:15 mind gets blown by the "ma" idea

[@analognoir7398]

2 minutes in and I already know this is going to be fucking insane! Bowl packed

[@jimkeller3868]

Damn good speaker

[@chickenflavor9880]

I watched the whole thing and im gonna watch all the others

[@CCRmusicfan]

Thanks for uploading I saw this at the beginning of the 90s lovely stuff.

[@caginn]

You are welcome, enjoy, best!

[@porcinet1968]

it's fascinating to watch these lectures and to realise that nowadays you can't throw words like "Quixotic" around even in an academic context confident the reference will be understood - people say these days that education is better than ever but I think the exact opposite is true.

[@porcinet1968]

it's also fascinating to imagine how such lectures would be taken at today's Harvard

[@ffggddss]

Really like this exposition! But did anyone else notice that he kind of glossed over something in explaining the origin of the 12-semitone system? Early, he introduces overtones (harmonics) and tells how their physical basis makes them integer multiples of the fundamental frequency, mentioning that he'll explain later how this led to the 12-note system of western music. He also talks about tempering, and how basing the notes on these harmonics, can only make them sound right in one key, while throwing all other keys' scales, triads, etc., off a bit. Then when he gets around to making that connection from the overtone series to the 12-tone chromatic scale, he plays the series of fifths from C₁ up to C₈ : C₁ G₁ D₂ A₂ E₃ B₃ F#₄ C#₅ Ab₅ Eb₆ Bb₆ F₇ C₈ without pointing out that harmonic fifths (3/2 multiples of frequency) won't quite close that "circle." This is because those 12 fifths, amounting to 12 factors of 3/2, can't exactly match the 7-octave span: (3/2)¹² vs 2⁷ i.e. 3¹² vs 2¹⁹ 531441 vs 524288 a discrepancy of about 1.4%. This is only about ¼ semitone, and that's why this system is "good enough."

[@jpstenino]

Have some warm milk before going to bed.

[@SwarthySkinnedOne]

@@jpstenino You're a nut! My kind:) Cause u just cracked me up with your "who really gives a shit stain? Just Fuck off and leave us alone already." drollery:) ha ha ha ha! Oh shid! Thar was a good one! It's challenging enough to follow Bernstein getting a bit into the theory of Western tonalities. Then this guy with his long-winded esoteric blah blah pointing out Leonard's minor discrepancy. I was like, "Tsk! Oh geeze! I really couldn't care less dude! Goddamn!". Then I read your comment and nearly died laughing so hard:)

[@martinehamon3818]

SwarthySkinnedOne, please stop counting, relax, get the gists LB offers and first and foremost enjoy the music.

[@TheGoldenHorncall]

This lecture is amazing, but can we talk about that flute angle? Obviously it works for her but damn that's like a 45 degree angle

[@alexdavis5360]

I was just happy they weren't all men

[@musikinspace]

I swear the seventies were the best time for tv.

[@kommissar.murphy]

This is the perfect antidote to hearing Imogen Heap talking about leveraging her Twitter followers to make more money in advertising.

[@jonahansen]

Damn! Leonard Bernstein was one smart cookie as well as an excellent communicator and conveyor of the understanding of music to the public, even those not enamored with it as he was...

[@enda615]

Thank you, uploader. These talks are fantastic

[@caginn]

You are welcome, enjoy, best!

[@ivyssauro123]

He might not get things 100% solid all the time, but damn what am amazing orator and curious man, I just can't stop watching!

[@BruïnGebakken]

Inspirational. Spellbound. Brilliant!

[@paxwallacejazz]

So with the greatest humility I'm gonna cliff note out perhaps The most crucial point being made here at least for a composer. That being that: The unspoken driving force among all well known composers post Bach is this simultaneous equation.. Chromaticism (meaning the harmonic inclusion of notes outside the key)=Ambiguity. And (B) Ambiguity (expertly handled)=greater musical expresivity. Just listen to the peril the TENSION Mozart puts his melodic characters through! No really they sound imperiled endangered and in a way they are! being contorted made to travel through a real harmonic adventure changing their very nature happy ideas restated in minor keys for instance and contorted through an intricate maze of modulation as if fleeing some great peril. But in the end he brings them home safe and sound but wiser somehow..

[@Go_EZ-ier_On_Us_And_Enjoy]

Thanks - this explanation helps! Take care! 🌝🎹🎵🎶🎹

[@avjake]

In Bernstein's hands, you can almost understand the genius of Mozart.

[@thomasdr08]

eJacob Cornelius it’s definitely an enlightening take on music I’ve always enjoyed, but never thought to study.

[@DarkeningSkies1]

Say what you want about old Lenny- he was a stunningly good presenter/educator. A lovely mind.

[@tamaracashour23love]

I agree. In a dumbed- down era when every academic at every conference is hugging their clicker as they rifle through their PowerPoint slides, Lenny is a refreshing and welcome return to a past time when education actually mattered, and professors were confident lecturers who knew their subject matter so thoroughly that they did not need to constantly refer to the screen behind them. Today the technology does all the work. No wonder education is in such a shit state. No wonder it is so refreshing to watch Lenny hop from the piano to the lecturer’s chair to the conductor’s podium--all done in an effort to help us understand what he is so passionate about and what deserves more recognition in general in the world: Classical Music. Sadly, still in our modern era, there is lacking a focus on a fair and complete education for all, not just the elite few who can afford Harvard, Yale and the other Ivies. How far we have sunk by slavishly following the ethics of Capitalism.

[@GrimmusiKRecords]

what a badass! thanks for uploading the full lectures!!

[@caginn]

You are welcome, enjoy, best.

[@katia_merak]

Incredibly precios! thank you for sharing. His mindset is absolutely mazing...

[@caginn]

Indeed his mindset is amazing. You are welcome, enjoy, best!

[@CliffMcAulay]

A constant treasure trove of observations. Thank you for uploading.

[@caginn]

You are welcome, enjoy, best!

[@ellebluesialia]

I usually don't watch a lot the screen while letting videos run on YT but this... I want to learn everything, he's been catching my attention every time!

[@ffggddss]

+ cagin I remember the original airing of this. Much richer than the concerts for young people series, which were also great, but these are on a much higher level. So glad it returns to live on... Thanks!

[@caginn]

You are welcome, enjoy, best!

[@ZaraAxelrod]

I counted 4 women in the Boston Symphony: a flautist, a cellist, and two violinists

[@Twentythousandlps]

Glad you know how to count.

[@nickbarton3191]

Wonderful talk. Thanks for uploading.

[@caginn]

You are welcome, enjoy, best!

[@Jeanbeaugeste]

Beauty in mind, heart, and spirit !

[@charlieinslidell]

I'm on my 4th viewing of these, it seems to be a yearly ritual