The Unanswered Question

Can you recall a sea-change in your thinking taking place after a book, documentary, film, argument talk, lecture? I’ve written here before on Leonard Bernstein’s Norton Lectures, on music and linguistics, The Unanswered Question, and the effect they had on my musical thinking. All six lectures are now on YouTube.

One thing I learned much later was that Bernstein had memorised the scripts! If you have several hours to spare, not necessarily all in the same day, then I can’t recommend them highly enough:

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One thought on “The Unanswered Question”

  1. Listened to the first lecture last week…..then we lost your blog 🙁
    Have just started the second lecture and already I am enthralled.
    He uses the expression ‘art mongering’….and beauty……
    I think the proof of his integrity, intelligence and genius is
    in his ability to give a lecture that is accessible to all.
    I was at a lecture at the ‘modern art gallery two’ as it is now called
    ‘Dean Gallery’ to you and me. The lecture was interesting but not
    satisfying. Bernstein made it sound very easy….and we educators
    know that it is not so. Look forward to listening to the the whole thing.
    Thanks for putting it on your blog.

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