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Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990.
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Tonality.
Music and language.
Music -- Philosophy and aesthetics.
Music -- History and criticism.
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DVD 780.15 U54 Pt .5&6
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Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990.
Tonality.
Music and language.
Music -- Philosophy and aesthetics.
Music -- History and criticism.
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The
unanswered
question
.
Lectures
5
&
6
, The
twentieth
century
crisis
& The
poetry
of
Earth
[videorecording (DVD)] / Leonard Bernstein.
by
Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990.
Kultur, [2001?], c1992.
Call #:
DVD 780.15 U54 Pt .
5
&6
Subjects
Tonality.
Music and language.
Music -- Philosophy and aesthetics.
Music -- History and criticism.
ISBN:
9780769715704 (set)
0769715702 (set)
9780769714554 (
lectures
5-6)
0769714552 (
lectures
5-6)
Alternate title:
Leonard Bernstein at Harvard
Lectures
5
&
6
, The
twentieth
century
crisis
& The
poetry
of
Earth
[videorecording (DVD)]
Six talks at Harvard by Leonard Bernstein
Lectures
5
&
6
, The
twentieth
century
crisis
& The
poetry
of
Earth
[videorecording (DVD)]
Twentieth
century
crisis
& The
poetry
of
Earth
[videorecording (DVD)]
The
twentieth
century
crisis
[videorecording (DVD)].
The
poetry
of
Earth
[videorecording (DVD)].
Format:
[videorecording (DVD)] /
Description:
2 videodiscs (310 min.) : Dolby digital stereo. sd., col. ; 12 cm.
Notes:
Additional title on title screen: Leonard Bernstein at Harvard.
Subtitle on container: Six talks at Harvard by Leonard Bernstein.
Lectures
recorded by Amberson Video in cooperation with WGBH-TV Boston at Harvard University, 1973.
Home use only.
Contents:
Lecture
5
: The
twentieth
century
crisis
(133 min.) Arnold Schoenberg's movement toward atonality and Gustav Mahler's anticipation of the
crisis
in twentieth-century music. Includes performances of Ives, Ravel, and Mahler -- Lecture
6
. The
poetry
of
Earth
(177 min.) Examines how Igor Stravinsky kept tonality viable while experimenting freely with dissonance. Includes a complete performance of Stravinsky's Oedipus Rex.
Production:
Executive producer, Harry J. Kraut ; Producer, Douglas Smith ; Writer, Leonard Bernstein.
Performers:
Boston Symphony Orchestra ; Vienna Philharmonic ; Leonard Bernstein, conductor ; Harvard Glee Club ; F. John Adams, conductor.
Summary:
Leonard Bernstein suggests all types of music are grounded in a universal musical language. In Lecture
5
Mr. Bernstein discusses Arnold Schoenberg's movement toward atonality and Gustav Mahler's anticipation of the
crisis
in
twentieth
century
music. In Lecture
6
Mr. Bernstein examines how Igor Stravinsky kept tonality viable while experimenting freely with dissonance. The Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by Leonard Bernstein performs examples. The
lectures
were written and delivered when Mr. Bernstein was the Charles Eliot Norton Professor of
Poetry
at Harvard University.
Genre:
Filmed
lectures
.
DVDs.
Other authors:
Ives, Charles, 1874-1954. Contemplations.
Unanswered
question
.
Ravel, Maurice, 1875-1937. Rapsodie espagnole. Feria.
Mahler Gustav, 1860-1911. Symphonies, no. 9, D major. Selections.
Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971. Oedipus Rex.
Smith, Douglas.
Boston Symphony Orchestra.
Wiener Philharmoniker.
Harvard Glee Club.
Amberson Video, Inc.
WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.)
Kultur International Films.
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