The Unanswered Question I : Musical Phonology

The Unanswered Question I : Musical Phonology

Bernstein at Harvard

1976•1h 45m•9.0/10

DocumentaryMusic

Ratings

🎬TMDb

9.0/10(1)

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".

Open in PickFlick

Production

Harvard Productions

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Trailers & Videos

Cast

Leonard Bernstein

Leonard Bernstein

Himself

Recommended

The Unanswered Question II : Musical Syntax

The Unanswered Question II : Musical Syntax

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: Syntax refers to the study of the structural organization of a sentence, or as Bernstein summarizes, "the actual structures that arise from that phonological stuff."

The Unanswered Question II : Musical Syntax

1976

9.0

The Way to the Heart

The Way to the Heart

Ava, an award-winning chef at a big-city restaurant, has lost her spark. Her boss sends her out to find herself to save her menu and her job. She returns home and finds little to inspire her, but when she reunites with her childhood friend Logan, Ava has to get her head out of the clouds and her foot out of her mouth to rediscover her passion for food.

The Way to the Heart

2024

9.9

Krzysztof Krawczyk – całe moje życie

Krzysztof Krawczyk – całe moje życie

Documentary story about the career of Krzysztof Krawczyk, one of the most popular pop music performers on the Polish scene. The artist has many hits to his credit. The film uses unique archival footage.

Krzysztof Krawczyk – całe moje życie

2022

7.0

Area of Conflict

Area of Conflict

Human traffickers wipe out a young girl's family and village. She then seeks revenge on those responsible, eventually becoming first the hunted then turning into the hunters with the mercenary hired to eliminate her.

Area of Conflict

2017

7.6

Entropía de Un Hombre Ordinario

Entropía de Un Hombre Ordinario

No overview available.

Entropía de Un Hombre Ordinario

2015

8.0

No salió caro con Quina el chilango

No salió caro con Quina el chilango

No overview available.

No salió caro con Quina el chilango

1991

3.0

Terror on the Midway

Terror on the Midway

When things go wrong at the circus, it's up to Superman to stop the escaped animals.

Terror on the Midway

1942

6.6

Omid Djalili: Live in London

Omid Djalili: Live in London

He's back! One of Britain's best loved comedians, the multi award-winning British-Iranian, Omid Djalili takes on the world in a brand new sensational stand up show. Undertaking a huge sell-out tour across the UK, 'Live in London' captures Omid at his very best, recorded live at the celebrated home of comedy - the Hammersmith Apollo.

Omid Djalili: Live in London

2009

5.7

Más allá de lo común

Más allá de lo común

Pili, a 51-year-old widow, unexpectedly leaves her home when, on her way, she is interrupted by the presence of an alien. After trying to tell her children about the extraterrestrial encounter and being ignored by them, she must investigate how to deal with this being. Meanwhile, she grapples with new desires to abandon the traditional life she has always known. In the end, she will have to confront and accept her deepest fears in order to fight this alien.

Más allá de lo común

2024

8.7

Tu hijo debe nacer

Tu hijo debe nacer

No overview available.

Tu hijo debe nacer

1958

5.0

Dish :)

Dish :)

Emo kids Israel and Louie walk around their east Los Angeles neighborhood dishing about their high school classmates. After listening to Louie boast about his sexual escapades, Israel decides he has some catching up to do.

Dish :)

2009

4.5

Sunkesari

Sunkesari

It was supposed to be an escape from reality. Little didn't they know the dark secrets haunting this place. A place for solace? Or a fight for survival?

Sunkesari

2018

Similar Movies

Swallowtail Butterfly

Swallowtail Butterfly

The struggles of a group of outcasts living in "Yentown", in an alternate-future Japan.

Swallowtail Butterfly

1996

7.4

Garden State - The 20th Anniversary Concert

Garden State - The 20th Anniversary Concert

Be a part of The Garden State 20th Anniversary Concert. This one night only musical event features songs from the iconic Grammy Award-winning soundtrack that defined a generation. Watch performances by the original artists including The Shins, Iron & Wine, Frou Frou, Colin Hay, Thievery Corporation, Remy Zero, Cary Brothers, Bonnie Somerville, and Sophie Barker from Zero 7. Plus more special guests. Whether you remember the first time you heard “New Slang” or the emotional pull of “Let Go,” this is for fans of the film and music alike and is not to be missed.

Garden State - The 20th Anniversary Concert

2025

10.0

Guns n' Roses: Sex N' Drugs N' Rock N' Roll

Guns n' Roses: Sex N' Drugs N' Rock N' Roll

Bursting out of the L.A. glam scene in the late 1980's, Guns N' Roses have gone on to epitomise everything that a rock band should be. Now, some 15 years later and with only one original member, they have somehow managed to retain an enormous army of de

Guns n' Roses: Sex N' Drugs N' Rock N' Roll

2003

A Beat to Rest

A Beat to Rest

Late into his career, an elderly drummer comes to terms with getting older.

A Beat to Rest

Being 97

Being 97

Herbert Fingarette once argued that there was no reason to fear death. At 97, his own mortality began to haunt him, and he had to rethink everything.

Being 97

2018

9.0

Biggie: The Life of Notorious B.I.G.

Biggie: The Life of Notorious B.I.G.

The first authorized biography of Christopher Wallace, allowing Christopher to narrate his own life story. Using archival footage and previously unknown audio to tell the story along with interviews with those that knew him the best.

Biggie: The Life of Notorious B.I.G.

2017

6.5

SCANDAL - 15th Anniversary Live "INVITATION" Livestream From Osaka-Jo Hall

SCANDAL - 15th Anniversary Live "INVITATION" Livestream From Osaka-Jo Hall

The wait is over! A one of a kind “15th anniversary live “INVITATION” from their home-town of will be streamed online to the world!

SCANDAL - 15th Anniversary Live "INVITATION" Livestream From Osaka-Jo Hall

2021

10.0

Feedback

Feedback

Even death is in movement, since the soul is going someplace else. A short film inspired by Jacques Languirand's philosophic work.

Feedback

2010

LIVE TOUR 2013 Fortune Cookie ~Nani ga Deru ka na!?~

LIVE TOUR 2013 Fortune Cookie ~Nani ga Deru ka na!?~

Features Ayaka's concerts held at Nippon Budokan on November 18 & 19, 2013

LIVE TOUR 2013 Fortune Cookie ~Nani ga Deru ka na!?~

2014

10.0

We Speak Music

We Speak Music

There Is Always Something New Happening. So where is our limit? Our artform beatboxing has given so much to the present and has so much more to give in the future. Working in collaboration with Nokia Bell Labs the legendary beatboxer and member of the beatbox community, Reeps One, took a journey of discovery to understand more about the entire art form and how it inspires communities, scientists and engineers.

We Speak Music

2019

9.0

The Way of Folk

The Way of Folk

In this brand new featurette, executive producer T Bone Burnett and the Coen brothers discuss the history of some of the songs that heard in Inside Llywin Davies and possible origin of the stories they tells, the folk movement during the 1960s and the social and cultural ideas that it represented, the authenticity and the identity of folk music and the balance between the two, the future of folk music, etc. Included with the featurette are illustrations by Drew Christie. The featurette was created exclusively for Criterion in 2015.

The Way of Folk

2016

The Planets

The Planets

Based on the famous Gustav Holst musical suite, this musical film takes watchers on a magnificent journey of the planets of the Solar System.

The Planets

1983

7.2