From "The Unanswered Question", Six Talks at Harvard (Norton Lectures) by Leonard Bernstein. In the first lecture, "Musical Phonology", Bernstein explores the origins and development of music and language. In this excerpt, he explains harmonic development, tonality, and the origin of the chromatic scale.

Written by Leonard Bernstein
Executive Producer: Harry Kraut
Consulting Producer: Humphrey Burton
Producer: Douglas Smith

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Originally Produced by Amberson Video in
cooperation with WGBH-TV Boston, 1973.

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