What does music mean? It's a question we've been asking for centuries, even millennia. In this video, we'll take a look at one of its more memorable manifestations: Charles Ives' enigmatic piece 'The Unanswered Question', and how it was answered over 70 years later by the composer Laurie Spiegel.
FURTHER LISTENING/READING/VIEWING
'The Unanswered Question', Ives - • Ives: The Unanswered Q...
'The Unquestioned Answer', Spiegel - • The Unquestioned Answer
Documentary series on Laurie Spiegel - • Laurie Spiegel - Waves...
Article on Charles Ives' 'Unanswered Question' - www.jstor.org/stable/941517?s...
MUSIC
'Suite Op. 25, Präludium' - Arnold Schoenberg
'Sonatina for Piano 4 Hands II. Andante' - György Ligeti
'The Unanswered Question' - Charles Ives
'Pavane for a Dead Princess' - Maurice Ravel
'The Expanding Universe' - Laurie Spiegel
'Kepler's Harmony of the Worlds' - Laurie Spiegel
'Music for Dance I' and 'II' - Laurie Spiegel
'The Unquestioned Answer' - Laurie Spiegel
'Nocturne in E flat major' - Frederic Chopin
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5 июл 2023
