The Meaning of Music | Answering The Unanswered Question

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 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBiL0VEttZw

'The Unquestioned Answer', Spiegel - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hlw9cJJWZI8

Documentary series on Laurie Spiegel - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLd1RUDmX6w

Article on Charles Ives' 'Unanswered Question' - https://www.jstor.org/stable/941517?searchText=the+unanswered+question&searchUri=%2Faction%2FdoBasicSearch%3FQuery%3Dthe%2Bunanswered%2Bquestion&ab_segments=0%2Fbasic_search_gsv2%2Fcontrol&refreqid=fastly-default%3A81828407f256da9f897a049c88abcdca
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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This video is a review for critical and educational purposes and is protected under article 15 and 105 in the United States Fair Use code, as well as Fair Dealing in UK copyright law. My use of both the footage and music from this work is for the sake of analysis. This video is NOT an infringement on copyright.

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