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Season 1, Episode 21

What is a Melody?

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Air Date: 1962-12-21

Overview: Bernstein discusses the different forms melody can take, including tune, theme, motive, melodic line and musical phrase. He illustrates by conducting the orchestra in excerpts from Tchaikovsky, Wagner, Mozart, Hindemith, and Brahms.

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