CBS - Young People's Concerts - Volume 1 (1958) Part 1 What Does Music Mean

Awarded three Emmys and hailed by Variety as “a rare moment in the symbiosis of the arts and broadcasting”, Leonard Bernstein's?Young People's Concerts?left their mark on television history. Aired at prime-time on CBS from 1958 to 1972, 52 one-hour programs were written and hosted by Leonard Bernstein, “certainly the most influential American maestro of the 20th century” (The New York Times). With the New York Philharmonic and guest artists providing live music, these programs brought musical concepts and music history to life for generations of viewers.

Part 1 What Does Music Mean

Leonard Bernstein told the television audience at the start of the first Young People's Concert “No matter what stories people tell you about what music means, forget them. Stories are not what music means. Music is never about things. Music just is. It's a lot of beautiful notes and sounds put together so well that we get pleasure out of hearing them. So when we ask What does it mean, what does this piece of music mean?' we're asking a hard question. Let's do our best to answer it.” During the course of the first program, the New York Philharmonic performs portions of Rossini's William Tell overture, Beethoven's Sixth Symphony and Ravel's La Valse.

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