ep.02 - What is a Melody?

Young People´s Concerts Season 6 Episode 02 – What is a Melody?   Leonard Bernstein explores the various forms that melody can take, such as tune, theme, motive, melodic line, and musical phrase. He demonstrates these concepts by conducting the orchestra in excerpts from works by Tchaikovsky, Wagner, Mozart, Hindemith, and Brahms.   Originally aired on CBS Television Network, December 21, 1962