In article , "Peter T. Daniels" wrote:

Bernstein's *Unanswered Question* is a far more distressing work. It's
an attempt by someone who didn't understand it to apply an already
superseded approach to linguistics to an area where it was utterly
irrelevant. It was definitely part of his "radical chic" phase, when
anything connected with the name of Noam Chomsky was all the rage.

Anyone who wants distressing music theory is urged to check out Guerino
Mazzola. Ugh.