
Fantasia
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- Year:
- 1940
- 125 min
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How do you do?
My name is Deems Taylor,
and it's my very pleasant duty
to welcome you here...
on behalf of Walt Disney,
Leopold Stokowski...
and all the other
artists and musicians
whose combined talents
went into the creation
of this new form of
entertainment, "Fantasia"
What you are going to see...
are the designs
and pictures and stories...
that music inspired in the minds
and imaginations...
of a group of artists.
In other words,
these are not going to be...
the interpretations of trained musicians,
Which I think is all to the good.
Tehre are three kinds of music
on this "Fantasia" program.
First there's the kind that tells a definite story.
Then there's the kind, that
while it has no specific plot,
more or less definite pictures.
Then there's third kind,
music that exists simply for its own sake.
The number that opens
our "Fantasia" program,
the "Toccata and Fugue,"
what we call
"absolute music."
Even the title
has no meaning...
beyond a description
of the from of the music.
What you will
see on the screen..
is a picture of the
various abstract images...
that might pass
through your mind...
if you sat in a concert hall
listening to this music.
At first, you're more or less
conscious of the orchestra,
so our picture opens...
with a series of impressions
of the conductor and players.
Then the music begins to suggest other things...
to your imagination.
The might be...
oh, just masses of color.
Or they may be
cloud forms...
or great landscapes
or vague shadows...
or geometrical objects
floating in space.
So now we present...
the "Toccata and Fugue
in D minor"
interpreted in pictures
by Walt Disney and his associates,
and the music by
the Philadelphia Orchestra...
and its conductor Leopold Stokowski.
You know, it's funny...
about his own work.
Now, the one composition of Tchaikovsky's...
that he really detested...
was his "Nutcracker Suite"
Which is probably the most popular
thing he ever wrote.
It's a series af dances taken out of a
full-length ballet called "The Nutcracker"...
that he once composed
for the St. Petersburg Opera House.
It wasn't much of a success
and nobody performs it nowadays,
but I'm pretty sure you'll recognize
the music of the suite when you hear it.
Incidentally, you won't see
any nutcracker on the screen.
There is nothing like to him
but the title.
Now we're going to hear
a piece of music...
that tells a very definite story.
As a matter of fact, in this case
the story came first...
and the composer wrote the music
to go with it.
It's a very old story,
one that goes back almost 2000 years.
who had an apprentice.
very anxious to learn the business.
As a matter of fact,
he was a little bit too bright,
because he started practising...
some of the boss's best magic tricks...
before learning how to control them.
One day, for instance, when he'd
been told by his master...
to carry water to fill a cauldron,
he had the brilliant idea...
of bringing a broomstick
to life to carry the water for him.
Well, this worked
very well at first.
Unfortunately, however, having forgotten
the magic formula...
that would make the broomstick
stop carrying the water,
he found he' started
something he couldn't finish.
Mr. Stokowski.
Mr. Stokowski.
My congratulations, sir.
Congratulations to you, Mickey.
Gee, thanks.
Well, so long!
I'll be seeing you.
Good-bye.
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