Erich Wolfgang Korngold was a romantic composer who often used fairy tales as inspiration. He composed a set of seven "Fairy Tale Pictures" in 1910, originally for piano, which he later orchestrated. I almost always prefer an orchestral version (I'm trying to think of anything where I don't like the orchestral version best and I'm drawing a blank...the link is to an orchestral version on Amazon) but being limited to youtube selections, here's the last movement, "The Fairytale speaks an Epilogue," the piano version.
It's a pretty piece. The infuriating thing is, Korngold was 13 years old in 1910. The other movements are "The Enchanted Princess," "The Ruler of Spirits," "The Goblins," "The Fairy King's Ball," "The Brave Little Tailor," and a missing movement, "The Princess and the Pea."
Korngold also composed the music for the soundtrack to "The Adventures of Robin Hood:"
And also "The Prince and the Pauper":
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Saturday, September 11, 2010
Thursday, April 29, 2010
Disney and drunkenness
I always loved the song "Pink Elephants," but the first time I watched Dumbo as an adult I was kind of shocked that the whole thing is a drunken delusion.
Dumbo isn't the only classic Disney to involve drunkenness, or to make it humorous.
Check out Sir Hiss from Robin Hood at 3:30
The Kings-and the Page-drink a little too much in Sleeping Beauty
"Let me fill up your glass-that glass was all full!" Heehee
And of course, Gaston's tavern song.
LeFou: More Beer?
Gaston: What for? Nothing helps. I'm disgraced.
LeFou: Who, you? NEVER! Gaston, you've got to pull yourself together!
In addition to these, David Koenig cites 12 other Disney films which include characters drinking: Pinnochio, Fantasio, Saldos Amigos, Make Mine Music, Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad, Sword in the Stone, Aristocats, Rescuers, Pete's Dragon, Great Mouse Detective, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, and Hunchback of Notre Dame. Pocahontas was mentioned but dismissed as not qualifying for "heavy drinking."
Dumbo isn't the only classic Disney to involve drunkenness, or to make it humorous.
Check out Sir Hiss from Robin Hood at 3:30
The Kings-and the Page-drink a little too much in Sleeping Beauty
"Let me fill up your glass-that glass was all full!" Heehee
And of course, Gaston's tavern song.
LeFou: More Beer?
Gaston: What for? Nothing helps. I'm disgraced.
LeFou: Who, you? NEVER! Gaston, you've got to pull yourself together!
In addition to these, David Koenig cites 12 other Disney films which include characters drinking: Pinnochio, Fantasio, Saldos Amigos, Make Mine Music, Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad, Sword in the Stone, Aristocats, Rescuers, Pete's Dragon, Great Mouse Detective, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, and Hunchback of Notre Dame. Pocahontas was mentioned but dismissed as not qualifying for "heavy drinking."
Labels:
Beauty and the Beast,
Disney,
Dumbo,
Robin Hood,
Sleeping Beauty
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