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Author: beth
Date: 2001-07-13 01:48
At band practice tonight we were kicking around the idea of getting some new pieces. We play alot of swing, dixie, show tunes, popular etc. (you get the idea) but not alot of classical. We're thinking of getting some light classical that folks could easily recognize which led into the discussion of clasical music used as background for saturday morning cartoons. That's right CARTOONS. We were able to name a few such as Barber of Seville, Von Suppe's Poet & Peasant and Light Calvary Overture and Wagner - but we couldn't remember the name of the piece that was used in the bugs bunny cartoon classic with elmer fudd wearing the horned helmet, big white horse and mountains. Can you name this tune? What are some of your favorite classics used (or abused) by the cartoons?
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Author: David
Date: 2001-07-13 02:47
I believe that the tune you are looking for is "Ride of the Valcharies", and I am unaware of who it is from. I am unsure, however. That would be my favorite classic tune used in a cartoon that I know of.
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Author: jenna
Date: 2001-07-13 03:16
Barber of Seville is a great piece - challenging and fun, but known by nonmusicians. We played it this year in my community band. It was fun and it had some great clarinet parts (Bb soprano, Bb bass, and alto, too!). If you're looking for recognizable songs we play a little piece that has been in our library for years called Instant Concert. I believe it is around 3:30 long, and contains snippits from 30 or so odd songs. Another fun TV show piece is Rhapsody of Reruns, containing M*A*S*H, Addams Family, Gilligan's Island, McHale's Navy, Dragnet, Lone Ranger... a bunch of recognizable old themes. Instant and Rhapsody are fairly easy concert band pieces, but they're still a lot of fun to play. Maybe you could (depending on who you know, where people work, etc) obtain these as a trial, to see if the musicians in your group like them. THose are just the pieces I can throw out on the top of my head. The people around here could probably name 50 more.
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Author: Jim
Date: 2001-07-13 03:57
"Ride of the Valcharies" is by Richard Wagner and is operatic in origin. (Your spelling is wrong, but I cant do any better without looking it up.)
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Author: willie
Date: 2001-07-13 04:07
A lot of Rosinni's works were used in cartoons and the silent movies too. Grab some Rosinni CDs and listen to them and see if you can recognize them.
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Author: beth
Date: 2001-07-13 05:11
Yeah, we have instant concert and you're right it's fun. We also have Wm. Tell Overture but we were racking our brain cells trying to name pieces from cartoons. I thought the question just might make one of those odd trivia questions. I also think Mozart's Marriage of Figaro also pops up in the older cartoons. Gives me an excuse to do "research" this Saturday with bugs. Gotta keep thinking......
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Author: Steve Epstein
Date: 2001-07-13 05:42
At last, a good topic:-)
Was it Fritz Frehling, Carl Stallings, or some other 'toon score composer, who, being accused of musical plagiarsm, said, "Always steal from the best."?
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Author: Brent
Date: 2001-07-13 12:02
It's "Ride of the Valkyries". That's the part where Elmer is singing "kill the Wabbit, kill the wabbit..." The part where he's singing "wetuwn, my Wuv" is from Tannhauser, i believe. Both Wagner.
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Author: beth
Date: 2001-07-13 13:02
thanks on the Wagner pieces. Ok here's another one. Remember Willie the operatic Whale from the Disney toons? Can you recall any of the pieces he sings? ; -)
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Author: Steve
Date: 2001-07-13 14:00
While you're at it, there is a band arrangement of Looney Tunes snippets. It is not a bad arrangement, and might help you round out your "cartoon" theme. Our band played it last year with good success. I know the words Looney Tunes were in the title. If you want more info, publisher, etc., send me an e-mail, and I'll get it for you.
Steve
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Author: Don Poulsen
Date: 2001-07-13 14:06
The cartoon containing <i>Ride of the Valcharies</i> and in which Elmer Fudd sings "Kill the Wabbit" is titled <i>What's Opera, Doc?</i>. The thing that surprised me about this cartoon the first time I saw it was that Bugs Bunny actually dies at the end.
Classics in cartoons? Well, if you include <i>Fantasia</i> and <i>Fantasia 2000</i>, you will find several pieces. I could try to list the ones I remember, but a Web search should produce all of them.
If you're interested, there is at least one band piece that is a medley of cartoon music. The one I am thinking of is called something like <i>Looney Tunes in Concert</i> and contains all the Looney Tunes themes.
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Author: jerry
Date: 2001-07-13 17:48
Not a cartoon, but can anyone tell me what the title to the theme song for Diagnosis Murder is. And/or where to find the music.
This is the one that pushed me over the edge..................to decide that I was going to learn how to play the big CL. I knew I couldn't play like Pete, but I might be able to play Van Dykes' theme song. It looks easy when he does it on TV. However, he probably doesn't know how to play at all [;>(
~ jerry
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Author: Karen J.
Date: 2001-07-13 21:54
Once again, not a cartoon, but I just love the music for This Old House. You know, that PBS home improvement show. Once of these days I'm gonna tape the show and play the end over and over until I can teach myself that little diddy!
As for Instant Concert, our community band is playing that next week at our Concert In the Park. We're gonna do a fun contest with it. Have the audience jot down the names of the tunes they hear. At the end of the concert, we'll play the piece again and go over the answers!
Karen
San Jose, CA
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Author: Suzanne
Date: 2001-07-13 22:37
Ride of the Valkyries is from Die Walkure, one of the four operas in Wager's Ring Cycle.
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Author: Suzanne
Date: 2001-07-13 22:41
PS
There is a piece for band called "Cartoon" by Paul Hart. It is manageable for community bands, I think, and plus it has a great clarinet solo in the middle.
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Author: Royce
Date: 2001-07-14 03:26
I'm sure portions of at least one of Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsodies has been used in cartoons, also.
R
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Author: jenna
Date: 2001-07-14 03:45
Defintely try a Fantasia medley or a song from it. They're well known. We play one that has all the pieces in it. Just a regular concert band piece.
I like this thread. =)
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Author: Ginny
Date: 2001-07-14 05:45
Powerhouse by Raymond Scott Quintette is one of the best of the Bugs tunes.
Get a copy of 'Cartoon Classics' it has many of the great classical cartoon tunes.
A CD not a score.
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Author: beth
Date: 2001-07-15 02:31
Well, lets see, I remember with Willie the whale, that he sang "Shortening Bread" and I think he does a piece of Puccini (sp?) when he's on stage in dressed as a tradgic (sp) clown. But...I'm not sure...if it's not Gilbert & Sullivan then I'm really weak on opera. Ah yes, Fantasia, it's one of my favorite films. Love those hippos in tutus. That got me remembering about one of my favorite records when I was small - I still have it, scratches and all. It's a recording of Peter and the Wolf that Leopold Stokowski conducted and Capt. Kangaroo did the narration. It's not the best recording of the piece, but it's defenitly (I can't spell tonite!) a sentimental favorite. hmmm.....time to show the kiddies what a 33 1/3 rpm record is.... :-)
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Author: David Pegel
Date: 2001-07-15 04:26
You don't need CDs and DVDs to enjoy good music. Some of the neatest things I can find are on old recordes and cassettes.
As for favorite TV Tunes, anything classical or jazzy hits the spot (Esp. with woodwind solos.)
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Author: Richard
Date: 2001-07-15 23:01
Willie the Whale was sung by Nelson Eddy, as I recall. He sang Vesti la guiba from Leoncavallo's I Pagliacci, I think. My memory goes back 50 years, but not accurately.
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Author: jen
Date: 2003-02-10 01:59
i too am looking for the sheet music for the "Diagnosis Murder" tv show. my daughter loves to play the clarinet, and she is looking for the music for this! has anyone found it yet?
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Author: jen
Date: 2003-02-10 02:04
i too am looking for the sheet music for the "Diagnosis Murder" tv show. my daughter loves to play the clarinet, and she is looking for the music for this! has anyone found it yet?
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