Music Question

[Cartman]

Does anyone know the name of the tune played in THE SYMPHONY HOUR?

[Paul Penna]

Does anyone know the name of the tune played in THE SYMPHONY HOUR?

Suppe's "Light Cavalry" overture. Same guy who wrote the "Poet and Peasant" aka "Spinach" overture.

[Paul Penna]

Oh yeah, also the one used in "Baton Bunny." "Morning, Noon and Night in Vienna," I think that one was. Quite the cartoon music composer, ol' Franz was, despite the fact he died in 1895.

[Bobby Bickert]

Suppe's "Light Cavalry" overture. Same guy who wrote the "Poet and Peasant" aka "Spinach" overture.

I've wanted to know the name of that piece of music for years! Disney also used it in "The Worm Turns", and it turns up in several Famous Studios cartoons: "Cartoons Ain't Human", "For Better or Nurse", "Wotta Knight", "Popeye Meets Hercules", and "Little Boo Peep". It's also heard in a live-action Paramount film, FUNNY FACE.

[Sultan]

It's also heard in the Calico Dragon (1935 Harman-Ising).

[Duck Dodgers]

Suppe's "Light Cavalry" overture. Same guy who wrote the "Poet and Peasant" aka "Spinach" overture.

Wait a minute...it is Mascagni's "La Cavalleria Rusticana"

[Cartman]

This thread is almost two years old. I think it's time to close it.

[Paul Penna]

This thread is almost two years old. I think it's time to close it.

Hod it, hold it! Not when this important issue has cropped up:

Suppe's "Light Cavalry" overture. Same guy who wrote the "Poet and Peasant" aka "Spinach" overture.
Wait a minute...it is Mascagni's "La Cavalleria Rusticana"

What is? How do you figure? BTW, there's no "La" in "Cavalleria Rusticana."

[Thad]

"Cavalleria Rusticana."

Thanks for spelling that out. Now I know Buzz Buzzard was rambling off a piece of music to describe how suave he is to Woody in drag in DROOLER'S DELIGHT! Thanks!

[Javeman]

"Cavalleria Rusticana."Audience?

RIGOLLETTO!!!

[Duck Dodgers]

What is? How do you figure? BTW, there's no "La" in "Cavalleria Rusticana."

"La" means "The". The title is sometimes quoted as "La Cavalleria Rusticana".
Of course, it can also be simply named "Cavalleria Rusticana".

But you are right, the original first name was "Cavalleria Rusticana"

[Ray Pointer]

The next time someone belittles the value of cartoons, remind them of discussions like this. Because if it weren't for cartoons, some people would never have been introduced to classical music. Many 30's cartoons have also fueled in interest in Jazz as well.:bosko:

[Paul Penna]

The next time someone belittles the value of cartoons, remind them of discussions like this. Because if it weren't for cartoons, some people would never have been introduced to classical music.

In that spirit, I'll point out that the title of Mascagni's opera "Cavalleria Rusticana" doesn't have anything to do with cavalries, despite the similarity to that of Suppe's "Light Cavalry" overture (which I presume is the basis for our little game of wordplay here). It really translates to "Rustic Chivalry," which in contemporary parlance might go something like "Gallantry Among the Slack-Jawed Yokels." The words "chivalry" and "cavalry" do, however, share common roots.

As for the "La" business, sure, some people may insert it extraneously, but none-the-doggone-less, the title is "Cavalleria Rusticana," just as it's "Beauty and the Beast," not "The Beauty and the Beast." Besides, given the real meaning of the title, a leading article doesn't make any sense.

[sumnernor]

The next time someone belittles the value of cartoons, remind them of discussions like this. Because if it weren't for cartoons, some people would never have been introduced to classical music. Many 30's cartoons have also fueled in interest in Jazz as well.:bosko:
I agree with Ray. I am a big classical music fan. Certainly Walt Disney's Fantasia might be an introduction. Not everyone will not be a fan of classical music. I believe someone in this forum stated he was bored to death with Fantasia. Yet cartoons such as What's Opera Doc and many other cartoons may wet someone appetite. I also like Wagner. Some people have said that classical music is for sissies and girls!:mad: Chuck Jones certainly liked classical music. One should start out with Beethoven (not Mahler at the beginning).

Much film music is in the direction of classical music. Problem is that some people think that classical music does not sell $$$$.

One thing that started me with classical music were the radio programs of "The Lone Ranger" and "The Green Hornet". These 2 programs were done by station WXYZ in Detroit. "The Green Hornet" music consisted of alot of russian music - some of it was relative obscure! This was in the early 50's - beginning of the mono LP. I would love to know the background of how the music was chosen.