Posted on 04/12/2012 5:49:18 PM PDT by Borges
Clasic Warner Brothers cartoons are scored with tons of classical music...
Classical Ping
1812 Overture with cannon
“The standard repertoire of “Concert Music” is music written primarily by dead Euro-males between roughly 1650 and 1900.”
Wrong. It was written by extraordinary musical geniuses. This gramscian “race, classic, and gender” rubbish is tedious.
The American Classical Orchestra in NYC caters to kids. It’s a neat organization, and good client of mine.
I think film soundtracks got me interested in orchestral music. Plus some of the Rock from the 70s like Rick Wakeman and Emerson, Lake amd Palmer.
Put on the 1812 Overture when the baby comes home! BLAST it like my Dad did!
btw, classical was the ONLY music in my home growing up. Well, at least until Dad came home from work!
Didn’t see your post before mine. Wow, are we siblings?
When I was three, my favorites were “Poet and Peasant” and “Light Calvary overture.” I used to march around the living room and make up my own words.
Thank You, Daddy!
Remington Steele got me to watch old movies. I know slightly OT....
Ours was “In the Hall of the Mountain King” (Peer Gynt) , “Nutcracker” and “Grand Canyon Suite”. We would BEG for Dad to play those!
Oh, and we danced too! Good times.
btw, my 24 yr old daughter texted me last night wanting to know which version of “Romeo and Juliet” I played for her when she was growing up. (Prokofiev)
The old Popeye cartoons were great, too. They introduced me to Von Suppe’s Poet and Peasant Overture.
Oh I LOVED Peer Gynt! And I loved SCARY music like “Danse Macabre”, “Night on Bald Mountain”, and “Symphonie Fantastique”!
I didn’t get into Mozart till recently, as a pianist. bac then, I liked it Bombastic, Loud, and in a minor key. (I was a weird little kid! hahaha!)
7) Is the oboe player at 4:49 Zooey Deschanel? PDQ Bach - Beethoven Symphony No. 5
While the first movement of Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony receives all the glory (trite notoriety?), may I suggest the second through fourth movements? The entire symphony should be listened to as a whole, if possible. If not, listen to the parts-break it down for young listeners-describe the theme that runs through the entire symphony, listen for the way distinct instruments are introduced, each falling back on the central theme; describe the goosebumps when the transition from third to fourth movements occurs.
Clasic Warner Brothers cartoons are scored with tons of classical music...
that’s how i got into it too and leanard bernstein’s chidrens concert. there is a traveling show that plays with symphonies that shows the cartoon on the big screens in the concert hull while the symphony plays the music.
classical is still the background music of choice along with movie scores and we have a great classical music station kvod 88.1 in denver.
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