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51. Raymond Scott was a versatile genius composer and inventor

Reply to nuxvomica (Reply #12)

Mon Mar 1, 2021, 11:01 PM

Mar 2021

Check out his electronic pieces as well as the jazz variations. In a lot of different ways, he was ahead of his time.

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🧵THREAD: Lots of us learned classical music from watching old cartoons [View all] Nevilledog Mar 2021 OP

the scoring and playing on the old cartoons is just incredible. bullimiami Mar 2021 #1

+1 2naSalit Mar 2021 #4

I was a figure skating fan ... LSparkle Mar 2021 #2

Leopold! Leopold! Leopold! Blue Owl Mar 2021 #3

video Klaralven Mar 2021 #8

Thanks! nt LAS14 Mar 2021 #23

I was introduced to Mendelssohn's "Hebrides Overture" Ocelot II Mar 2021 #5

It's a beautiful piece of music, and that Mynah bird was pretty fierce. Bongo Prophet Mar 2021 #26

Nope. Too racist for me, sorry. TR/DW n/t TygrBright Mar 2021 #44

Yeah, I get that. I just like the arrangement of the music, and the rest is boilerplate Looneytoons Bongo Prophet Mar 2021 #47

The only part of that cartoon I remembered was the bird and the music. Ocelot II Mar 2021 #66

Elmer Fudd - Richard Wagner......... MyOwnPeace Mar 2021 #6

"Well what did you expect from opera? A happy ending?" Klaralven Mar 2021 #10

Thanks! nt LAS14 Mar 2021 #24

Absolutely true. Do you remember "The Rabbit of Seville?" Laelth Mar 2021 #7

Thanks! nt LAS14 Mar 2021 #25

Oh, I love them all. This is one of the best. 🤗 crickets Mar 2021 #57

With a symphony orchestra. Zoonart Mar 2021 #9

I went to one of those! In a Viking helmet. nolabear Mar 2021 #21

I bet it was. Zoonart Mar 2021 #27

We were discussing opera at work last week happybird Mar 2021 #11

And jazz, too, with Raymond Scott's "Powerhouse" nuxvomica Mar 2021 #12

Bingo ! Nt jaysunb Mar 2021 #15

Live performance by Don Byron and his "Bug Music" band at Montreux: klook Mar 2021 #37

Raymond Scott was a versatile genius composer and inventor Bongo Prophet Mar 2021 #51

Tales of the Vienna Woods (my favorite Warner Bros. cartoon since I was a kid) 50 Shades Of Blue Mar 2021 #13

Epic!! Maxheader Mar 2021 #14

The BEST trip back in time I have had for...a LONG time!!! Love Love these, thanks! Guilded Lilly Mar 2021 #16

"Kill the wabbit!" Nt XanaDUer2 Mar 2021 #17

All I know about classical music mcar Mar 2021 #18

I guess this dates us! mainer Mar 2021 #19

i remember as a kid from a old cartoon that was at a building site AllaN01Bear Mar 2021 #20

magical miestro . danger , some racial stereotyping here , be ware AllaN01Bear Mar 2021 #38

This music is from the Barber of Seville Sur Zobra Mar 2021 #58

thanks for corrections. AllaN01Bear Mar 2021 #60

You're welcome! Sur Zobra Mar 2021 #62

corrections added. AllaN01Bear Mar 2021 #61

I had a college professor Jerry2144 Mar 2021 #22

Always seemed to me hurl Mar 2021 #28

And of course the full length movie Fantasia LiberalLovinLug Mar 2021 #29

Re Fantasia -- just found/learned this TuxedoKat Mar 2021 #65

This message was self-deleted by its author Hotler Mar 2021 #30

Just one word ..... Fantasia ashredux Mar 2021 #31

Disney's Fantasia... Xolodno Mar 2021 #32

These immediately spring to mind Lord Ludd Mar 2021 #33

I remember seeing Fantasia at the midnight movies on shrooms. rickyhall Mar 2021 #34

Ehh, Horowitz was pretty good, but... LudwigPastorius Mar 2021 #35

My parents listened to classical music so I picked it up to them... electric_blue68 Mar 2021 #36

I learned from my mother. She loved classical wnylib Mar 2021 #52

That is pretty eclectic 👍 electric_blue68 Mar 2021 #54

I never cared much for Bugs Bunny wnylib Mar 2021 #55

Smetana's "Dance of the Comedians". . . DinahMoeHum Mar 2021 #39

I met Chuck Jones once, and shook his hand...also I met Fritz Freeling as he walked Stuart G Mar 2021 #40

It's twoo! It's twoo! BlancheSplanchnik Mar 2021 #41

I heard my first Franz Liszt via Bugs!! ailsagirl Mar 2021 #42

The reason classical music was used in cartoons kskiska Mar 2021 #43

Partly. Hollywood employed numerous fine artists who were intimate with these classic works. hunter Mar 2021 #67

carTOONS Ampulae Mar 2021 #45

So, back when I was a tyke OldBaldy1701E Mar 2021 #46

No one mentioned Fantasia? Baitball Blogger Mar 2021 #48

What's Opera Doc DeeDeeNY Mar 2021 #49

Cartoons weren't the only ones that used classical music BlueJean Mar 2021 #50

The Lone Ranger theme, too. Talitha Mar 2021 #53

Yes! Ranz des Vaches (Call to the Cows) crickets Mar 2021 #56

The Sorcerer's Apprentice! consider_this Mar 2021 #59

Here's one I remember TuxedoKat Mar 2021 #63

Here's another one TuxedoKat Mar 2021 #64