Paul Dukas composed The Sorcerer’s Apprentice in 1897, which was during the Romantic era, and it was recorded by the Philadelphia Orchestra in 1938 and conducted by Leopold Stowowski. The Sorcerer’s Apprentice is the most famous segment in Disney’s movie Fantasia, which debuted in 1940. It is also the only piece to be in the sequel, Fantasia 2000. Johann Wolfgang von Goeth’s wrote the poem and musical, of the same name, which was the inspiration for Disney. The piece stars Mickey Mouse as the apprentice. The scene begins with the Sorcerer, Yen Sid, working on some of his magic while his apprentice, Mickey, is doing the chores. Soon, the Sorcerer puts his hat down and leaves the room. Mickey quickly grabs the hat, puts it on and tries some magic on the broom as he is tired and wants help with his
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The broom is carrying buckets of water to fill a cauldron. Mickey sits down, falls asleep and begins to dream he is a great sorcerer. However, since the brooms were continuing to carry the water, the cauldron quickly fills with water and Mickey wakes up as it is overflowing. Mickey tries to stop the broom but no magic seems to be working so he takes an ax and chops up the broom into pieces. Relieved it is over, Mickey looks at the pieces on the floor just as they begin to come alive. They stand up and continue to get buckets of water until the entire room is full. Mickey tries to look in the book for a spell to stop the brooms but is unsuccessful and is swept up in a whirlpool. The Sorcerer comes in and with the wave of his hands, the water empties out of the room and the pieces of broom return together into one. Mickey, who knows he is in trouble, gives Yen Sid back his hat and broom, picks up the buckets and finishes his chores. At the end of the segment, the Sorcerer hits Mickey from behind with the broom and Mickey
The broom is carrying buckets of water to fill a cauldron. Mickey sits down, falls asleep and begins to dream he is a great sorcerer. However, since the brooms were continuing to carry the water, the cauldron quickly fills with water and Mickey wakes up as it is overflowing. Mickey tries to stop the broom but no magic seems to be working so he takes an ax and chops up the broom into pieces. Relieved it is over, Mickey looks at the pieces on the floor just as they begin to come alive. They stand up and continue to get buckets of water until the entire room is full. Mickey tries to look in the book for a spell to stop the brooms but is unsuccessful and is swept up in a whirlpool. The Sorcerer comes in and with the wave of his hands, the water empties out of the room and the pieces of broom return together into one. Mickey, who knows he is in trouble, gives Yen Sid back his hat and broom, picks up the buckets and finishes his chores. At the end of the segment, the Sorcerer hits Mickey from behind with the broom and Mickey