Fantasia

. Disney was an innovative animator and created the cartoon character Mickey Mouse. He won 22 Academy Awards during his lifetime and was the founder of theme parks Disneyland and Walt Disney World. In 1929, Disney created Silly Symphonies, which featured Mickey's newly created friends, including Minnie Mouse, Donald Duck, Goofy and Pluto. One of the most popular cartoons, Flowers and Trees, was the first to be produced in color and to win an Oscar. In 1933, The Three Little Pigs and its title…

Transgender is when an individual tries to switch genders. The term “transgender” is becoming more and more well known throughout the United States. Research has proven that many trans-individuals decide later on in their lives that they want to switch genders, and other people argue that they were born the wrong gender, making it a very controversial topic. There are many obstacles that trans-people face throughout their lives. Depending on what state trans-people live in, they are faced…

Seven Dwarfs, was the first full-length animated musical (“Walt Disney, Biography”). The movie also was awarded eight Oscars. Over the span of the next five years, Walt Disney studios completed many more full length animated classics like, Pinocchio, Fantasia, Dumbo, and Bambi. During December 1939, a new campus for Walt Disney Studios was opened in Burbank. However there was a slight…

In remembrance of her husband, Walt Disney, she decided to build a concert hall, now known as the Walt Disney Concert Hall. A sincere admiration for music and a great empathy to artworks was shown by Walt Disney, before his death. In the making of Fantasia, which was an animated movie, this sincere admiration and great empathy was reflected later in year 1940. With Leopold Stekowski, the renowned American conductor, this move was completed in close collaboration. As this architecture would be…

virtually all other bowed instruments were thrust into obscurity. Early music for the viol was transcribed from vocal music like madrigals, masses, and chansons. These vocal pieces were usually very short and chordal. Progressing into the 17th century fantasias and viol consort music became increasingly popular; the viol consort consisted of 6 viols; two treble, two tenor, and two bass. Eventually the three standard viols sizes were insufficient to keep up with the new trends and as many as six…

and the Seven Dwarfs. It produced $8 million dollars in the first year, even in the midst of the Great Depression and it “set the standard for every animated film that came after it.” (Sheen 50) Over the next few years, Disney created Pinocchio, Fantasia, Dumbo, and Bambi, which were all full length…

soundtrack to Get Rich or Die Tryin’. This is when his career really began to take off. Since then he has produced many records for some of the most well known hip-hop and R&B artists of my generation, such as Danity Kane, John Legend, Mario, Big Boi, Fantasia, Yelawolf, Jamie Foxx, Frank Ocean, and many more. Some of the most notable works that have come from Malay include John Legend’s Evolver, Frank Ocean’s Channel Orange, and Zayn Malik’s Mind of Mine (Malay Music Producer,…

The Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto was written for western style orchestra and features a solo violin played using some Chinese techniques. This piece retains the Chinese flavor but however to some extent. The reason why I have chosen this question and this piece is because as a violinist, I have the interest in how the violin in The Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto is a western instrument, but however it is still able to capture some of the Chinese style. In this essay, I will be comparing…

Beethoven had a traumatic childhood even if he grew up surrounded by music. Ludwig van Beethoven was born around December 16, 1770, and baptized on December 17 in Bonn, located in the now-nonexistent Electorate of Cologne (“Ludwig van Beethoven”). His parents, Johann van Beethoven and Maria Magdalena van Beethoven, had to bury two children before Ludwig, and celebrated his successful birth. Maria bore Johann two more sons after Ludwig: Caspar Carl, born in 1774 and Nickolaus Johann, born in 1776…

Work on the New York subway started in 1900. The world’s first vacuum cleaner was invented in 1901. The vacuum was invented by Hubert Cecil Booth. The triple AAA (American Automobile Association) was started in 1902. The international morse code signal for SOS (...---...) became the worldwide standard. Thomas Edison was alive during this time. He created the light bulb. Babe Ruth was only a rookie at this time. Theodore Roosevelt became president during this decade. Mark Twain was alive…