Music is a mystery for people who play it, write it, listen to it, and write about it. The only thing I can really do when I try to say something about music is assume.
Thursday, April 17, 2008
Willie the Operatic Whale
It's finally here! My favorite music cartoon of all time!
Why oh why won't Disney release this sublime little film on DVD!? If anyone knows the piece Willie sing with three male voices (after Figaro) when Tetti Tatti first finds Willie, I'd love to know it.
I am active as a composer, a violist, a violinist, a recorder player, a CD reviewer, and as a teacher. I began my professional musical life as a flutist, and spent a lot of quality time as a baroque flutist, but both of those instruments spend their time tucked away in a drawer, while my violin, viola, and my viola d'amore are often tucked under my chin.
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Why oh why won't Disney release this sublime little film on DVD!? If anyone knows the piece Willie sing with three male voices (after Figaro) when Tetti Tatti first finds Willie, I'd love to know it.
It is a clever version of the sextet from Lucia di Lammermoor by Donizetti. Here's a performance of the original.
And here's one in the dramatic context with costumes and subtitles!
I love this short too! It has been a favorite since I first saw it as a kid.
Please Elaine, tell me the name of the last song, when Willie sings in heaven.
"Mag der Himmel Euch Vergeben" from Martha by Friedrich von Flotow
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