THEA 80N Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Philadelphia Orchestra, Symphonic Poem, Deems Taylor
Lecture 9: The Concert Feature
5/1/2018
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
● Was originally a symphonic poem
● Disney bought the rights to it
○ Wanted to bring Mickey back to Popularity
○ Loved the idea of using music to transform the story
● Leopold Stokowski
○ Conductor
○ Philadelphia Orchestra
■ Debuted in 1912
○ Introduced over 400 new works in US or world premieres
■ Responsible for introducing new music
■ Huge legacy in recordings
○ Free-hand style performing style
■ Traditionally we see a baton in the Conductor's hand
■ Used both hands to conduct
○ Credited for coming up with the seating arrangement that we have today for
orchestras
○ 1922
■ The Rite of Spring
■ Becomes part of Fantasia
○ Both he and Walt had a passion for technology, specifically sound
■ Saw Sorcerer's Apprentice as a way to make music accessible to the mass
● Did bring Mickey back to popularity
● Deems Taylor
○ The Voice of the Metropolitan Opera Radio
○ Commentator on the NY Symphony Radio Broadcasts
○ Was the known Authority for Operas
○ Always filmed from an authoritative perspective
■ Talking at you instead of with you
In Thrilling Fantasound
● Early stereophonic sounds process
● Multichannel sound(Fantasia is the first commercial film to use it)
● Different parts of the orchestra recorded on separate tracks
● 30-80 speakers
● William Garity and John Hawkins
○ The creators/builders of the sound system in theaters
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Document Summary
Wanted to bring mickey back to popularity. Loved the idea of using music to transform the story. Introduced over 400 new works in us or world premieres. Traditionally we see a baton in the conductor"s hand. Credited for coming up with the seating arrangement that we have today for orchestras. Both he and walt had a passion for technology, specifically sound. Saw sorcerer"s apprentice as a way to make music accessible to the mass. The voice of the metropolitan opera radio. Commentator on the ny symphony radio broadcasts. Talking at you instead of with you. Multichannel sound(fantasia is the first commercial film to use it) Different parts of the orchestra recorded on separate tracks. The creators/builders of the sound system in theaters. Since many theaters were showing this, it was almost impossible to furnish all the theaters with this sound system. Instead, disney created a traveling theater to show fantasia with the sound system.
