The last number on our Fantasia program is a combination of two pieces of music so utterly...
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[longer introduction to "Night On Bald Mountain" and "Ave Maria"; last spoken lines]
Deems Taylor:
The last number on our Fantasia program is a combination of two pieces of music so utterly different in construction and mood that they set each other off perfectly. The first is "A Night On Bald Mountain" by one of Russia's greatest composers, Modest Mussorgsky. The second is Franz Schubert's world-famous "Ave Maria". Musically and dramatically, we have here a picture of the struggle between the profane and the sacred. "Bald Mountain", according to tradition, is the gathering place of Satan and his followers. Here, on Walpurgnisnacht, which is the equivalent of our own Halloween, the creatures of evil gather to worship their master. Under his spell, they dance furiously until the coming of dawn and the sounds of church bells send the infernal army slinking back into their abodes of darkness. And then we hear the "Ave Maria", with its message of the triumph of hope and life over the powers of despair and death.
Deems Taylor:
The last number on our Fantasia program is a combination of two pieces of music so utterly different in construction and mood that they set each other off perfectly. The first is "A Night On Bald Mountain" by one of Russia's greatest composers, Modest Mussorgsky. The second is Franz Schubert's world-famous "Ave Maria". Musically and dramatically, we have here a picture of the struggle between the profane and the sacred. "Bald Mountain", according to tradition, is the gathering place of Satan and his followers. Here, on Walpurgnisnacht, which is the equivalent of our own Halloween, the creatures of evil gather to worship their master. Under his spell, they dance furiously until the coming of dawn and the sounds of church bells send the infernal army slinking back into their abodes of darkness. And then we hear the "Ave Maria", with its message of the triumph of hope and life over the powers of despair and death.
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The last number on our Fantasia program
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is a combination of two pieces of music so utterly different
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in construction and mood that they set each other off perfectly
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The firstis A Night on Bald Mountain
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by one of Russia's greatest composers Modest Mussorgsky
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The second is Franz Schubert's world famous Ave Maria
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Musically and dramatically we have here a picture
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of the struggle between the profane and the sacred
Clip duration: 29 seconds
Views: 91
Timestamp in movie: 01h 49m 24s
Uploaded: 10 November, 2022
Genres: animation, family, fantasy
Summary: A collection of animated interpretations of great works of Western classical music, ranging from the abstract to depictions of mythology and fantasy, and settings including the prehistoric, supernatural and sacred.
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