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When Igor Stravinsky wrote his ballet, The Rite of Spring
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When Igor Stravinsky wrote his ballet,The Rite of Spring

When Igor Stravinsky wrote his ballet,The Rite of Spring

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When Igor Stravinsky wrote his ballet The Rite of Spring
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Duration
6 seconds
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61
Timestamp in Movie
00:39:39
Uploaded
Mar 16, 2026
Genres
animation, family, fantasy
Production
Walt Disney Productions

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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.
When Igor Stravinsky wrote his ballet The Rite of Springhis purpose was in his own words to express primitive lifeAnd so Walt Disney and his fellow artists have taken him at his wordInstead of presenting the ballet in its original formas a simple series - Fantasia 02:45
When Igor Stravinsky wrote his ballet The Rite of Springhis...
And now we'll have a 15 minute intermission - Fantasia 00:05
And now we'll have a 15 minute intermission
Before we get into the second half of the programI'd like to introduce somebody to yousomebody who's very important to FantasiaHe's very shy and very retiringI just happened to run across him one day at the Disney studiosBut when I did I suddenly - Fantasia 00:33
Before we get into the second half of the programI'd...
Now look Will the soundtrack kindly produce a soundGo on don't be nervous Go ahead Any soundWell that isn't quite what I had in mind - Fantasia 00:17
Now look Will the soundtrack kindly produce a soundGo on...
Now one of the strings, say, the violin. - Fantasia 00:07
Now one of the strings, say, the violin.
And now... - Fantasia 00:06
And now...
Very pretty. - Fantasia 00:07
Very pretty.
All right. - Fantasia 00:07
All right.
Go on. Go on. Drop the other shoe, will you? - Fantasia 00:06
Go on. Go on. Drop the other shoe, will you?
Well, now to finish, suppose we see some of the percussion instruments, beginning with the bass drum. - Fantasia 00:08
Well, now to finish, suppose we see some of the percussion...
Thanks a lot old man - Fantasia 00:04
Thanks a lot old man
The symphony that Beethoven called the Pastoralhis sixth is one of the few pieces of music he ever wrotethat tells something like a definite storyHe was a great nature lover and in this symphonyhe paints a musical picture of a day in the countryNow of - Fantasia 01:29
The symphony that Beethoven called the Pastoralhis sixth is...
Now we're going to do one of the most famous and popular ballets ever writtenThe Dance of the Hours from Ponchielli's opera La GiocondaIt's a pageant of the hours of the dayWe see first a group of dancers in costumesto suggest the delicate light of - Fantasia 00:50
Now we're going to do one of the most famous and...
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. - Fantasia 01:01
The last number on our Fantasia program is a combination of...