But his cartoons were as funny as anyone’s, and he was renowned for his incredible skill at timing, especially in a cartoon subgenre that he made his own: the classical-music cartoon, where the ...

“Lots of us learned classical music from watching old cartoons, so I’m going to identify the pieces that frequently popped up,” cartoonist Vincent Alexander begins his Twitter thread. It’s an unlikely ...

Music historian Robert Greenberg talks about classical music in cartoons, from Elmer Fudd in a spoof on Wagner and Tom and Jerry playing Liszt to Disney's Fantasia.

When Walt Disney released “Fantasia” in 1940, he wished upon a star. “Here it is, and it’s finished, and I’m hoping,” he said two days before the movie’s d… ...

When they went to work on a cartoon, its music was split into sections, Daugherty says. ... When the cartoons were new, Daugherty says, classical music was a bigger part of popular culture.

Generations of kids got their first taste of classical music through Looney Tunes and other classic cartoons. Reset sits down the co-creator and conductor of “Bugs Bunny at the Symphony” to ...

Fans of classical music and jazz, who also appreciate classic cartoons, are in for a real treat. The Queen’s Cartoonists, who perform live in front of a screen where cartoons from the past 100 ...

But the Warner Bros. cartoons from the 1930s to the ’50s used classical music as an “endless source of jokes at the expense of concert hall culture,” Goldmark writes.

The band performs the soundtrack to old classic cartoons and contemporary animated films, while the audience watches the films. Playing music to visual media is not a novel concept.

Watch your favorite classic cartoon characters interact with the musicians on stage and expect the unexpected from the Golden Age of Animation, cult cartoon classics and modern animated films.

The Queen’s Cartoonists present an evening of whimsical and musical cartoon-inspired entertainment at the Wachholz College Center. Pulling from over 100 years of animation, performances are ...