Sunday Music Corner
From one of my very favorite movies, “Allegro non Troppo.” This combo animated/live action film was released in 1977and was partly a spoof on Disney’s “Fantasia” but stands on its own. Definitely one to add to your Netflix queue.
Parts deux et trois of this fabulous sequence:
A note on Ravel’s “Bolero:” I first heard this piece when I was eleven or twelve years old, somewhere around 1969, on the once-legendary KSAN (one of the first FM rock stations, but a bit free-form at the time…the DJ’s seemed to have pretty much free rein to play whatever caught their fancy). I was totally blown away by this gorgeous, lush piece, and it was a favorite for many years until the movie “10” ruined it for me. After about a decade, the bad taste finally faded away and “Bolero” was redeemed and remains a favorite.
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i *love* “Allegro non Troppo.” believe it or not, i only first saw it a few years ago during the Margaret Mead Film Festival at the AMNH! i remember Bolero of course before that from our music appreciation class in middle school. i think i was in a band or something when “10” came out and really kind of missed the hoopla around that movie. i’ve never seen it.