Musical Moments from Chopin - Movie

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Musical Moments from Chopin (also known as Chopin's Musical Moments)[1] is a 1946 produced Musical Miniature cartoon, co-starring Andy Panda and Woody Woodpecker. It was directed by Dick Lundy and was released on February 24, 1947. It was nominated for an Academy Award for best short subject in 1946.

Musical Moments from Chopin
Directed by	Dick Lundy
Story by	Ben Hardaway Milt Schaffer
Produced by	Walter Lantz
Music by	Darrell Calker
Animation by	Laverne Harding Les Kline Grim Natwick (unc.) Paul J. Smith (unc.) Sid Pillet (effects, unc.)
Backgrounds by	Fred Brunish
Color process	Technicolor
Production company	Walter Lantz Productions
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date	February 24, 1947
Running time	7:46
Language	English

Film

This short starts with Andy Panda performing a Chopin polonaise on stage. As he does so, Woody Woodpecker wanders out and starts polishing the piano, and seems impressed by Andy's playing. Woody then plays along with Andy on the following pieces, either on the same or another grand piano, with increasing cut-aways to the animal audience and their own antics.[2] At some point, a horse who was trying to light his cigar tried to use a ceiling lamp to light it, but accidentally causes it to fall and spread a fire onto the stage. Andy manages to finish his piano performance while Woody extinguishes the flames.

Analysis

The short would be the first Musical Miniature cartoon produced by Walter Lantz Productions, and is one of two cartoons in the series to be nominated for an Academy Award for best short subject (the other Woody Woodpecker's cartoon to receive this honor was the 1943's The Dizzy Acrobat).[3] This was Lundy's eight Academy Award nomination.[4]

Lundy previously tested the concept in the 1946 Andy Panda cartoon, The Poet & Peasant. It was proven to be a success as it was also nominated for an Academy Award. Lundy would direct all of the remaining Musical Miniature cartoons until the studios brief closure.[5]

The short features music by Frédéric Chopin played by Woody and Andy, which includes:

Polonaise in A major, Op. 40, No. 1[2]
Polonaise in A-flat major, Op. 53
Fantaisie-Impromptu in C-sharp minor, Op. 66[2]
Ecossaise in D major, Op.72/3
Mazurka in B-flat major, Op. 7/1[2]
Scherzo No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 31

In 1958, the television show The Woody Woodpecker Show premiered, and continued on the air in various forms for the next four decades. Episode 18 of its first season included Musical Moments from Chopin along with other Lantz cartoons, and a making-of involving Walter Lantz and storyboarding.[6]

References

"Results displayed by award category". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on October 29, 2013. Retrieved June 5, 2015.
Gengaro, Christine Lee (2017-12-20). Experiencing Chopin: A Listener's Companion. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 146. ISBN 978-1-4422-6087-0.
Gitlin, Martin; Wos, Joseph (2018-03-15). A Celebration of Animation: The 100 Greatest Cartoon Characters in Television History. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 70. ISBN 978-1-63076-279-7.
Lenburg, Jeff (2006). Who's who in Animated Cartoons: An International Guide to Film & Television's Award-winning and Legendary Animators. Hal Leonard Corporation. p. 198. ISBN 978-1-55783-671-7.
Lenburg, Jeff (2006). Who's who in Animated Cartoons: An International Guide to Film & Television. Hal Leonard Corporation. p. 217. ISBN 155783671X. Retrieved June 5, 2015.
"Wacky Weed/ Musical Moments From Chopin/A Moment With Walter Lantz/Beach Nut". TV.com. Retrieved June 5, 2015.

External links

Musical Moments from Chopin at IMDb

Frédéric Chopin

Concertante works

Variations on "Là ci darem la mano", Op. 2
Piano Concerto No. 1 Op. 11
Fantasy on Polish Airs, Op. 13
Rondo à la Krakowiak, Op. 14
Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 21
Andante spianato et grande polonaise brillante, Op. 22
Allegro de concert, Op. 46

Chamber music
and songs

Introduction and Polonaise brillante, Op. 3
Piano Trio in G minor, Op. 8
Cello Sonata in G minor, Op. 65
Grand Duo concertant

19 Polish Songs

Ballades

No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23
No. 2 in F major, Op. 38
No. 3 in A♭ major, Op. 47
No. 4 in F minor, Op. 52

Études

Opus 10	No. 1 No. 2 No. 3 No. 4 No. 5 No. 6 No. 7 No. 8 No. 9 No. 10 No. 11 No. 12
Opus 25	No. 1 No. 2 No. 3 No. 4 No. 5 No. 6 No. 7 No. 8 No. 9 No. 10 No. 11 No. 12
Trois nouvelles études	Trois nouvelles études

Impromptus

No. 1 in A♭ major, Op. 29
No. 2 in F♯ major, Op. 36
No. 3 in G♭ major, Op. 51
Fantaisie-Impromptu in C♯ minor, Op. posth. 66

Mazurkas

4 Mazurkas, Op. 6
5 Mazurkas, Op. 7
4 Mazurkas, Op. 17
4 Mazurkas, Op. 24
4 Mazurkas, Op. 30
4 Mazurkas, Op. 33
4 Mazurkas, Op. 41
3 Mazurkas, Op. 50
3 Mazurkas, Op. 56
3 Mazurkas, Op. 59
3 Mazurkas, Op. 63
4 Mazurkas, Op. 67
4 Mazurkas, Op. 68
Posthumous mazurkas without opus numbers

Nocturnes

3 Nocturnes, Op. 9
3 Nocturnes, Op. 15
2 Nocturnes, Op. 27
2 Nocturnes, Op. 32
2 Nocturnes, Op. 37
2 Nocturnes, Op. 48
2 Nocturnes, Op. 55
2 Nocturnes, Op. 62
Nocturne in E minor, Op. posth. 72
Nocturne in C♯ minor, Op. posth.
Nocturne in C minor, Op. posth.

Piano sonatas

No. 1 in C minor, Op. 4
No. 2 in B♭ minor, Op. 35 (Funeral March)
No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58

Polonaises

Introduction and Polonaise brillante, Op. 3
Andante spianato et grande polonaise brillante, Op. 22
2 Polonaises, Op. 26
2 Polonaises, Op. 40 (Military)
Polonaise, Op. 44 (Tragic)
Polonaise, Op. 53 (Heroic)
Polonaise-Fantaisie, Op. 61
3 Polonaises, Op. posth. 71
Posthumous polonaises without opus numbers

Preludes

Opus 28

No. 1 in C major
No. 2 in A minor
No. 3 in G major
No. 4 in E minor
No. 5 in D major
No. 6 in B minor
No. 7 in A major
No. 8 in F♯ minor
No. 9 in E major
No. 10 in C♯ minor
No. 11 in B major
No. 12 in G♯ minor
No. 13 in F♯ major
No. 14 in E♭ minor
No. 15 in D♭ major
No. 16 in B♭ minor
No. 17 in A♭ major
No. 18 in F minor
No. 19 in E♭ major
No. 20 in C minor
No. 21 in B♭ major
No. 22 in G minor
No. 23 in F major
No. 24 in D minor

Others

Prelude in C♯ minor, Op. 45
Prelude in A♭ major (ded. Pierre Wolff)
Devil's Trill Prelude

Rondos

Rondo in C minor, Op. 1
Rondo à la mazur in F major, Op. 5
Rondo in E♭ major, Op. 16
Rondo in C major, Op. posth. 73 (versions for solo piano and two pianos)
Rondo à la Krakowiak, Op. 14

Scherzos

No. 1 in B minor, Op. 20
No. 2 in B♭ minor, Op. 31
No. 3 in C♯ minor, Op. 39
No. 4 in E major, Op. 54

Waltzes

Grande valse brillante in E♭ major, Op. 18
3 Waltzes, Op. 34
Waltz in A♭ major, Op. 42
Waltz in D♭ major, Op. 64, No. 1 (Minute)
Waltz in C♯ minor, Op. 64, No. 2
Waltz in A♭ major, Op. 64, No. 3
Waltz in A♭ major, Op. 69, No. 1 (Farewell)
Waltz in B minor, Op. 69, No. 2
3 Waltzes, Op. posth. 70
Waltz in E minor, Op. posth.
Waltz in E major, Op. posth.
Waltz in A minor, Op. posth.

Miscellaneous

With opus numbers: Variations brillantes in B♭ major on "Je vends des scapulaires" from Hérold's Ludovic, Op. 12; Boléro, Op. 19; Tarantelle in A♭ major, Op. 43; Allegro de concert, Op. 46; Fantaisie in F minor, Op. 49; Berceuse in D♭ major, Op. 57; Barcarolle in F♯ major, Op. 60; Marche funèbre in C minor, Op. posth. 72/2; Three Écossaises, Op. posth. 72/3; 17 Polish songs, Op. posth. 74

Without opus numbers: Album Leaf (Moderato) in E major, B. 151; Andantino in G minor (arr. of the piano part of the song Wiosna), B. 117; 2 Bourrées, B. 160b; Canon in F minor, B. 129a; Cantabile in B♭ major, B. 84; Contredanse in G♭ major (doubtful), B. 17; Fugue in A minor, B. 144; 3 Fugues; arr. from Cherubini's Cours de contrepoint et de fugue, KK. VIIa/2; Galopp in A♭ (Galop Marquis), P. 2/13; Introduction, Theme and Variations in D on a Venetian air, for piano 4-hands, KK. IVa/6; Klavierstück in B♭ (1834), P. 2/6; Klavierstück in E♭ (1837), P. 2/5; Klavierstück in E♭ (1840), P. 2/10; Largo in E♭, B. 109; 2 Polish songs, B. 51, 132; Variations in A major, Souvenir de Paganini, B. 37; Variation in E major for Hexameron, B. 113; Variations in E major for flute and piano on "Non più mesta" from Rossini's La Cenerentola, B.9, KK. Anh. Ia/5; Variations in E major on the air "Der Schweizerbub", a.k.a. Introduction et Variations sur un Lied allemand, B. 14

Ballets to Chopin

An Evening with the Royal Ballet
The Concert
Dances at a Gathering
In the Night
A Month in the Country
Other Dances
Les Sylphides (Chopiniana)

Cultural depictions

Nocturne of Love (1919 film)
Youth of Chopin (1952 film)
Chopin (opera)
Eternal Sonata (video game)
Musical Moments from Chopin (cartoon)

Family

Nicolas Chopin
Ludwika Jędrzejewicz