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...Stokowski been a full-time politician, instead of the most political of maestros, he would have been a sitting duck for the cartoonists. As it was, detractors mocked his phony accent and snickered when he shook hands with Mickey Mouse in Walt Disney's Fantasia (1940). Yet he was one of the 20th century's handful of true geniuses. He could draw from an orchestra-almost any orchestra-sounds that shimmered gloriously...
...improve the soundtracks. Symphonic music was to be the answer. Because people flocked like locusts to see films, they provided an ideal medium for stimulating the interests of millions in classical music. Several films in which he personally appeared became classics. One of them, the elaborate animated cartoon Fantasia, featured music by Bach, Tchaikovsky, Stravinsky, Beethoven, Mussorgsky, Schubert and Dukas, and won for him a special award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. On top of that, it won him a place in the fond childhood memory of thousands...
...fantasia of fountains adorns Downtown, U.S.A...
Though it is a bit late for the Bicentennial, patriotic spirits ran high. The score, originally a Charles Ives organ fantasia, was orchestrated by William Schuman. It bounced along with marchlike rhythms and even a saucy flamenco. Allusions to country and flag abounded in Thomas Skelton's starry light projections and Willa Kim's red, white and blue costumes. Pinching years into seconds required lightning transformations by Sarry and Baryshnikov. Pioneers became Indians, who eventually turned into Central Park joggers. More than ever, Feld's choreography demanded speed and lucidity. Darting here and there in prickly little...
Died. John Hubley, 62, innovative animator and creator of the cartoon character Mr. Magoo; during heart surgery; in New Haven, Conn. While working at the Walt Disney studio, Hubley contributed to many memorable full-length cartoons, including the lyrical Rite of Spring segment of Fantasia. With his wife Faith, he formed a production company in 1955; they made films explaining the works of Astronomer Harlow Shapley and Psychoanalyst Erik Erikson as well as on abstract ideas of psychology, peace, science and democracy. The first of their three Academy Awards was won in 1960 for Moon bird, a joyful cartoon that...