The Band Concert
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About The Band Concert
Mickey Mouse conducts a park band through Hérold's Zampa and into Rossini's William Tell overture. Donald Duck, selling from a cart, plays Turkey in the Straw on flute after flute until the players follow him, and a bee and a scoop of ice cream wreck the next passage. When they reach the storm, a real tornado lifts the stand. They finish the overture in a tree, with Donald the only listener left. He encores, and the band drops a tuba on him.
Cast & crew
More about The Band Concert
Wilfred Jackson directed, Walt Disney produced, and Leigh Harline adapted the music for a United Artists release on February 23, 1935. It is the 73rd Mickey Mouse short and the first in three-strip Technicolor. Clarence Nash speaks Donald Duck, the only talking part; Pinto Colvig supplies noises.
Themes
Reviews
Gilbert Seldes wrote in Esquire that none of dozens of American works in the other arts made at the same time could stand comparison with this short. Arturo Toscanini saw it six times in a theater and later asked Walt Disney to his house in Italy.
Music
Leigh Harline adapted the concert music: Hérold's Zampa, Rossini's William Tell overture, and the tune Turkey in the Straw.
Notes
- The band desks are Goofy on clarinet, Horace Horsecollar on percussion, Clarabelle Cow on flute, Peter Pig on trumpet, and Paddy Pig on tuba, plus an unnamed dog on trombone.
- Walt Disney Treasures issued it on December 4, 2001, in the DVD set Mickey Mouse in Living Color.
- Leonard Maltin calls the 1942 short Symphony Hour something of a remake.
Scenes
- Mickey snaps Donald's flute in half, and Donald pulls out another.
- Ice cream shot from Peter Pig's trumpet slides under Mickey's coat, and the band lurches into another tune.
- The players keep the overture going while the tornado carries the bandstand.
- Donald's hands come out of the tuba and finish a run of notes.
Influenced
- Symphony Hour (1942), which Leonard Maltin calls something of a remake of this short
Also available
- Walt Disney Treasures: Mickey Mouse in Living Color (DVD, December 4, 2001)
