A Few Things We Like

Classic-Style Animation:

A clip from Lotte Reiniger's masterpiece, The Adventures of Prince Achmed, the oldest surviving animated feature-length film (1926).



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Trailer from Nina Paley's Sita Sings the Blues. See the entire film here.



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Walt Disney's Silly Symphony Snow White-precursor, The Goddess of Spring (1934).



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Epic Musical Pieces: 

Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125, Ode to Joy, Ludwig van Beethoven (1824). Segment conducted by Arturo Toscanini, NBC Orchestra, New York City, March 4, 1948.



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The Sleeping Beauty, Ballet Suite, Op. 66, Act 1, Waltz, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1889)



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In the Hall of the Mountain King, Peer Gynt Suite, Edvard Grieg (1875)



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