Molto Animato! Music and Animation
Exhibition Items
Fantasia, 1940
- Animation cel showing Mickey Mouse from "The Sorcerer’s Apprentice" sequence of the animated film Fantasia, ca. 1940. Copyprint of tempera on nitrate celluloid taped to watercolor on paper. Art Wood Collection of Cartoon and Caricature, Prints and Photograph Division, Library of Congress (003.00.00) © Disney Enterprises Inc., All rights reserved
- Miguel Covarrubias. Leopold Stokowski, 1925. Ink brush drawing over graphite underdrawing. Published in "Prodigious Figures in the World of Music," Vanity Fair, October 1925. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (002.00.00)
- Leopold Stokowski’s adaptation for A Night on Bare [Bald] Mountain. Music by Modest Mussorgsky, adapted by Leopold Stokowski. Score. Leopold Stokowski Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (001.00.00)
- Movie poster for Walt Disney’s Fantasia, 1950. Facsimile. Copenhagen: Dyva and Jeppesens Bogtrykkeri Aktieselskab, 1950. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (004.00.00) © Disney Enterprises Inc., All rights reserved
Krazy Kat, 1922
- Published piano score of Krazy Kat: A Jazz Pantomime. Music by John Alden Carpenter; arranged for pianoforte by the composer. New York: G. Schirmer, 1922. Music Division, Library of Congress (014.00.00–016.00.00) Courtesy of G. Schirmer
The Unicorn in the Garden, 1953
- Composer David Raksin (right) screening The Unicorn in the Garden with unidentified production staff member, ca. 1953. Photograph. David Raksin Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (022.00.00) Courtesy of the Raksin Estate
- Composer David Raksin’s hands while he was scoring The Unicorn in the Garden, ca. 1953. Photograph. David Raksin Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (023.00.00) Courtesy of the Raksin Estate
- David Raksin views storyboards for The Unicorn in the Garden, ca. 1953. Photograph. David Raksin Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (024.00.00) Courtesy of the Raksin Estate
- David Raksin conducts chamber orchestra during scoring session for The Unicorn in the Garden, ca. 1953. Photograph. David Raksin Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (025.00.00) Courtesy of the Raksin Estate
The Little Mermaid, 1989
- Movie Poster for The Little Mermaid, 1989. Burbank, CA: The Walt Disney Company, 1989. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (034.00.00) © Disney Enterprises Inc., All rights reserved
- Note from Disney’s president Peter Schneider to Howard Ashman regarding The Little Mermaid, November 21, 1990. Manuscript. Howard Ashman Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (027.00.01) © Disney Enterprises Inc., All rights reserved
- Rough Draft of The Little Mermaid, August 21, 1986. Manuscript. Howard Ashman Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (026.00.00) © Disney Enterprises Inc., All rights reserved
- Draft script of The Little Mermaid, March 12, 1987. Manuscript. Howard Ashman Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (027.00.00) © Disney Enterprises Inc., All rights reserved
- Size comparison chart for Triton, Sebastian, and others characters from Disney’s The Little Mermaid, ca. 1997. Deluxe publicity notebook. Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (030.00.00) © Disney Enterprises Inc., All rights reserved
- Description and color chart for Sebastian and Flounder from Disney’s The Little Mermaid, ca. 1997. Deluxe publicity notebook. Motion Picture Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (030.00.01) © Disney Enterprises Inc., All rights reserved
- Storyboard character sheet from Disney’s The Little Mermaid, n.d. Storyboard. Howard Ashman Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (31.00.01)
Beauty and the Beast, 1991
- Movie poster for Walt Disney Pictures Presents Beauty and the Beast. Burbank, CA: The Walt Disney Company, 1991. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (041.00.00) © Disney Enterprises Inc., All rights reserved
- A "Merry Christmas Howard" card from Disney’s Beauty and the Beast co-workers, December 1990. Card. Howard Ashman Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (038.00.00) © Disney Enterprises Inc., All rights reserved
- "Important Stuff," notes in the hand of Howard Ashman for Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, ca. 1989. Manuscript. Howard Ashman Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (047.00.00–47.00.01) © Disney Enterprises Inc., All rights reserved
Aladdin, 1992
- Movie poster for Walt Disney Pictures Presents Aladdin, 1992. Burbank, CA: The Walt Disney Company, 1992. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (052.00.00) © Disney Enterprises Inc., All rights reserved
- Size comparison chart for Iago and other characters in Disney’s Aladdin Press kit, ca. 1992. Press sheet. Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress (048.00.00) © Disney Enterprises Inc., All rights reserved
- Storyboard for the Genie’s Song "Friend Like Me," from Aladdin. Printed storyboard, November 21, 1990. Howard Ashman Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress (049.00.00) © Disney Enterprises Inc., All rights reserved
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