Farmyard Symphony

Farmyard Symphony
Directed by	Jack Cutting
Produced by	Walt Disney
Written by	Erdman Penner Vernon Stallings
Starring	Billy Bletcher Melvin J. Gibby Florence Gill Beatrice Hagen Dorothy Lloyd Lee Millar Clarence Nash Victor Rodman Lee Sweetland Max Terhune
Music by	Oliver Wallace Frank Churchill Paul Smith
Studio(s)	Walt Disney Productions
Distributor	RKO Radio Pictures
Released	October 14, 1938
Language	English
Preceded by	Wynken, Blynken and Nod
Followed by	Merbabies

Farmyard Symphony is a Silly Symphony that debuted on October 14, 1938 inspired by Farmyard Song.

Synopsis

The daily routine of the farm animals, set to music. The high point is a rooster serenading a chicken, with all the animals joining in. But then comes the sound that's even more welcome to the animals: the farmer and his wife with food.

Music

Classical music excerpts heard in this short, in order of appearance:

• Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68, Mvt. III: Allegro by Ludwig van Beethoven
• "Ranz des vaches" from William Tell Overture by Giachino Rossini
• "Allegretto grazioso: Frühlingslied" aka "Spring Song", one of Felix Mendelssohn's Songs Without Words
• "The Campbells are Coming", a traditional Scottish march
• Rossini's The Barber of Seville
• La donna è mobile from the opera Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi
• Finale from Rossini's William Tell Overture
• Friska from Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 by Franz Liszt
• Overture from the opera Tannhäuser by Richard Wagner

Releases

Television

• Disneyland, episode #3.23: "More About the Silly Symphonies"
• Donald Duck Presents, episode #5
• The Ink and Paint Club, episode #1.24: "Symphonic Silly Symphonies"
• Donald's Quack Attack, episode #78

Home video

VHS

• Walt Disney Cartoon Classics: Limited Gold Editions - Silly Symphonies
• Make Mine Music: Gold Collection VHS
• Walt Disney's Fables: Volume 2
• Make Mine Music (Walt Disney Gold Classic Collection)

DVD

• Make Mine Music (Walt Disney Gold Classic Collection)
• Walt Disney Treasures: Silly Symphonies
• Walt Disney's Classic Cartoon Favorites, Vol. 6: Extreme Music Fun
• Walt Disney's Fables: Volume 2 DVD

Blu-ray

• Bonus on Make Mine Music

Trivia

• Footage from this short would later be used in Golden Eggs, Chicken in the Rough, and Lady and the Tramp.
• The Limited Gold Edition Silly Symphonies VHS used the burlap opening titles and the original United Artists closing titles, and the later burlap titles were seen on the Extreme Music Fun DVD.
• The opening credits music, "The Pastoral Symphony", would be reused in Fantasia two years later.

Gallery

Title page

"Hiya, toots!"

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