fantasia
In music, a free-form instrumental composition for keyboard or chamber ensemble, originating in the late Renaissance, and much favoured by the English composers John Dowland, Orlando Gibbons, and William Byrd.
It implies the free manipulation of musical figures without regard to models of form. Later composers include Georg Telemann, Johann Sebastian Bach, and Mozart.
Fantasia
| Animated film released in 1940 by Walt Disney. It combined filmed animation with classical music pieces such as Stravinsky's Rite of Spring, Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite, and Paul Dukas's The Sorcerer's Apprentice. |
| The combination of the two elements was the idea of the conductor Leopold Stokowski, who introduces the film. It won Disney an Academy Award. |
