Deems Taylor
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Joseph Deems Taylor was an American composer, radio commentator, music critic, and author. Nat Benchley, co-editor of The Lost Algonquin Roundtable, referred to him as "the dean of American music." He
Taylor in 1950
A 1948 Shimer College performance of The King's Henchman.
Fantasia (1940 film)
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Fantasia is a 1940 American animated musical anthology film produced by Walt Disney Productions, with story direction by Joe Grant and Dick Huemer and production supervision by Walt Disney and Ben Sha
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…also worked extensively in broadcasting, as well as intermission commentator for the New York Philharmonic. He appeared in Walt Disney's 1940 film Fantasia as the film's Master of Ceremonies, and was instrumental in selecting the musical pieces that were used in the film, including the then-controversial…
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Leopold Stokowski conducted the film's score.
Disney acting out a scene in The Sorcerer's Apprentice for Taylor and Stokowski