who wrote the music for sorcerer's apprentice
Paul Dukas
title: The Sorcerer's Apprentice (Dukas) text: Romantic genre of programmatic music, which composers like Franz Liszt, Claude Debussy, Jean Sibelius and Richard Strauss increasingly explored as an alternative to earlier symphonic forms. Unlike other tone poems, such as "La mer" by Debussy or "Finlandia" by Sibelius, Dukas's work is, like works such as "Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks" by Strauss, descriptively programmatic, closely following the events described in the Goethe poem. It was customary, in fact, to publish the poem as part of the orchestral score. The instrumentation of the piece consists of two flutes and piccolo, two oboes, two soprano clarinets and bass clarinet, three bassoons title: Program music text: "Pictures at an Exhibition", later orchestrated by many composers including Maurice Ravel. The French composer Camille Saint-Saëns wrote many short pieces of program music which he called "Tone Poems". His most famous are probably the Danse Macabre and several movements from "the Carnival of the Animals". The composer Paul Dukas is perhaps best known for his tone poem "The Sorcerer's Apprentice", based on a tale from Goethe. Possibly the most adept at musical depiction in his program music was German composer Richard Strauss. His symphonic poems include "Death and Transfiguration" (portraying a dying man and his entry into heaven), "Don title: The Sorcerer's Apprentice (Dukas) text: The Sorcerer's Apprentice (Dukas) " The Sorcerer's Apprentice (French: "L'apprenti sorcier") is a symphonic poem in the key of F minor by the French composer Paul Dukas, written in 1897. Subtitled "Scherzo after a ballad by Goethe", the piece was based on Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's 1797 poem of the same name. By far the most performed and recorded of Dukas's works, its notable appearance in the Walt Disney 1940 animated film "Fantasia" has led to the piece becoming widely known to audiences outside the classical concert hall. Inspired by the Goethe poem, Dukas's work is part of the larger title: Paul Dukas text: Paul Dukas Paul Abraham Dukas (; 1 October 1865 – 17 May 1935) was a French composer, critic, scholar and teacher. A studious man, of retiring personality, he was intensely self-critical, and he abandoned and destroyed many of his compositions. His best known work is the orchestral piece "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" ("L'apprenti sorcier"), the fame of which has eclipsed that of his other surviving works. Among these are the opera "Ariane et Barbe-bleue", a symphony, two substantial works for solo piano, and a ballet, "La Péri". At a time when French musicians were divided into conservative and progressive factions, Dukas title: The Sorcerer's Apprentice (Dukas) text: piece was used in "Study No. 8" by Oskar Fischinger. The Dukas piece and Goethe poem were also, by way of the film " Fantasia", the inspiration of the 2010 Disney movie, "The Sorcerer's Apprentice", starring Nicolas Cage and Jay Baruchel. <score vorbis="1"> </score> The Sorcerer's Apprentice (Dukas) " The Sorcerer's Apprentice (French: "L'apprenti sorcier") is a symphonic poem in the key of F minor by the French composer Paul Dukas, written in 1897. Subtitled "Scherzo after a ballad by Goethe", the piece was based on Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's 1797 poem of the same name. By far the most