Status: Released
Runtime: 10
Release Date: 28/05/1953
Origin Language: en
Origin Country: US
Languages: English
Production: Walt Disney Productions
Countries: United States of America
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0 (0)
An owl teaches his class full of birds about melody. It's all around in nature. Only birds and man can sing; man "sings" even when he speaks. We see a quick survey of the stages of life, as captured by songs: the alphabet song for primary school, Here Comes the Bride, The Old Gray Mare, etc. Some inspirations for song are outlined in song: love, sailing, trains, the West, motherhood, etc., but "we never sing about brains." Finally, an example of how a simple melody can be expanded into a symphony: an elaborate version of the simple tune that opened the lesson