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Posted on 02/20/2017 12:54:09 PM PST by CharlesOConnell
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After an Intro, Ferde Grofe's 'Grand Canyon Suite', Donkey Theme, starts with a picturesque depiction of pack mules on the trail for the first 8 measures.
The second 8 measures of a descending, frenetic theme, don't make programmatic sense, unless there is an explicit visual depiction of a donkey tumbling off the trail.
In the third 8 measure section, the donkey's plaintive hee-haw is heard.
I’ve always wanted to take that mule train to the bottom of the canyon. However smart they are, I’ve heard you always stop the mules so they face OUT towards the canyon. Just in case they decide to make a fuss, they realize there’s a lot of air out there.
From an internet search, it seems that a 66-year-old woman was injured when the mule she was riding lost its footing, fell, and then rolled over the woman.
Apparently, the accident occurred in June of 1951.
Thanks
Not Warner Bros. Cartoons. In 1958, Walt Disney released a live-action short subject based on the suite and using its music. The thirty-minute Technicolor and CinemaScope film, entitled Grand Canyon, used no actors or dialogue, simply shots of the Grand Canyon itself and several animals around the area, all shown with Grofé’s music accompanying the visuals. The short won an Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Subject, and was shown as a featurette accompanying Disney’s 1959 Sleeping Beauty. Wikipedia
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