19 July 2013

The Art of Kay Nielson


Kay Nielsen was born in Copenhagen(in 1886)  into an artistic family; both of his parents were actors.





Disney used his designs  in the "Ave Maria" and "Night on the Bare Mountain" sequences of Fantasia.

4 comments:

  1. You might want to check, but I think its "Night on Bald Mountain".

    I know it scared the Hell out of me the first time they showed it on "Disneyland" .

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    1. St. John's Night on The Bare Mountain (Russian: Иванова ночь на лысой ), normally known in English as Night on the Bare Mountain or Night on the Bald Mountain, is a composition originally by Modest Mussorgsky (1839–1881).

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    2. Maybe Walt called it Bald when he introduced it.

      Nobody was allowed to be bare on TV in the 50s.

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    3. I've heard it both ways. Great piece, especially love the Tomita version and the disco version (by David Shire, I think!)

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