Dance of the Hours, Amilcare Ponchielli, La Gioconda

An entertaining piece of music that many have enjoyed adding their own twist. Here is my MP3 and video that I made. Amilcare Ponchielli, August 31, 1834 - January 16, 1886, La Gioconda: based on Angelo, Tyrant of Padua, by Victor Hugo, 8 April 1876, Teatro alla Scala, Milan (Wikipedia) Dance of the Hours (Italian: Danza delle ore) is a short ballet and is the act 3 finale of the opera La Gioconda composed by Amilcare Ponchielli. It depicts the hours of the day through solo and ensemble dances. The opera was first performed in 1876 and was revised in 1880. Later performed on its own, the Dance of the Hours was at one time one of the best known and most frequently performed ballets. It became even more widely known after its inclusion in the 1940 Disney animated film Fantasia where it is depicted as a comic ballet featuring anthropomorphized ostriches, hippos, elephants, and alligators. Ponchielli: Born in Paderno Fasolaro near Cremona, then Kingdom of Lombardy-Venetia, Ponchielli won a scholarship at the age of nine to study music at the Milan Conservatory, writing his first symphony by the time he was ten years old. Influence on Giacomo Puccini Allan Sherman: Born in Paderno Fasolaro near Cremona, then Kingdom of Lombardy-Venetia, Ponchielli won a scholarship at the age of nine to study music at the Milan Conservatory, writing his first symphony by the time he was ten years old. Influence on Giacomo Puccini Allan Sherman Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah Here I am...