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Tunes for 'Toons by Daniel GoldmarkMusic and the Hollywood Cartoon
Throughout the 1930s, '40s and '50s, Hollywood's animated cartoons were a major vehicle for composers writing in a classical and jazz style. Today, music historian Daniel Goldmark gives us a history of the genre, especially the cartoons produced by major animation studios like Warner Bros., MGM, and others. Goldmark's latest book, "Tunes for 'Toons" discusses several well-known cartoons in detail, including "What's Opera, Doc?," the 1957 Warner Bros. parody of Wagner and opera. Also on the show: Associated Press music writer Nekesa Moomby Moody joins us to look at a recent phenomenon: the greatest-hits album. These once stood as a career watershed but in recent years, everyone's doing them. This calls into question just how great they really are.
Is Cartoon Music Great Art?
The musicologist and cartoon music expert shows us why we should stop worrying and learn to love the music from cartoons.
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Greatest Hits and Misses
AP music writer Nekesa Mumbi Moody on the ubiquity of the greatest hits album.
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