Farmyard Symphony

Farmyard Symphony is a Silly Symphony that debuted on October 14, 1938 inspired by Farmyard Song.

Synopsis

The daily routine of the farm animals, set to music. The high point is a rooster serenading a chicken, with all the animals joining in. But then comes the sound that's even more welcome to the animals: the farmer and his wife with food.

Voices

Billy Bletcher - Bull
Melvin J. Gibby - Additional Voices
Florence Gill - Hens, Rooster
Beatrice Hagen - Farmer's Wife
Dorothy Lloyd - Birds
Lee Millar - Mule
Clarence Nash - Duck Sounds
Victor Rodman - Additional Voices
Lee Sweetland - Farmer
Max Terhune - Additional Voices

Music

Classical music excerpts heard in this short, in order of appearance:

Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68, Mvt. III: Allegro by Ludwig van Beethoven
"Ranz des vaches" from William Tell Overture by Giachino Rossini
"Allegretto grazioso: Frühlingslied" aka "Spring Song", one of Felix Mendelssohn's Songs Without Words
"The Campbells are Coming", a traditional Scottish march
Rossini's The Barber of Seville
La donna è mobile from the opera Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi
Finale from Rossini's William Tell Overture
Friska from Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 by Franz Liszt
Overture from the opera Tannhäuser by Richard Wagner

Releases

Television

Disneyland, episode #3.23: "More About the Silly Symphonies"
Donald Duck Presents, episode #5
The Ink and Paint Club, episode #1.24: "Symphonic Silly Symphonies"
Donald's Quack Attack, episode #78

Home video

VHS

Walt Disney Cartoon Classics: Limited Gold Editions - Silly Symphonies
Bonus on Make Mine Music
Walt Disney's Fables: Volume 2

DVD

Bonus on Make Mine Music
Walt Disney Treasures: Silly Symphonies
Walt Disney's Classic Cartoon Favorites, Vol. 6: Extreme Music Fun
Walt Disney's Fables: Volume 2

Gallery

Trivia

Footage from this short would later be used in Golden Eggs, Chicken in the Rough, and Lady and the Tramp.
The Limited Gold Edition Silly Symphonies VHS used the burlap opening titles and the original United Artists closing titles, and the later burlap titles were seen on the Extreme Music Fun DVD.
The opening credits music, "The Pastoral Symphony", would be reused in Fantasia two years later.

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1929
The Skeleton Dance • El Terrible Toreador • Springtime • Hell's Bells • The Merry Dwarfs

1930
Summer • Autumn • Cannibal Capers • Frolicking Fish • Arctic Antics • Midnight in a Toy Shop • Night • Monkey Melodies • Winter • Playful Pan

1931
Birds of a Feather • Mother Goose Melodies • The China Plate • The Busy Beavers • The Cat's Out • Egyptian Melodies • The Clock Store • The Spider and the Fly • The Fox Hunt • The Ugly Duckling

1932
The Bird Store • The Bears and Bees • Just Dogs • Flowers and Trees • King Neptune • Bugs in Love • Babes in the Woods • Santa's Workshop

1933
Birds in the Spring • Father Noah's Ark • The Three Little Pigs • Old King Cole • Lullaby Land • The Pied Piper • The Night Before Christmas

1934
The China Shop • The Grasshopper and the Ants • Funny Little Bunnies • The Big Bad Wolf • The Wise Little Hen • The Flying Mouse • Peculiar Penguins • The Goddess of Spring

1935
The Tortoise and the Hare • The Golden Touch • The Robber Kitten • Water Babies • The Cookie Carnival • Who Killed Cock Robin? • Music Land • Three Orphan Kittens • Cock o' the Walk • Broken Toys

1936
Elmer Elephant • Three Little Wolves • Toby Tortoise Returns • Three Blind Mouseketeers • The Country Cousin • Mother Pluto • More Kittens

1937
Woodland Café • Little Hiawatha • The Old Mill

1938
The Moth and the Flame • Wynken, Blynken and Nod • Farmyard Symphony • Merbabies • Mother Goose Goes Hollywood

1939
The Practical Pig • The Ugly Duckling