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 de 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
• 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

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Trivia

• Footage from this short would later be used in Golden Eggs, Chicken in the Rough, and Lady and the Tramp.

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