In this short subject (which mostly represents a departure from Disney's traditional approach to animation), a stuffy owl teacher lectures his feathered flock on the origins of Western musical instruments. Starting with cavepeople, whose crude implements could only "toot, whistle, plunk and boom," the owl explains how these beginnings led to the development of the four basic types of Western musical instruments: brass, woodwinds, strings, and percussion.
Walt Disney | Producer |
Ward Kimball | Director |
Dick Huemer | Story |
Ward Kimball | Animation |
Julius Svendsen | Animation |
Marc Davis | Animation |
Henry Tanous | Animation |
Art Stevens | Animation |
Xavier Atencio | Animation |
Joseph Dubin | Original Music Composer |