The Lost Toons: Foxy

 
Like my new sign? I made it on a photo editing program on the computer!
Today we will be looking at the most Mickey-Mousesque character that ever was created!

Update: 12/24/13: Actually, there is characters that tops Foxy
in Mickey-Mouseque. They were two characters from the long-
forgotten Van Beuren studio. Their names are Milton and Rita 
Mouse. Milton and Rita started out looking like little teeny mice,
but when Mickey Mouse came to popularity, they redesigned the
characters. Now when Disney saw these cartoons, he was furious.
He sued Van Beuren for "copying Mickey Mouse". Disney later
admits that he did get inspired from the mice in Aesop Fables 
cartoons, produced by the same studio. Milton and Rita only 
appeared in three shorts, Circus Capers, Uncle Tom and Little
Eva, and The Office Boy.

Foxy

The Lost Toons  Present     Foxy
Foxy looked almost exactly like Mickey Mouse.
Probably the only differences were his pointy
ears, his bushy tail, and his voice (he didn't
speak with a falsetto voice, but he had a
baritone voice).

Creator(s): Hugh Harmen and Rudolph Ising

Created in: 1931

First appeared in: Lady Play Your Mandolin

Last appeared in: One More Time

Characters in Foxy cartoons: Foxy (the star), Roxy (Foxy's girlfriend, named Roxy in the Tiny Toon Adventure episode, Two-Toned-Town

Voiced by: unknown

Fun Facts: Foxy only starred in three Merrie Melodies shorts. Lady Play Your Mandolin, the first short, was also the first Merrie Melodies short ever created. Smile, Darn Ya, Smile, the second short, had a similar plot to the Oswald the Lucky Rabbit short Trolley Troubles. One More Time, the third and final short to have Foxy in it had a cops-and-robbers sort of theme to it.

Modern projects: Foxy was seen with his girlfriend Roxy and another old Merrie Melodies character, Goopy Geer in the Tiny Toons Adventure episode Two-Tone-Town.

Catch phrase: "So long, folks!"

Filmography: WB: W Lady Play Your Mandolin,  Smile, Darn Ya, Smile,  One More Time

Hope you enjoy my post about Foxy! Next I will be reviewing the first Looney Tunes cartoon ever, Sinkin' in the Bathtub!

Sincerely,
       
               Tai Jackson

Porky Pig Through the Years

This is the last post in the series "Through the Years". Hope you enjoy it! (It's about Porky Pig!)

The first Porky was round and fat. In
his first appearance, I Haven't Got A Hat,
surprisingly, was not the star.

 First appearance of Porky in I Haven't Got a Hat 

Producer Leon Schlesinger, was trying
to find a star to replace the most bland
star in Looney Tunes, Buddy. So,
director Friz Freleng created lots of
characters to see which would be
the most popular. Porky was among
them (the other characters were Beans
the Cat the star, Oliver Owl the enemy,
Little Kitty, Ham and Ex, and Tommy
Turtle). In this short Porky wears a green
sweatshirt and was voiced by a man named
Joe Dougherty. Since he actually stuttered,
he took up a lot recording time. Later, he
was fired and Mel Blanc took the job.

The child Porky Pig in Milk and Money

This Porky is actually a kid, director
Tex Avery did most of the cartoons
when Porky's a kid while Frank Tashlin
experimented with a adult Porky. The
child Porky first appeared in Porky 
the Rainmaker, in 1936. (The other
Porky first appeared in 1935.)

The last Porky (with the blue coat and
no pants), first appeared in the late 30's
and early 40's. He mostly co-starred
with Daffy Duck, Charlie Dog, and
sometimes Sylvester. When the ever
popular Bugs Bunny came along,
Porky got less and less main character
and became more of a co-star with
Daffy Duck. He still appears as a
minor character on The Looney
Tunes Show.


And as Porky said...

                   
                                                     Th-th-th That's all folks!

Sincerely,

                  Tai Jackson

A Year And A Week

Can you believe that this blog has been running for a YEAR!? Well a year and a week anyway. I remember how I even started on this blog. This how it happened.

How This Blog Came To Be
It was getting really close to my birthday, on November, 2. I remember my dad and mom was talking about how "smart" I am and my mom said my brain was filled with ideas that I should start my own blog. Well, I was so excited when I heard that, and, well, I guess I got a little carried away. I asked my dad to set me up on one and he said we could do it after supper. (I think the only reason that he said yes was, like I said before, it was close to my birthday.) We got it launched and the day after (my birthday) I got right away with posting on my blog. Let's see some of the stuff that I did on my blog in the past.

Stuff on This Blog
Here's some of the I've done in the past:

Category: Biographies: I've done Mozart's, Beethoven's, Bach's and Da Vinci's biographies.
Category: Planets: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto
Category: Prehistoric Mammals: Wooly Mammoths, Saber-Tooth Tigers, Giant Ground Sloth, Cave Lion, Giant Beaver, Glyptodons, Baluchitherium, Amphicyon, Sthenrus
Category: Different Kinds of Art
Category: Different Kinds of Music
Category: Medieval Composers: Romios the Melodist, and St. Kassia
Category: Fables

And that'snot all! Look at the other stuff I did and do at this blog!!
                            

Sincerely,
                    Tai Jackson :)

Happy Birthday, Bronwyn!: And Other Events That Happened On Oct. 12

Welcome to the events that happened on Oct. 12!

Events (Wikipedia)
539 BC- The army of Cyrus the Great takes Babylon.
633- King Edwin of Northumbria is defeated and killed by the British.
1113- The city of Oradea is first mentioned under the Latin name Varadinum.
1216 – King John of England loses his crown jewels in The Wash, perhaps near Sutton Bridge.
1279 – Nichiren, a Japanese Buddhist monk founder of Nichiren Buddhism, inscribes the Dai-Gohonzon. 
1398 – The Treaty of Salynas is signed between Grand Duke of Lithuania Vytautas the Great and the Teutonic Knights.
1492 – Christopher Columbus's expedition makes landfall in the Caribbean, specifically in The Bahamas. The explorer believes he has reached the Indies.
1582 – Because of the implementation of the Gregorian calendar this day does not exist in this year in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain.
1654 – The Delft Explosion devastates the city in the Netherlands, killing more than 100 people.
1692 – The Salem witch trials are ended by a letter from Massachusetts Governor William Phips.
1748 – British and Spanish naval forces engage at the Battle of Havana during the War of Jenkins' Ear.
1773 – America's first insane asylum opens for 'Persons of Insane and Disordered Minds' in Virginia.
1792 – First celebration of Columbus Day in the USA held in New York City.
1793 – The cornerstone of Old East, the oldest state university building in the United States, is laid on the campus of the University of North Carolina.
1799 – Jeanne Labrosse was the first woman to jump from a balloon with a parachute, from an altitude of 900 meters.
1810 –  The Bavarian royalty invites the citizens of Munich to join the celebration of the marriage of  Prince Ludwig of Bavaria  to Princess Therese von Sachsen-Hildburghausen.
1822 – Peter I of Brazil is proclaimed the emperor.
1823 – Charles Macintosh sells the first raincoat.

Thanks for reading--ohh and happy birthday, Bronwyn!

Next Up!

You probably have noticed I been doing a lot of stuff with cartoons lately. At this blog, I post stuff about what I like. I used to post biographies then did music and then art. Lately, I been liking animated cartoons. But every post on this blog has one thing in common: all the posts on this blog is NONFICTION! My dad named it Tai's Biograblog. ;) Today I am doing a little post about the posts I will be doing this month.

Next Up on Tai's Biograblog: 

Happy Birthday, Bronwyn!: And Other Events That Happened on Oct. 12
In honor of my sister's birthday, I will be doing a post about the births, deaths and events that happened in history, on Oct. 12.

Porky Pig Through the Years
Just as I did with all the other "Through the Years" posts, I will tell about Porky Pig, and how he looked and talked through the years.

The Lost Toons: Foxy
Like I did with Bosko, I will tell when he was created, who created him, when he first appeared, when he last appeared, characters in Foxy cartoons, modern projects, a fun fact, his catchphrase, and his filmography.

The First Looney Cartoon: Sinkin in the Bathtub
I am going to honor the FIRST Looney Tunes cartoon, (which you probably haven't seen). I will be reviewing all the events in the cartoon. There will also Fun Facts just like in The Lost Toons series!

Just giving you a little "sneak peek"! Enjoy my blog!

                                                    Sincerely,
                                                                             Tai Jackson :)

The Lost Toons: Bosko

This is Bosko playing the piano.

The Lost Toons Present:                  Bosko!
Bosko was the 1st Looney Tunes star. Nowadays, he is pretty much forgotten, but, historians have payed attention to him in recent years. When television started, they aired Bosko's cartoons too. Bosko cartoons can be viewed on YouTube. Bosko isn't really forgotten, but, he is definitely NOT a star. Enjoy my post about Bosko!

Creator(s): Hugh Harman and Rudolph Ising

Created in: 1929

First appeared in: Bosko the Talk-Ink Kid (WB, 1929)

Last appeared in: Little Ol' Bosko in Bagdad (MGM, 1938)

Characters in Bosko cartoons: Bosko (star), Honey (girlfriend), Bruno (dog), Wilbur (Honey's piano teacher/pet)

Fun Fact: The first official Looney Tunes cartoon was made in 1930, and it was called Sinkin in the Bathtub, it starred Bosko in it.

Modern projects: Bosko was seen in the Tiny Toons episode Fields of Honey with Babs and Buster Bunny!

Catch phrase: (unfortunately)"Ain't that cute!" :)

Filmography: WB: Bosko, The Talk-Ink Kid, Sinkin in the Bathtub, Congo Jazz, Hold Anything, The Booze Hangs High, Box Car Blues, Big Man From the North, Ain't Nature Grand, Ups 'N Downs, Yodeling Yokels, Bosko's Holiday, The Tree's Knees, Bosko Shipwrecked, Bosko the Doughboy, Bosko's Soda Fountain, Bosko's Fox Hunt, Bosko at the Zoo, Battling Bosko, Big-Hearted Bosko, Bosko's Party, Bosko and Bruno, Bosko's Dog Race, Bosko at the Beach, Bosko's Store, Bosko the Lumberjack, Ride Him, Bosko!, Bosko the Drawback, Bosko's Dizzy Date, Bosko's Woodland, Bosko in Dutch, Bosko in Person, Bosko the Speed King, Bosko's Knight-Mare, Bosko the Sheep Herder, Beau Bosko, Bosko's Mechanical Man, Bosko the Musketeer, Bosko's Picture Show

MGM: Bosko's Parlor Pranks, Hey-Hey Fever, Run, Sheep, Run, The Old House, Circus Daze, Bosko's Easter Eggs, Little Ol' Bosko and the Pirates, Little Ol' Bosko and the Cannibals, Little Ol' Bosko in Bagdad

Well just as Bosko said back then- "So Long, Folks! " **They didn't use "That's All, Folks" until Bosko left**

Next Up: Porky Pig Through the Years, Happy Birthday Bronwyn!: And Other Events On Oct. 12, The Lost Toons, My Favorite Halloween Cartoons: The Skeleton Dance. Stay tooned!
    
Sincerely,
                         Tai Jackson

The Lost Toons

Hurray, hurray! Today I'm going to start doing The Lost Toons, a series of post dedicated to lost, rare, and forgotten cartoon characters. Some cartoon characters like Bosko and Oswald the Lucky Rabbit are not forgotten, lost or rare, but just old and aren't stars. For example, Mickey Mouse is a star while Foxy or Piggy aren't. So here is.......

Daffy Duck Through The Years

Daffy's usually cross-eyed when he's crazy!

The first Daffy didn't have his lisp and was absolutely INSANE!! This Daffy made his first appearance in Porky's Duck Hunt, along with Porky Pig. In his first 5 cartoons Daffy was insane until Daffy Duck in Hollywood when he became more human-like and had a more established lisp. This Daffy appeared in Porky's Duck Hunt, Daffy Duck and Egghead, What Price Porky, Porky and Daffy, and The Daffy Doc.

The next Daffy has more of a lisp and is more human-like. Daffy also became slightly bigger and got bigger and bigger through the years. This Daffy first appeared in Daffy Duck In Hollywood, when he went to Hollywood to get a job.

Daffy still becomes bigger but still doesn't have his greedy personality like he has today.

There's greedy, old Daffy!

Daffy has his greedy personality. He first has it in The Scarlet Pumpernickel when he want the animators to make him have a adventure. Daffy first turns greedy in 1950. He becomes even bigger. Daffy stops saying his woo-hoo. Daffy is still like this today.








Next, I'll be doing something called The Lost Toons. It features nearly-forgotten cartoon characters. First, I'll be doing Bosko. He is not really forgotten but is not a star. I'll then do Goofy Gus, Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, and then, Van Beuren's Tom and Jerry. So stay TOONED! Ha-ha!

Sincerely,
                     Tai Jackson

Bugs Bunny Through the Year

Now we're going to the Warner Bros. Studio and taking a look at Bugs Bunny!

The first Bugs was totally white and not white and grey. This Bugs was tricky and clever but talked very different. For example, instead of saying, "Ehhh. What's up doc?" he said "Jiggers fellers!" and then spun his ears around like a airplane. The first cartoon with Bugs Porky's Hare Hunt. This was also Bug's first appearance.

Look's like chipmunk teeth!

The next Bugs was closer to the present-day Bugs but still talked the same as the previous one. One big difference was that Bugs wasn't even named Bugs! He was named Happy Rabbit! This Bugs only appeared in two cartoons, Hare-um Scare-um and Elmer's Candid Camera, the first appearance of Elmer Fudd.

This Bugs is the closest to the present-day Bugs Bunny. First of all, he has his Brooklyn accent and he says, "Ehhh. What's up doc?" The only difference is his nose is longer and his body is smaller. The first cartoon with this Bugs was A Wild Hare.

Modern-day Bugs

The present-day Bugs is almost the same as the previous except his body is bigger and has a bigger smile and not a long nose.

Donald Duck Through the Years

I'm going going to do a post about Donald Duck.

The first Donald Duck had a long beak and smaller feet. This Donald first appeared in The Wise Little Hen along with Peter Pig, a character who mostly appeared in comic strips but made 2 film   appearances, The Band Concert, and The Wise Little Hen. Donald also doesn't have his temper and when Peter bounces him off with his bottom (because they want "cornbread") Donald just came back in and didn't have his temper tantrum.

Donald's beak is bigger and has a bigger pupils. This Donald appeared in his own series and has temper tantrums and gets mad. Donald also has a white and blue sailor cap and not just a blue one. 

This Donald has a blue cap, not a blue and white. Donald still has his black bow tie like he did previous times.

This present day Donald was pretty much the same as the previous one accept he had a red bow tie not a black one

The Strangest Cartoon Studio In The World: The Van Beuren Studio

WARNING: The cartoons from this studio are EXTREMELY weird!!! The have weird plots, strange characters, and don't make any sense. These cartoons MIGHT NOT suite you because they are soooooo weird!

I did that warning to amuse you BUT I tell you those cartoons are still are veeeeeeeeeeeeery weird.

What is the Van Beuren Studio?: The Van Beuren studio is a studio that started by the Fable Studio

but then Amedee J. van Beuren took over the studio and created characters (see the "Characters" section). It is regarded as the weirdest cartoon studio in the history of animation.

Characters: One of the most famous pair are the Mutt-and-Jeff-like pair, Tom and Jerry! Renamed Dick and Larry, unlike the cat and mouse duo, these characters were friends and were humans. Another character was Cubby Bear, renamed Brownie Bear later.

Created: It was created in 1928 by Amedee J. van Beuren. It produced cartoons from 1928 to 1936.

Cubby Bear

Series: Aesops Fables, Cubby Bear series, Amos 'n Andy, The Little King, Rainbow Parade, Tom and Jerry series, Toby the Pup, and Burt Gillet's Toddle Tales.

Fun Fact: Did you know that there were 3 duos before cat and mouse? The Van Beuren Tom and Jerry, two humans, A cat and a dog called Waffles the Cat and Don Dog, very similar to the Van Beuren Tom and Jerry, AND a boy called Tom and and a mule called Jerry! These were marionette puppets that were produced in 1924. Thats 16 years before the cat and mouse!!

Where can I watch Van Beuren cartoons?: Well you could buy DVDs like Uncensored Animation from the Van Beuren Studio, The Complete Animated Adventures of Van Beuren's Tom and Jerry, The Golden Age of Cartoons: The Complete Animated Adventures of Van Beuren's Aesop's Fables, and The Complete Adventures of Cubby Bear.

It you want strange cartoons, I suggest Cultoons Vol. 1, Bizarre Cartoons, and, The Strangest Cartoons Ever Made Vol. 1.

Click here to see Youtube videos of the cartoons.   Here is a classic Tom and Jerry short below:

Enjoy, Tai Jackson :)

Goofy Through the Years

Well, hi again! Today I'm going to do a post about Goofy. When I here Goofy's laugh it makes me want to laugh like him!

Goofy first appeared in Mickey's Revue. There are lots of differences between this Goofy and the Goofy today. First, he wasn't even called Goofy! He was originally called Dippy Dawg. In this short he was a old dog. He also has a green vest, not brown. The only things the same about Dippy and Goofy
is his hat and his laugh.

This Goofy is younger than before and looks very much the same
but there are still differences. He is stilled called Dippy Dawg!
He still has his green hat, but doesn't have his big, brown shoes.
Instead, he has yellow, circle shoes. I guess Goofy's feet got
bigger!




Goofy is now called Goofy. He has his big shoes. He has has his brown vest. Sometimes in the cartoons with this Goofy, he is called The Goof.








Goofy now lost his ears and becomes a family man, with a son Goofy Jr. He is not so clumsy anymore and is smarter. This Goofy is called G. G. Geef.

Goofy has his ears back and has a son called
Max Goof. This present-day Goofy is very
similar to the one in the old color Mickey
cartoons. He appears in The House of
Mouse, Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, and has
two movies with he and his son starring in it,
A Goofy Movie and A Extremely Goofy Movie.


There was a very similar character to Goofy called Goopy Geer. This character was created by Hugh Harman and Rudolph Ising who worked on Bosko cartoons for Warner Bros. They previously worked at the Disney studio. Goopy was never popular and only appeared in 4 shorts, Goopy Geer, Moonlight For Two, The Queen Was In the Parlor, and Bosko in Dutch. Maybe Disney was copying them because they copied Disney by making Foxy, very similar to Mickey Mouse.

Mickey Mouse through the Years

Hi! Today I'm going to do a post about Mickey Mouse. I hope that you enjoy it!

This early Mickey had eyeballs in his eyes and not just dot eyes from Steamboat Willie. Mickey also doesn't has his trademark yellow shoes, in this cartoon he doesn't have shoes. In this cartoon Mickey has a clever and tricky personality. Finally, Mickey doesn't have his gloves, he doesn't have them until The Opry House. Mickey does have his red shorts.

The next Mickey has dot eyes and has his trademark yellow shoes

and red shorts. Mickey still doesn't have his gloves, like I said

before, he didn't have gloves until The Opry House. In this cartoon

Mickey is very clever, but he is also a little violent. For a example,

he make music by whirling a cat around and around and then lets

go sending the cat out of the scene.

Mickey now has his gloves, but he puts them on in the

middle of the cartoon. The first time Mickey has gloves

in the whole cartoon is When The Cat's Away.

Mickey spoke his first words said by Walt Disney.

They words Mickey said was "Hot dog, Hot dog!"

Mickey only laughed, whistled, and grunted before.

Mickey is in color now and his face is peach.

His ears are still black, that will never change.

The first cartoon that Mickey is in color is

The Band Concert.

Mickey now has eyeballs but not as big as before.

The first cartoon Mickey has these pupils is

The Pointer.

Mickey doesn't have his red shorts until 

Runaway Brain.

Mickey has his red shorts again especially 

in the children's show Mickey Mouse Clubhouse.






Well that's all. Next I'll be doing one about Goofy.
                 Sincerely,
                                     Tai Jackson
                    

           

Looney Tunes Characters: Elmer Fudd

Elmer Fudd is a famous cartoon character in Looney Tunes.

Elmer Fudd was originally called Egghead. Egghead first appeared in the 1937 short "Egghead Rides Again", directed by Tex Avery. This character had a egg-shaped-like head and nose and had a southern accent who, like Fudd was a hunter. Egghead's last appearance was in the cartoon
"Hare-um Scare-um" with Proto-type Bugs and himself.

The second Elmer was called Elmer Fudd and had almost the same personality except he loved animals and had rosier cheeks. This Elmer only starred in one cartoon, "Elmer's Candid Camera" along with Happy Rabbit (a Proto-type of Bugs Bunny)

The well known Elmer we all know today first appeared in the cartoon "A Wild Hare". Bugs Bunny also made his first appearance in this cartoon. Soon Warner Bros. made Elmer fatter. They soon changed him back. Besides starring in Bugs Bunny cartoons Elmer also starred in Daffy Duck cartoons along with other characters. Elmer starred in TV shows as well. He is one of the most famous cartoon characters ever.

Videos
   

Dr. Seuss Books: And To Think That I Saw It On Mulberry Street

Sorry I haven't blogged in a long time! I'll try to catch up.

People LOVE this book!!

This is a list of Dr. Seuss books by year.

His first book was And To Think That I Saw It On Mulberry Street.

History

Dr. Seuss was on a steamboat. All that toot-toot noises made him think of a parade.

He thought and thought. Finally, he went in his cabin and wrote the whole entire book!

He named the boy in the story, Marco, after the editor's son, Marco McClintock.

Publishing

It was first published in 1937 by Vanguard Press.

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People LOVE to read Dr. Seuss's books especially And To Think That I Saw It On Mulberry Street!

“You're off to Great Places!
Today is your day!
Your mountain is waiting,
So... get on your way!”      - Dr. Seuss, Happy Birthday To You!

Happy Birthday, Liam! (and other people who were born on Feb.17)

Yesterday was Liam's birthday! He turned 4 years old! :)
Here are some births, deaths and event that happened on the  same day in history!

   Events

• 364- Emperor Jovian dies after a reign of 8 months. He is found dead in his tent in Asia Minor.
• 1370- Northern Crusades: Teutonic Knights and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania fight in the Battle of Rudau.
• 1500- Duke Friedrich and Duke Johann attempt to subdue peasantry of Dithmarschen, Denmark in the Battle of Hemmingstedt.
• 1600- The philosopher, Giordano Bruno is burned alive, for heresy at Campo de' Fiori.
• 1621- Myles Standish is appointed the first ruler of the Plymouth colony.
• 1753- In Sweden Feb. 17 is followed by March 1 as the country moves from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar.
• 1801- A electoral tie between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr when Jefferson is elected President of the United States and Burr Vice President by the United States House of Representatives.

              Births

• 624- Wu Zetian- Empress of The Zhou Dynasty of China
• 1490- Charles III, Duke Bourbon- Constable of France
• 1519- Francis, Duke of Guise- French soldier and politician
• 1524- Charles of Guise- French cardinal
• 1581- Fausto Poli- Italian Catholic priest
• 1646- Pierre Le Pesant, sieur de Boisguilbert- French economist
• 1653- Arcangelo Corelli- Italian composer
• 1723- Tobias Mayer- German astronomer

        Deaths

•  364- Jovian- Roman Emperor
• 440- Mesrop Mashtots- Armenian monk
• 1339- Otto- Duke of Austria
• 1371- Ivan Alexander of Bulgaria
• 1596- Friedrich Sylburg- German scholar
• 1600- Giordani Bronu- Italian philosopher
• 1652- Gregorio Allegri- Italian composer

Thanks for reading!          

History of Valentine's Day: St. Valentine

A icon of St. Valentine

Do you know about St. Valentine? He invented St. Valentine's Day! Here's his how he invented it....

St. Valentine was in prison and he fell in love with the jail taker's daughter.
He wrote a letter to her and at the end of the message he wrote:
For my Valentine.



Now people celabrate Valentines day every year.
Thats the history of Valentine's Day!

Mozart's Music: Piano Concertos: Piano Concerto No.22

The Piano Concerto No. 22 in E flat major, is a famous piano concerto composed my W. A. Mozart. In Mozart's catalog the number is K. 482.

Movements
I. Allegro
II. Andante
III. Allegro

History
It was completed in the December of 1785.
That was around the time the American Revolution was around!

Click here to listen to it!

Mozart's Music: Eine Kleine Nachtmusic

Mozart's Eine Kleine Nachtmusic is a famous piece of music composed by W. A. Mozart. It is K 525 in Mozart's catalog.

Movements
I. Allegro
II. Romanze: Andante
III. Minuetto: Allegretto
IV. Rondo: Allegro

History
It was completed on August 10, 1787.

Click here to here it

Aesop's Fables: The Bear and The Bees

A bear came across a log where swarm of bees had nested to make there honey. As the bear snooped around, a single little bee flew out of the log to protect the swarm. The bee knew that the bear would eat all the honey so the bee stung him on the nose and flew back into the log.

The bear flew into a angry rage. He swatted the log with his big claws, determined to destroy nest of bees. This only alerted the bees and quick as a wink, the whole entire swarm of bees flew out of the log and stung the bear from head to heel. The bear saved himself by diving in the nearest pond.

Moral of The Story: It is better to bear a single injury in silence then to bring about a thousand by reacting in anger

Aesop's Fables: The Wolf and the Crane

Once there lived a wolf who ravished his prey. He ate so fiercely and hungrily that he got a bone stuck in his throat causing to gasp and yell in grievous pain. A crane was passing by. She saw the wolf yelling such pain that he took pity on him. The wolf told her that the would get a reward if she removed the bone. She used her long, thin beak to reach down his throat to remove the bone. After she removed the bone she asked "What is my prize?" "Reward!" cried the wolf "You selfish, greedy bird!" "Why do  you deserve a reward?""You're lucky that I didn't chop your head off when you stuck in my mouth!"


Moral of the story: Do not expect graditude

My 1st Composition: Piano Piece No.1

My 1st composition.

I really hope you enjoy my 1st composition!  Heres my picture of my music! Go to Jeff Jackson's page on Facebook and see the hear my 1st composition!


Go to this website too hear my composition:

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10151290322888929

Medieval Composers: (born before 1150): St. Kassia

Icon of St. Kassia

St. Kassia (also known as St. Kassiane, Kassiani, Casia, Ikasia, Cassia, Cassiane, Kassiana, or Eikasia was a Byzantine abbess, composer, poet, and hymnographer.

Biography
She was born 810 in Constantinople into a wealthy family.
She said to have been very beautiful.
Three Byzantine chroniclers, Pseudo-Symeon the Logothete,
George the Monk, and Leo the Grammarian claimed that
she was a participant in the "bride show". She died in
865, age 55.

Music
He best-known for her hymns.
http://www.youtube.com/results?

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Medieval Composers: (born before 1150): Romanos the Melodist

Romanos the Melodist or "The Hynmographer" was one of the most greatest Greek hynmographer ever.

Icon of Romanos the Melodist

Biography 
He was born in 490 into a Jewish family in either Emesa or Damascus, Syria.
He was baptized as a boy. Then he went to Berytus and was ordained
as a deacon in the Church of Resurrection. Then he moved Constantinople
and worked for Anastasius I (or Anastasius II). He died in 556 age 66.

Music
He wrote kontakias. It was a type of hymn.

These are known kontakias:
The Nativity of Christ
The Martyrdom of St. Stephen
The Death of A Monk
The Last Judgement
The Prodigal Son
The Raising of Lazarus
Adam's Lament
The Treachery of Judas

Different Kinds of Music: Modern Music

Different Kinds of Music: Romantic (Era) Music

Different Kinds of Music: Classical (Era) Music