Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom
“A crash course on the history of Western musical instruments.”
6.7(76)195310m
Animation
Professor Owl gives a lecture on the evolution of Western musical instruments, starting with the advent of rudimentary brass, woodwind, string and percussion instruments by ancient cave dwellers at the dawn of history.
Director
Ward Kimball
Cast
Reviews
1 review
Geronimo1967
1y ago
7.0
It's the professorial owl who is teaching his class all about musical instruments. It's manna from heaven for an animator as the entertainingly crafted lyrical narration (complete with slightly annoying singing) takes us all on a very basic lesson in musical onomatopoeia! It was the cavemen who started, rather monotonically, with a dead cow's horn. Next, for the Egyptians it's a different kind of ...
