2-3 Final Project Milestone One: Proposed Music
Julie Beck
MUS-223
Southern New Hampshire University
Dr. Foust
3/13/2022
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Proposed Work
The proposed musical piece I have chosen from Fantasia for my final project is
"Sorcerer's Apprentice " by the French composer Paul Dukas. The piece was a symphonic poem
completed in 1897. Dukas based The Sorcerer 's Apprentice on the poem Der Zauberlehrling that
was written 100 years earlier by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Dukas work was part of the
Romantic Period. Music in this period was based on stories, poems, and art piece. It was also
considered programme music, which is intended to paint pictures and evoke extra-musical ideas
in the listener's mind based on a specific narrative.
I chose this piece because I love the story it paints about an old wizard and the apprentice
(Mickey Mouse) he leaves to clean up. You get a magical, mysterious feeling from the very
beginning of the melody to the very end. You can feel all the emotions the apprentice goes
through as you watch the movie or just listen to the music. You feel all the emotions that the
apprentice experiences throughout the piece and that is story telling with music
Counts, J. (2021, September 22). DUKAS: The Sorcerer 's Apprentice. Utah Symphony
https://utahsymphony.org/explore/2021/09/dukas-the-sorcerers-apprentice/
Runyan, W. (2017). The Sorcerer 's Apprentice | Runyan Program Notes. Runyan Program Notes
https://www.runyanprogramnotes.com/paul-dukas/sorcerers-apprentice