The Mozart Band
Encyclopedia
The Mozart Band is a 1995 animated
television series produced by the BRB Internacional
and Marathon Animation studios. It centered around the happenings of four boys, each named or nicknamed after a famous classical music composer
, as they lived a modern adventure in each episode more or less equivalent of the moment in the real composer's life that motivated him to write one of his works
.
The band had a small dog
named Compás (the Spanish term for keeping in tempo
) and two girls that admired them. Their mustached, old-aged music teacher, Professor Solfa (the name obviously made by joining the notes "sol" and "fa" of the solfege
scale) also made prominent appearances.
Blackie, the antagonist, was the son of the president of Col Records (Col being the Spanish for Cabbage
, and thereby the logo of the company). His hair style resembled an eighth note
on its side.
Animation
Animation is the rapid display of a sequence of images of 2-D or 3-D artwork or model positions in order to create an illusion of movement. The effect is an optical illusion of motion due to the phenomenon of persistence of vision, and can be created and demonstrated in several ways...
television series produced by the BRB Internacional
BRB Internacional
BRB Internacional is a Spanish animation studio which is best known for producing 1980s cartoon hits such as Around the World with Willy Fog, Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds and The World of David the Gnome....
and Marathon Animation studios. It centered around the happenings of four boys, each named or nicknamed after a famous classical music composer
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
, as they lived a modern adventure in each episode more or less equivalent of the moment in the real composer's life that motivated him to write one of his works
Opus number
An Opus number , pl. opera and opuses, abbreviated, sing. Op. and pl. Opp. refers to a number generally assigned by composers to an individual composition or set of compositions on publication, to help identify their works...
.
Characters
They were- Mozart, the leader of the band, coiner of the interjectionInterjectionIn grammar, an interjection or exclamation is a word used to express an emotion or sentiment on the part of the speaker . Filled pauses such as uh, er, um are also considered interjections...
"Shumblah!", and the only one to wear a pony tail due to the length of his red hair. (The character is named after Wolfgang Amadeus MozartWolfgang Amadeus MozartWolfgang Amadeus Mozart , baptismal name Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart , was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical era. He composed over 600 works, many acknowledged as pinnacles of symphonic, concertante, chamber, piano, operatic, and choral music...
) - Beethoven, the fattest boy of the lot who always has a drumstick either behind his ear (held like a pencil) or sticking out of his pocket. He has long black hair. (The character is named after Ludwig van BeethovenLudwig van BeethovenLudwig van Beethoven was a German composer and pianist. A crucial figure in the transition between the Classical and Romantic eras in Western art music, he remains one of the most famous and influential composers of all time.Born in Bonn, then the capital of the Electorate of Cologne and part of...
) - Chopin, the keyboard player for the band, can be recognized by a strand of his brown hair that would always get into his face, but never bothered him. (The character is named after Frédéric ChopinFrédéric ChopinFrédéric François Chopin was a Polish composer and virtuoso pianist. He is considered one of the great masters of Romantic music and has been called "the poet of the piano"....
) - Verdi, of ItalianItalyItaly , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
descent who lived with his family above a restaurant they own. (The restaurant is called "La Traviata" after the opera of the same nameLa traviataLa traviata is an opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi set to an Italian libretto by Francesco Maria Piave. It is based on La dame aux Camélias , a play adapted from the novel by Alexandre Dumas, fils. The title La traviata means literally The Fallen Woman, or perhaps more figuratively, The Woman...
.) His hair appears to be black shaped into points that stick out using sytyling gel. (The character is named after Giuseppe VerdiGiuseppe VerdiGiuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi was an Italian Romantic composer, mainly of opera. He was one of the most influential composers of the 19th century...
)
The band had a small dog
Dog
The domestic dog is a domesticated form of the gray wolf, a member of the Canidae family of the order Carnivora. The term is used for both feral and pet varieties. The dog may have been the first animal to be domesticated, and has been the most widely kept working, hunting, and companion animal in...
named Compás (the Spanish term for keeping in tempo
Tempo
In musical terminology, tempo is the speed or pace of a given piece. Tempo is a crucial element of any musical composition, as it can affect the mood and difficulty of a piece.-Measuring tempo:...
) and two girls that admired them. Their mustached, old-aged music teacher, Professor Solfa (the name obviously made by joining the notes "sol" and "fa" of the solfege
Solfege
In music, solfège is a pedagogical solmization technique for the teaching of sight-singing in which each note of the score is sung to a special syllable, called a solfège syllable...
scale) also made prominent appearances.
Blackie, the antagonist, was the son of the president of Col Records (Col being the Spanish for Cabbage
Cabbage
Cabbage is a popular cultivar of the species Brassica oleracea Linne of the Family Brassicaceae and is a leafy green vegetable...
, and thereby the logo of the company). His hair style resembled an eighth note
Eighth note
thumb|180px|right|Figure 1. An eighth note with stem facing up, an eighth note with stem facing down, and an eighth rest.thumb|right|180px|Figure 2. Four eighth notes beamed together....
on its side.