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Celebrate Tell a Fairy Tale Day with these classical music storytellers

Long before Walt Disney got involved in fairy tales, classical composers mined children's stories to create well-loved masterpieces. Join us as we explore these musical storytellers of yore — from Dvorak to Rimsky-Korsakov — in celebration of Monday's National Tell a Fairy Tale Day.

And don't forget to share our own foray into fairy tales with Cinderella, part of our Classical Kids Storytime series.

Cinderella

Sergei Prokofiev's Cinderella: "End of the Fairy Tale"
Giaochino Rossini's La Cenerentola (Cinderella): "Non piu mesta"

Aladdin

Carl Maria von Weber's Abu Hassan: Overture
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade: "The Festival at Baghdad"

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Larry Morey and Frank Churchill's "With a Smile and a Song" (arranged by Donald Fraser in the style of Chopin; Carol Rosenberger, piano)

Beauty and the Beast

Philip Glass' La Belle et la Bete: Overture

The Little Mermaid

Antonin Dvorak's Rusalka: Overture

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