Mickey, Mickey, you’re so fine…

In New York City on this date in 1928, Mickey Mouse made his first appearance, in the animated short “Steamboat Willie.” “Steamboat Willie” was the first cartoon with synchronized pre-recorded sound effects and music. Carl Stalling was the composer. Stalling would go on to a prolific career scoring cartoons for Warner Brothers – employing scattershot references to the “Light Cavalry,” “William Tell,” and “Poet and Peasant” Overtures and more – providing for generations of viewers a gateway to the wider enjoyment of classical music.

Steamboat Willie:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBgghnQF6E4

The Rabbit of Seville:

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2o5y7d