Allegro non troppo

Marco Bellano is an adjunct professor and research fellow in History of Animation at the University of Padua, Italy. He is author of international publications about animation and film music. He received the 2014 Norman McLaren-Evelyn Lambart Award for the Best Scholarly Article from the SAS-Society for Animation Studies. He was Chair of the 29th SAS Annual Conference (Padova, 2017). He graduated in Piano and Orchestral Conducting from the Conservatory of Vicenza.

• PreambleIntroduction Part One: The Whole Picture Chapter 1: Bruno Bozzetto’s Life and Works - From the Short Format to the Feature Film Chapter 2: Allegro non Troppo at a glance Chapter 3: The path to Allegro non Troppo Part Two: The Episodes and their Frame PremiseChapter 1 The Live-Action FrameChapter 2 Prélude à l'après-midi d'un fauneChapter 3 Slavonic Dance Op. 46 no. 7Chapter 4 BoleroChapter 5 Valse tristeChapter 6 Concerto in C Major RV 559Chapter 7 The Firebird Suite (1919 Version)Conclusion Finale(s)Appendix 1: Musical compositions listed in the Allegro non Troppo diaries Appendix 2: The Allegro non Troppo that never was: One-page plots from Bozzetto’s notebooksBibliographyIndex

Marco Bellano presents a comprehensive study of Bruno Bozetto’s Allegro non Troppo, the infamous satire of Disney’s Fantasia and perhaps the most famous of Italian feature animation. Bellano's expertise in music and the director's own insights combine to provide a complete understanding of the film. Highly recommended!