Fantasia (1940 film) according to one attendee, had the crowd applauding and cheering "until their hands were red". The final pieces were chosen the following morning, which included "Toccata and Fugue in D minor", "Cydalise et le Chèvre-pied" by Gabriel Pierné, "The Nutcracker Suite", "Night on Bald Mountain", "Ave Maria", "Dance of the Hours", "Clair de Lune" by Claude Debussy, "The Rite of Spring" and "The Sorcerer's Apprentice". Disney had already begun working out the details for the segments, and showed greater enthusiasm and eagerness as opposed to his anxiety while starting on "Pinocchio". "Clair de Lune" was soon removed from the "Fantasia"
Au clair de la lune In 2008, a phonautograph paper recording made by Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville of "Au clair de la lune" on 9 April 1860, was digitally converted to sound by U.S. researchers. This one-line excerpt of the song was widely reported to have been the earliest recognizable record of the human voice and the earliest recognizable record of music. According to those researchers, the phonautograph recording contains the beginning of the song, "". In 2008, composer Fred Momotenko composed "Au clair de la lune" as an artistic journey back in time to rediscover the original recording made on 9 April 1860. It