Flight of the Bumblebee (Russian: Полёт шмеля) is an orchestral interlude written by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844–1908) for his opera The Tale of Tsar Saltan, composed in 1899–1900. Its composition is intended to musically evoke the seemingly chaotic and rapidly changing flying pattern of a bumblebee.
It is the music that was used on The Northern Night Light and Rocket Safari.
Summary[]
In Season 1[]
In The Northern Night Light, Flight of the Bumblebee was used for the silly song. It is sung by the Little Einsteins and other arctic creatures, mostly to overcome their fear and make the environment silly.
In Rocket Safari, Flight of the Bumblebee was used as the Bumblebee Song. It is also used for helping to find all of the big and strong animals to help pull Rocket out of the waterfall.
Episodes Appearances[]
Season 1[]
Songs adapted from Flight of the Bumblebee[]
The Northern Night Light[]
Rocket Safari[]
Trivia[]
- In The Northern Night Light the sheet music frame sounds like a flute, while in Rocket Safari the music sounds like a violin.
In popular culture[]
- Despite the piece being a rather incidental part of the opera, it is today one of the more familiar classical works because of its frequent use in popular culture.
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