The Magic Melody (1909) watch online HD

Angelo Petrosina Jones, violinist, composer, etc., is inspired to write his masterpiece. In his garret above Hans Schwartz's delicatessen store, he fingers his beloved instrument, nibbling ... See full summary

Angelo Petrosina Jones, violinist, composer, etc., is inspired to write his masterpiece. In his garret above Hans Schwartz's delicatessen store, he fingers his beloved instrument, nibbling at Herr Schwartz's cheese, moving dreamily in andantes, adagios, and con dolores. Angelo Petrosina Jones, tiring of his vain efforts to win his Muse, drops on his cot and goes to sleep, He has a dream. A melody, alluring and sweet, steals into his ears. From the fragmentary harmonies he builds his famous Magic Melody. So masterful is the composition that in playing it he finds that he cannot resist the desire to waltz rhythmically with his music, so he waltzes himself out of the room and down the stairs into Herr Schwartz's delicatessen store. Herr Schwartz and family, caught by the enchantment in the music, all waltz out of the place after the Pied Piper and down the street. During the journey they pick up a number of pedestrians, who all waltz off to possible doom under the charm of the ...