Themes from Dance of the Hours for Clarinet Quartet by Amilcare Ponchielli arranged by Valentine C. Anzalone. VA Music/SHALL-u-mo Publications, 1998, SS, includes parts and score. This is an arrangement for 3 B-flat clarinets and bass clarinet of a piece originally from a short ballet at the end of Act III of the opera La Gioconda. It became even more widely known after its inclusion in the 1940 Disney animated film Fantasia where it is depicted as a comic ballet featuring anthropomorphized animals. It is one of the most frequently parodied pieces of classical music. Not very difficult for those familiar with the piece. High school quartets and up. (C2092)