This short ballet interlude ends Act 3 of Ponchielli’s opera La Gioconda. It has since become more famous than the rest of the opera thanks its inclusion in the 1940 Disney animated film Fantasia and the source of Allan Sherman’s 1963 novelty hit “Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah”.
Lyrics for this song have yet to be released
Dance Of The Hours was written by Amilcare Ponchielli.
Amilcare Ponchielli released Dance Of The Hours on Sat Apr 08 1876.