I had forgotten how much classical music I learned from Bugs Bunny

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Source: How Kids Learned Classical Music From Old Cartoons

Read on to see how much our classical music education was shaped by Looney Toons and Bugs Bunny. Be sure to check out all of the examples in the article, there are some great ones in there!

Unfortunately, they missed one of the biggest, the Ride of the Valkyries. The use of the song by Elmer Fudd is so iconic that the Wagner estate has now acknowledged that ‘Ride of the Valkyries’ lyrics are ‘Kill the wabbit’.

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