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| rdfs:comment | - Joseph Deems Taylor (December 22, 1885 - July 3, 1966) was an American composer, music critic and promoter of classical music. Nat Benchley, author of The Lost Algonquin Roundtable, referred to him as "the dean of American music."
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| Spouse | - Jane Anderson
- Lucille Watson-Little
- Mary Kennedy Taylor
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| Died | - 1966-07-03
- New York City, New York, United States
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| Occupation(s) | - Composer, music critic and promoter of classical music
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| abstract | - Joseph Deems Taylor (December 22, 1885 - July 3, 1966) was an American composer, music critic and promoter of classical music. Nat Benchley, author of The Lost Algonquin Roundtable, referred to him as "the dean of American music." He appeared in Walt Disney's 1940 film Fantasia as the film's Master of Ceremonies, and was instrumental in selecting the musical pieces that were used in the film, including the then-controversial Sacre du Printemps. In the long-unseen roadshow version of Fantasia, issued on DVD in 2000, and re-released on the 2010 Fantasia/Fantasia 2000 Blu-ray release, all of Taylor's voice-over work was redubbed by veteran voice artist Corey Burton. The complete film was originally 124 minutes long, due almost entirely to the fact that Taylor's commentaries were more detailed in the roadshow version, but the original audio elements for these longer commentaries had deteriorated to the point that they could no longer be used, so Corey Burton was selected to re-record all of the dialogue for consistency. The general release version of Fantasia, running 115 minutes, is the version most audiences are familiar with. In that version, Taylor's commentaries were severely abridged.
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