1953 - Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom

Suggested by Fede, thank you!
Winner of the Academy Award for Best Short Subject (Cartoons) and voted #29 of the 50 Greatest Cartoons of all time, Toot Whistle Plunk and Boom explores the history of music through the four groups of instruments: brass, woodwinks, strings and percussion. It is the second, and last, short in the Adventures in Music series.

Data:
Released: 10 November 1953
Directed by: Ward Kimball and Charles A. Nichols
Produced by: Walt Disney
Animation: Xavier Atencio, Marc Davis, Ward Kimball, Art Stevens, Julius Svendsen, Henry Tanous
Voices: Bill Thompson, Thurl Ravenscroft
Story: Dick Huemer
Music: Joseph Dubin

Links:
IMDB entry
Wikipedia entry
BCDB entry
http://wardomatic.blogspot.com/2005/05/toot-whistle-plunk-boom.html
http://cartoonmodern.blogsome.com/2007/01/07/toot-whistle-plunk-and-boom/
http://thefirehousestomp.blogspot.com/2005/11/adventures-in-music.html
http://www.michaelspornanimation.com/splog/?p=1642
http://www.michaelspornanimation.com/splog/?p=1651

Also check Melody (1953), first of the Adventures in Music series

IMDB entry
BCDB entry
http://cartoonmodern.blogsome.com/2006/10/29/stills-from-melody-1953/
http://wardomatic.blogspot.com/2005/07/melody.html

I couldn't find online videos of either (except a couple excerpts that didn't seem to work properly). You can find both rather easily through torrents though >_>

edit: Melody is now on YouTube (thanks Tanglewood for letting me know!)

1997 - Die Furchtlosen Vier (The Fearless Four)

A remake of the classic tale of the Bremen musicians, Buster (dog), Gwendolyn (cat), Fred (donkey) and Tortellini (rooster) are hired to sing the tune of a popular brand of sausages in Bremen.
A trailer is viewable on Amazon.com along with a rent donwload.
Some videos of the songs on YouTube:








Images:

Data:
Released: 2 October 1997
Directed by: Michael Coldewey, Eberhard Junkersdorf, Juergen Richter
Produced by: Biskop Film (distributed by Warner Bros)
Screenplay: Bert Henry, George Reichelt, Dagmar Kekule
Music: Peter Wolf
Main characters voices (German): Hartmut Engler, Sandra Schwarzhaupt, Mario Adorf, Joachim Kemmer
Main characters voices (English): James Ingram, B.B. King, Oleta Adams, Zucchero

Links:
IMDB entry
http://german-films.de/app/filmarchive/film_view.php?film_id=5
http://www.hollywood.com/movie/Fearless_Four/378773
http://www.kino.de/kinofilm/die-furchtlosen-vier/42458.html
Amazon.com

2004 - Lorenzo

Lorenzo is a Disney animated short about a pampered cat who is "dismayed to discover that his tail has developed a personality of its own."
It originally appeared as a feature before the film "Raising Helen", it is not present in the dvd though (or any other dvd that I know of?); it was meant to be featured in "Fantasia 2006", now delayed.
Only a teaser is available online:


Images:

Data:
Released: 28 May 2004
Directed by: Mike Gabriel and Baked Bloodworth
Produced by: Walt Disney Pictures
Animation: Georges Abolin, Pierre Alary, Marco Allard, Jean-Luc Ballester, David Berthier-Duverneuil, Bolhem Bouchiba, Borja Montoro Cavero, Patrick Delage, Eric Delbecq, Marc Eoche-Duval, Thierry Goulard, Juanjo Guarnido, Zoltan Maros, Catherine Poulain, Stéphane Sainte-Foi, Kristoff Vergne.
Story: Mike Gabriel and Joe Grant
Music: "Bordoneo y 900" by Juan José Mosalini

Links:
IMBD entry
Wikipedia entry
Wikipedia entry (French)
BCDB entry
http://www.animationartconservation.com/lorenzo.html
http://www.catsuka.com/news_detail.php?id=1085368938
http://vfxworld.com/?sa=adv&code=0e819731&atype=articles&id=2042

1935 - Balloon Land (aka "The Pincushionman")

For my first feature, a short that's been among my top favorites since I was in kindergarden
It is available on youtube or Movieflix.com (needs registration)


Images:

Data:
Released: 30 September 1935
Directed by: Ub Iwerks
Produced by: Pat Powers
Animation: Ub Iwerks
Voices: Billy Bletcher
Music: Carl W. Stalling
Edward Elzear Confrey's "Buffoon" is used as backdrop in this short

Links:
IMDB entry
Wikipedia entry
BCDB entry
http://www.keyframeonline.com/Animation/Balloon_Land/469/
http://geocities.com/d-patanella/pincushion.html
http://www.perfessorbill.com/pbmidi8.shtml