摘要
This article is the first approach ever, from a specifi cally musical point of view, to the analysis and study of the film The Knight Garbancito, which was the first European full-length colour cartoon. The film had the invaluable collaboration for the making of its sound track of maestro Jacinto Guerrero, who at the time (1945) was considered one of the most prestigious composers in the Spanish and Latin American theatre circles (he was an outstanding author of world known zarzuelas). Maestro Guerrero was, at the same time, one of the most up-to-date composers of the time in popular music, as his participation in such original projects and initiatives, like The Knight Garbancito, shows. El presente art赤culo se aproxima por primera vez, desde una vertiente espec赤ficamente musical, al an芍lisis y estudio de la pel赤cula Garbancito de la Mancha, que fuera el primer largometraje de animaci車n europeo en color, y que dispuso para la confecci車n de su banda sonora de la inestimable participaci車n del maestro Jacinto Guerrero, ya para entonces (1945) considerado uno de los compositores del 芍mbito esc谷nico latinoamericano y espa ol m芍s prestigiosos (autor destacado de zarzuelas de renombre internacional), al tiempo que, en el 芍mbito de la m迆sica ※de consumo§, m芍s al d赤a de la 谷poca, como demuestra su participaci車n en proyectos e iniciativas tan novedosos como la que representara Garbancito de la Mancha.