Pizzicato Pussycat

Pizzicato Pussycat is a 1955 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies animated short directed by Friz Freleng. The short was released on January 1, 1955.

Plot
Mr. and Mrs. Jones, a suburban couple, are puzzled by mysterious piano music in their home, long after their daughter's toy piano vanished. A mouse strikes a deal with their cat, promising a piano performance in exchange for his life. The cat hides the mouse and toy piano in a real piano, deceiving the Joneses. Media frenzy ensues, with scientists baffled by the cat's musical talent. Contracts are signed for public performances, culminating in a disastrous show at Carnegie Hall. Exposed as a fraud, the cat and mouse revert to their usual antics until they bond over jazz music. The Joneses keep their unconventional pets a secret.

Music

 * "Waltz Op. 64 No. 1 in D flat major" aka "Minute Waltz" by Frédéric Chopin
 * "Crazy Rhythm" by Joseph Meyer and Roger Wolfe Kahn
 * "Me-ow" by Mel B. Kaufman
 * "Home Sweet Home" aka "There's No Place Like Home", by H.R. Bishop
 * "Liebestraum No. 3" by Franz Liszt
 * "Hungarian Rhapsody No. 14" by Franz Liszt