<P> Joseph Holbrooke (1878--1958) composed his Symphonic Variations, opus 37, based on Three Blind Mice . Also, Joseph Haydn used its theme in the Finale (4th Mvt) of his Symphony 83 (La Poule) (1785--86); one of the 6 Paris Symphonies, and the music also appears in the final movement of English composer Eric Coates' suite The Three Men . "Three Blind Mice" was also used as a theme song for The Three Stooges and a Curtis Fuller arrangement of the rhyme is featured on the Art Blakey live album of the same name . The song is also the basis for Leroy Anderson's orchestral "Fiddle Faddle". </P> <P> The British composer Havergal Brian (1876 - 1972) used the tune as the basis of his orchestral work "Fantastic Variations on an Old Rhyme" (1907 - 08). The work was originally intended as the first movement of a satirical "Fantastic Symphony" (Symphony No. 1), a programmatic work, based on the nursery rhyme . The second movement was intended as a scherzo for pizzicato strings, depicting the souls of the departed mice going to heaven and the third movement was a Lament for the dead mice . Both these movements are lost . "Festal Dance" (1908) formed the finale, depicting the wild dance of triumph of the farmer's wife in which passing references to the tune can be heard . Having been performed separately, the first and last movements became independent works around 1914 . </P> <P> The theme of the second movement of Sergei Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 4 (1926, revised 1928 and 1941) was criticized as resembling Three Blind Mice . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This section indiscriminately collects miscellaneous information . Please compress this material to remove any irrelevant or unimportant information . (March 2017) </Td> </Tr> </Table>

Where did the nursery rhyme three blind mice come from