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Leroy Anderson (/ l ə ˈ r ɔɪ / lə-ROY) (June 29, 1908 – May 18, 1975) was an American composer of short, light concert pieces, many of which were introduced by the Boston Pops Orchestra under the direction of Arthur Fiedler.
Songs with music by Leroy Anderson (3 P) Pages in category "Compositions by Leroy Anderson" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total.
Leroy Anderson's own recording of "Sleigh Ride" was made on September 11, 1950, [8] and was released on his album "Leroy Anderson Conducts His Own Compositions" [9] on the Decca label in 1951. Also released that year as a 78-rpm single, [ 10 ] then reissued as a 45-rpm single the following year [ 11 ] when it reached #26 on the Cash Box ...
A Trumpeter's Lullaby is a short composition for solo trumpet and orchestra, written by American composer Leroy Anderson in 1949. The two and a half minute piece was premiered on May 9, 1950, by the Boston Pops Orchestra with Arthur Fiedler conducting and French-born American Roger Voisin as trumpet soloist. [1]
The "Hanukkah Festival Overture," selections from Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite, Leroy Anderson's "Sleigh Ride," and Irving Berlin's "White Christmas" are also on the program, which ends with a ...
The arrangement requires temple blocks to be used as the sound of the clock that is heard throughout, except for a brief section in the middle. The piece is in 4 4 time; the opening establishes a perfectly regular "tick-tock" accompaniment, beginning with a roll off the orchestra's staccato strike of an A chord, creating an expectation that it will continue.
The Typewriter" received its first performance on September 8, 1953 during a recording Anderson and the Boston Pops Orchestra made in New York City for Decca Records. [2] Anderson composed the melody for symphony and pops orchestras; William Zinn and Floyd Werle arranged it for string orchestras and wind bands respectively. [3] Bell structure
Fiddle-Faddle is a musical composition in 2/2 time composed by Leroy Anderson. It is considered to be a "light" classical music composition, sometimes referred to as "classical pops" music. Fiddle-Faddle was published on January 1, 1947.