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"Sleigh Ride" is a light orchestra standard composed by Leroy Anderson. He formed the idea for the piece during a heat wave in July 1946, and finished it in February 1948. Its first performance was by the Boston Pops Orchestra, with Arthur Fiedler conducting, on May 4, 1948. [1] Anderson also made arrangements for wind band and piano. [2] [3]
The dances are scored for piccolo, two flutes, two oboes, two bassoons, two horns, two trumpets, timpani, violins I and II, violoncellos, and double basses.The middle section and coda, titled Die Schlittenfahrt (The sleigh ride), of the third dance adds two posthorns and five sleigh bells tuned to C, E, F, G, and A (in ascending order).
The Christmas Album is the tenth studio album by British-Australian soft rock duo Air Supply, released in 1987. [2] It was their last studio album to be released under Arista Records.
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.
Ella Wishes You a Swinging Christmas is a 1960 album by the American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, recorded in the summer of 1960, with a studio orchestra arranged and conducted by Frank DeVol.
The first cover of "The Christmas Song" was performed by pop tenor and bandleader Eddy Howard on Majestic. Howard was a big Cole fan, and also covered Nat's versions of "I Want to Thank Your Folks" and " (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons ", among others.
First performance Comments Ref. 1885 IX/1 Zum Carnival written before first departure from Florida [5] undated IX/2 Pensees mélodieuses (Melodious thoughts) [5] undated IX/3 Norwegian Sleigh Ride [5] undated IX/4 Badinage (Danse lente) [5] undated IX/5 Two piano pieces: 1. Valse; 2. Reverie [5] 1919 IX/6 Dance for Harpsichord [7] 1922–23 IX/7
[7] Sarah Rodman of The Boston Globe called it a bouncy, cooing number tailor-made to soundtrack sleigh rides, and named it the best track on the album. [13] Critics also approvingly compared it to Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas Is You" (1994), a track that RCA chief executive Peter Edge described as the song's inspiration. [14]