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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. He formed the idea for the piece during a heat wave in July 1946, and finished it in February 1948.
All eleven scores used by Anderson are three to four minutes long, [5] though "Sleigh Ride" is used as an overture. [6] and "Sandpaper Ballet", from which the title of the ballet is taken, is not featured. [5] It was Morris' first piece with a full orchestra, [3] and he called the music "little gems; one-liners that really show off the band." [7]
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.
Sleigh Ride" – 3:24 "Winter Wonderland" – 2:03 "O Holy Night" – 3:38 "Let It Snow" – 1:48 "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer" – 1:54 "Silver Bells" –2:10 "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" – 2:07 "The Christmas Song" – 3:13 "All I Want for Christmas Is You" – 3:55 "Silent Night" – 3:04
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).
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At the same time, the Ronettes' recording of "Sleigh Ride", though never released as a single, charted on the Billboard Hot 100 for the first time, initially reaching as high as No. 26 on the week ending January 5, 2019; it then re-charted during the 2019 and 2020 holiday seasons and attained an overall peak position of No. 13 on the week ...