Leroy Anderson, America's preeminent composer of light concert music, wrote such lively and evocative Pops orchestral favorites as "Sleigh Ride," "The Syncopated Clock" and "Blue Tango".

Leroy Anderson was interviewed in the ... because music has a wider range of expression. Q. Let's talk about "Sleigh Ride" in particular. When was "Sleigh Ride" composed and was it composed ...

Our high school orchestra has performed three of your pieces in the past year, "Fiddle-Faddle", "Sleigh Ride" and "The Syncopated Clock." Each piece was played well and received an enthusiastic ...

Leroy Anderson: "Well, I was trying to write a Christmas festival. You see, there are all types of things that have been written for various occasions and in this particular case I was working at ...

As with all his other compositions, Leroy Anderson wrote The Typewriter for orchestra, completing the work on October 9, 1950. The Typewriter received its first performance when Leroy Anderson ...

The first Boston Pops concert in 1885 represented the fulfillment of his dream. In 1972 Leroy Anderson reviewed the musical history of the Boston Pops from his then perspective of 48 years of ...

Executive Director John Stewart says, “You are going to hear music that is very representative of the holidays such as Leroy Anderson’s sleigh ride.” For all that time, the holiday concert ...