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Leroy Anderson was born on June 29, 1908 in Cambridge, Massachusetts ; family was musical, and as a boy he studied double bass, organ, and trombone ; continued his musical education at Harvard, where his teachers included Walter Piston and Georges Enesco ; graduated from college in 1929 ; earned the M.A. in 1930. In the early 1930s he did additional graduate work in Scandinavian languages at Harvard ; he also directed the Harvard Band and held numerous other musical jobs ; in 1936 Anderson arranged a medley of Harvard songs for Harvard Night at the Boston Pops ; became famous largely for the many pieces he composed or arranged for Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops, including Jazz Pizzicato (1938), The Syncopated Clock (1945), Sleigh Ride (1948), The Typewriter (1950), and Blue Tango (1951). By the early 1950s, Anderson's music had become extraordinarily popular ; his recordings sold in the millions ; American orchestras performed his works more frequently than those of any other American composer. Anderson later turned several of his most popular orchestral works into songs, with lyrics by Mitchell Parish ; of these, Sleigh Ride has had the most lasting success. Anderson also composed a piano concerto (1953), as well as Goldilocks (1958), a Broadway musical with words by Walter and Jean Kerr and Joan Ford. In 1942 Anderson married Eleanor Jane Firke; they had a daughter and three sons. In 1949 the family settled in Woodbury, Connecticut ; Anderson died in Woodbury on May 18, 1975.
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Leroy Anderson (/ləˈrɔɪ/ 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. John Williams described him as "one of the great American masters of light orchestral music."
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Leroy Anderson was born on June 29, 1908 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. His family was musical, and as a boy he studied double bass, organ, and trombone. He continued his musical education at Harvard, where his teachers included Walter Piston and Georges Enesco; he graduated from college in 1929, and earned the M.A. in 1930. In the early 1930s he did additional graduate work in Scandinavian languages at Harvard; he also directed the Harvard Band and held numerous other musical jobs.
In 1936 Anderson arranged a medley of Harvard songs for Harvard Night at the Boston Pops. In the ensuing decades, he would become famous largely for the many pieces he composed or arranged for Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops, including Jazz Pizzicato (1938), The Syncopated Clock (1945), Sleigh Ride (1948), The Typewriter (1950), and Blue Tango (1951). By the early 1950s, Anderson's music had become extraordinarily popular; his recordings sold in the millions, and American orchestras performed his works more frequently than those of any other American composer.Anderson later turned several of his most popular orchestral works into songs, with lyrics by Mitchell Parish; of these, Sleigh Ride has had the most lasting success. Anderson also composed a piano concerto (1953), as well as Goldilocks (1958), a Broadway musical with words by Walter and Jean Kerr and Joan Ford.
In 1942 Anderson married Eleanor Jane Firke; they had a daughter and three sons. In 1949 the family settled in Woodbury, Connecticut. Leroy Anderson died in Woodbury on May 18, 1975.
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Leroy Anderson was born on June 29, 1908 in Cambridge, Massachusetts ; family was musical, and as a boy he studied double bass, organ, and trombone ; continued his musical education at Harvard, where his teachers included Walter Piston and Georges Enesco ; graduated from college in 1929 ; earned the M.A. in 1930. In the early 1930s he did additional graduate work in Scandinavian languages at Harvard ; he also directed the Harvard Band and held numerous other musical jobs ; in 1936 Anderson arranged a medley of Harvard songs for Harvard Night at the Boston Pops ; became famous largely for the many pieces he composed or arranged for Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops, including Jazz Pizzicato (1938), The Syncopated Clock (1945), Sleigh Ride (1948), The Typewriter (1950), and Blue Tango (1951). By the early 1950s, Anderson's music had become extraordinarily popular ; his recordings sold in the millions ; American orchestras performed his works more frequently than those of any other American composer. Anderson later turned several of his most popular orchestral works into songs, with lyrics by Mitchell Parish ; of these, Sleigh Ride has had the most lasting success. Anderson also composed a piano concerto (1953), as well as Goldilocks (1958), a Broadway musical with words by Walter and Jean Kerr and Joan Ford. In 1942 Anderson married Eleanor Jane Firke; they had a daughter and three sons. In 1949 the family settled in Woodbury, Connecticut ; Anderson died in Woodbury on May 18, 1975.
Leroy Anderson (/ləˈrɔɪ/ 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. John Williams described him as "one of the great American masters of light orchestral music."
Guide to the The Leroy Anderson Papers, 1933-1988 (inclusive), (Irving S. Gilmore Music Library, Yale University
Leroy Anderson was born on June 29, 1908 in Cambridge, Massachusetts ; family was musical, and as a boy he studied double bass, organ, and trombone ; continued his musical education at Harvard, where his teachers included Walter Piston and Georges Enesco ; graduated from college in 1929 ; earned the M.A. in 1930. In the early 1930s he did additional graduate work in Scandinavian languages at Harvard ; he also directed the Harvard Band and held numerous other musical jobs ; in 1936 Anderson arranged a medley of Harvard songs for Harvard Night at the Boston Pops ; became famous largely for the many pieces he composed or arranged for Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops, including Jazz Pizzicato (1938), The Syncopated Clock (1945), Sleigh Ride (1948), The Typewriter (1950), and Blue Tango (1951). By the early 1950s, Anderson's music had become extraordinarily popular ; his recordings sold in the millions ; American orchestras performed his works more frequently than those of any other American composer. Anderson later turned several of his most popular orchestral works into songs, with lyrics by Mitchell Parish ; of these, Sleigh Ride has had the most lasting success. Anderson also composed a piano concerto (1953), as well as Goldilocks (1958), a Broadway musical with words by Walter and Jean Kerr and Joan Ford. In 1942 Anderson married Eleanor Jane Firke; they had a daughter and three sons. In 1949 the family settled in Woodbury, Connecticut ; Anderson died in Woodbury on May 18, 1975.
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Artist file : miscellaneous uncataloged material.
Person, Leroy. Artist file : miscellaneous uncataloged material.
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Artist file : miscellaneous uncataloged material.
Person, Leroy. Artist file : miscellaneous uncataloged material.
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[The Department of Music, Central State University, presents the CSU Symphony Orchestra in a program of light orchestral music] [sound recording] : [Instrumental Rehearsal Room, December 9, 1971, 8:00 p.m.]. [1971]
Strong, Roger W. [The Department of Music, Central State University, presents the CSU Symphony Orchestra in a program of light orchestral music] [sound recording] : [Instrumental Rehearsal Room, December 9, 1971, 8:00 p.m.].
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[The Department of Music, Central State University, presents the CSU Symphony Orchestra in a program of light orchestral music] [sound recording] : [Instrumental Rehearsal Room, December 9, 1971, 8:00 p.m.]. [1971]
Strong, Roger W. [The Department of Music, Central State University, presents the CSU Symphony Orchestra in a program of light orchestral music] [sound recording] : [Instrumental Rehearsal Room, December 9, 1971, 8:00 p.m.].
Records of the National Park Service, 1785 - 2006. National Register of Historic Places and National Historic Landmarks Program Records, 2013 - 2017. National Register of Historic Places and National Historic Landmarks Program Records: Connecticut. Connecticut SP Anderson, Leroy, House.
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Records of the National Park Service, 1785 - 2006. National Register of Historic Places and National Historic Landmarks Program Records, 2013 - 2017. National Register of Historic Places and National Historic Landmarks Program Records: Connecticut. Connecticut SP Anderson, Leroy, House.
This resource is located in Litchfield County, Connecticut. Areas of significance include: Architecture; Performing Arts. Architectural classifications include: Modern Movement. The National Historic Places Register Reference Number is 12000361.
Official Military Personnel Files for Persons of Exceptional Prominence (PEP) list via the National Archives website, viewed November 2, 2021
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Official Military Personnel Files for Persons of Exceptional Prominence (PEP) list via the National Archives website, viewed November 2, 2021
The following lists of Official Military Personnel Files (OMPFs) are historically significant individuals, known as Persons of Exceptional Prominence (PEP) records. They consist of military heroes, political leaders, cultural figures, celebrities, and entertainers which are now opened to the public. This list will be updated as additional records are transferred to National Archives custody and made available. Some of these records may be incomplete due to having suffered damage in the 1973 fire during operations at the Page facility.
Correspondence with musicians and publishers; scores and instrumental, band, orchestral and choral arrangements; music, lesson and songbooks; music catalogs; personal and historical scrapbooks; and autographed sheet music and photos. Correspondents include Leroy Anderson, Robert Burns, Tommy Dorsey, Richard Franko Goldman, and Leonard B. Smith.
Nicolas Slonimsky Collection 1873-1997 (bulk 1920-1990)
Nicolas Slonimsky Collection, 1873-1997, (bulk 1920-1990)
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Nicolas Slonimsky Collection 1873-1997 (bulk 1920-1990)
Collection contains materials collected by Slonimsky throughout his lifetime that document his life and work as musicologist, composer, conductor, lecturer and author. Included are personal biographical materials; Slonimsky's writings (drafts, typescripts, reprints, etc.) of newspaper, periodical, journal, and magazine articles, record liner notes, radio broadcasts, and talks, published and unpublished; music composed by Slonimsky, manuscript and printed; concert programs; correspondence, among many others, with Henry Cowell, Alexandre Gretchaninoff, Roy Harris, Charles Ives, and Edgar Varèse; biographical materials on composers and performers mosly generated when Slonimsky was editing Baker's and The international cyclopedia; music collected by Slonimsky, manuscript and printed and multi-composer collections; among the manuscripts are many short holographic works and fragments; scrapbooks; and iconographical material, such as family photographs an those of composers and musicians from the former Soviet Union, as well as little known musicians from the United States and elsewhere.
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circa 118,600 items; 354 boxes; 500 linear feet
Anderson, Leroy, 1908-1975. A trumpeter's lullaby / arr. for solo trumpet and clarinet choir by Lucien Cailliet.
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Stephanie Matthews, trumpet, Dr. Sam Magrill, piano [sound recording] : junior recital, Tuesday, April 12, 2005, 8:00 pm, UCO Jazz Lab. [2005]
Matthews, Stephanie. Stephanie Matthews, trumpet, Dr. Sam Magrill, piano [sound recording] : junior recital, Tuesday, April 12, 2005, 8:00 pm, UCO Jazz Lab.
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Stephanie Matthews, trumpet, Dr. Sam Magrill, piano [sound recording] : junior recital, Tuesday, April 12, 2005, 8:00 pm, UCO Jazz Lab. [2005]
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1 sound disc (ca. 60 min.) : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in. + program (1 sheet)
Matthews, Stephanie. Stephanie Matthews, trumpet, Dr. Sam Magrill, piano [sound recording] : junior recital, Tuesday, April 12, 2005, 8:00 pm, UCO Jazz Lab.
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The Leroy Anderson papers 1933-1988 (inclusive).
Anderson, Leroy, 1908-1975. The Leroy Anderson papers 1933-1988 (inclusive).
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The Leroy Anderson papers 1933-1988 (inclusive).
The Leroy Anderson Papers document Anderson's life and career as a composer chiefly through his musical manuscripts. The Papers also contain scrapbooks and other items.
Anderson, Leroy, 1908-1975. The Leroy Anderson papers 1933-1988 (inclusive).
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Anderson, Leroy, 1908-1975
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Harvard University Archives Photograph Collection: Portraits. ca.1852-ca.2004.
Harvard University Archives Photograph Collection: Portraits, ca. 1852-ca. 2004
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Harvard University Archives Photograph Collection: Portraits. ca.1852-ca.2004.
Photographs of individuals associated with Harvard University: faculty, students, administrators, staff, honorees, and habitués of Harvard Square. For those whose lives pre-date the era of photography, the contents of the folders are often photographic reproductions of other image types, such as etchings, paintings, or drawings. In a few cases, the images themselves may be original etchings or sketches.
Anderson, Leroy, 1908-1975. Fête de Noël [Multimédia multisupport] / Leroy Anderson, comp. ; Orchestre symphonique SWF de Baden-Baden ; Klaus Arp, dir.
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Anderson, Leroy, 1908-1975. Leroy Anderson collection, circa 1953-1993.
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Leroy Anderson collection
Collection includes programs from Anderson's performances, circa 1953-1993; sheet music and scores for Anderson compositions, mostly 1950s; misc. records of Anderson pieces from the 1950s and 1960s.
Leroy Anderson was born on June 29, 1908 in Cambridge, Massachusetts ; family was musical, and as a boy he studied double bass, organ, and trombone ; continued his musical education at Harvard, where his teachers included Walter Piston and Georges Enesco ; graduated from college in 1929 ; earned the M.A. in 1930. In the early 1930s he did additional graduate work in Scandinavian languages at Harvard ; he also directed the Harvard Band and held numerous other musical jobs ; in 1936 Anderson arranged a medley of Harvard songs for Harvard Night at the Boston Pops ; became famous largely for the many pieces he composed or arranged for Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops, including Jazz Pizzicato (1938), The Syncopated Clock (1945), Sleigh Ride (1948), The Typewriter (1950), and Blue Tango (1951). By the early 1950s, Anderson's music had become extraordinarily popular ; his recordings sold in the millions ; American orchestras performed his works more frequently than those of any other American composer. Anderson later turned several of his most popular orchestral works into songs, with lyrics by Mitchell Parish ; of these, Sleigh Ride has had the most lasting success. Anderson also composed a piano concerto (1953), as well as Goldilocks (1958), a Broadway musical with words by Walter and Jean Kerr and Joan Ford. In 1942 Anderson married Eleanor Jane Firke; they had a daughter and three sons. In 1949 the family settled in Woodbury, Connecticut ; Anderson died in Woodbury on May 18, 1975.
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Leroy Anderson (/ləˈrɔɪ/ 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. John Williams described him as "one of the great American masters of light orchestral music."
Leroy Anderson was born on June 29, 1908 in Cambridge, Massachusetts ; family was musical, and as a boy he studied double bass, organ, and trombone ; continued his musical education at Harvard, where his teachers included Walter Piston and Georges Enesco ; graduated from college in 1929 ; earned the M.A. in 1930. In the early 1930s he did additional graduate work in Scandinavian languages at Harvard ; he also directed the Harvard Band and held numerous other musical jobs ; in 1936 Anderson arranged a medley of Harvard songs for Harvard Night at the Boston Pops ; became famous largely for the many pieces he composed or arranged for Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops, including Jazz Pizzicato (1938), The Syncopated Clock (1945), Sleigh Ride (1948), The Typewriter (1950), and Blue Tango (1951). By the early 1950s, Anderson's music had become extraordinarily popular ; his recordings sold in the millions ; American orchestras performed his works more frequently than those of any other American composer. Anderson later turned several of his most popular orchestral works into songs, with lyrics by Mitchell Parish ; of these, Sleigh Ride has had the most lasting success. Anderson also composed a piano concerto (1953), as well as Goldilocks (1958), a Broadway musical with words by Walter and Jean Kerr and Joan Ford. In 1942 Anderson married Eleanor Jane Firke; they had a daughter and three sons. In 1949 the family settled in Woodbury, Connecticut ; Anderson died in Woodbury on May 18, 1975.
Source Citation
Leroy Anderson (/ləˈrɔɪ/ 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. John Williams described him as "one of the great American masters of light orchestral music."
Leroy Anderson (/ləˈrɔɪ/ 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. John Williams described him as "one of the great American masters of light orchestral music."
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