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".

This ultra-percussive rendition of Leroy Anderson’s light orchestra standard is just magical. After Anderson composed it in 1948, Sleigh Ride quickly became a standard for light orchestral music.

It’s “Sleigh Ride” time. The holiday classic will ... pieced together more than 60 years ago by New England composer Leroy Anderson. The Westminster Symphony Orchestra opened its Tuesday ...

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 ...

In the summer of 1998 John Williams was interviewed about Leroy Anderson. Peter Rosen: Can you talk a little bit about the fun aspect of the whole Anderson repertoire, is it fluff? Is it music ...

And as his prize, he was invited to conduct the orchestra in a performance of Leroy Anderson’s Christmas classic, Sleigh Ride. And what a ride it was... watch the exuberant exhibition below. Dressed ...