This is an excerpt from a 1947 letter that Leroy Anderson wrote. This was before he wrote "Sleigh Ride" and "Blue Tango ... I took another sheet of manuscript paper, wrote down the first strain ...

Leroy Anderson in Concert: Leroy Anderson conducts and introduces his music from a concert with the U.S. Air Force Band - available from Walking Frog Records at 1-888-673-4718 or walkingfrog.com.

LE ROY — When many people think of the music of composer Leroy Anderson, the first thing that comes to mind is likely “Sleigh Ride,” a staple of many holiday concerts. But S. Shade Zajac ...

No, this is a song about a sleigh ride: of eating pumpkin pie with pals, of feeling warm despite the cold. “Sleigh Ride,” originally conceived by Leroy Anderson, doesn’t want to make you ...

Hear conductor Leonard Slatkin lead the BBC Concert Orchestra in three classics by Leroy ... Even if Anderson's name doesn't ring a bell, his music surely will: His "Sleigh Ride" is a Christmas ...

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.

December is turning out to be a hot month for Leroy Anderson's "Sleigh Ride." His classic tune was ... still resides there and is president of Woodbury Music Company, publisher of many of ...

But trust me: Leroy Anderson will make you feel better about things. And “The Syncopated Clock,” written in 1945, is a two-and-a-half-minute masterpiece. I hear the music as expressing a ...

NEW YORK — Nothing raises peoples' spirits — and inspires shoppers' zeal for finding the perfect gift — like holiday music ... scene, "Sleigh Ride" was written by Leroy Anderson on ...