Composed for orchestra, A Trumpeter's Lullaby was completed on September 22, 1949. It is 2 minutes and 30 seconds long. It was first performed on May 9, 1950 at the Boston Pops with Arthur Fiedler ...

Sleigh Ride Composed for orchestra, Sleigh Ride was completed on February 10, 1948. It is exactly 3 minutes long. It was first performed on May 4, 1948 as an extra by the Boston Pops, with Arthur ...

Medford claims one, “Jingle Bells,” and Cambridge the other. The more modern song “Sleigh Ride” was written in 1948 by Cambridge native and Harvard graduate student Leroy Anderson.