Sleigh Ride
by Leroy Anderson
Concert Band - Sheet Music

Concert Band - Grade 4

SKU: ML.011109050

Composed by Leroy Anderson. Arranged by Cor Mellema. Novelties/Arrangements of Modern Light Music/Catalogue Chrismas Band Music/Catalogue Light Concert Works. Light Concert Pieces. Recorded on Wintertraume (ML.311093720). Christmas. Full set. Duration 3 minutes, 22 seconds. Molenaar Edition #011109050. Published by Molenaar Edition (ML.011109050).

LEROY ANDERSON (Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1908 - Woodbury, Connecticut, 1975) was the son of Swedish immigrants. He studied music and foreign languages at the famous Harvard University before starting a brilliant musical career. He was a great church organ player, a fine conductor a great composer and mostly the successful arranger for the famous 'Boston Pops Orchestra' conducted by Arthur Fiedler. He turned into one of the very big champions of the musical 'novelty' with hits such as 'Belle of the Ball', 'Bugler's Holiday', 'Sandpaper Ballet', 'The Syncopated Clock' and 'The Typewriter' (all these items have also been published by MOLENAAR EDITION). In 1948 Anderson wrote Sleigh Ride which depicts a trip with a sleigh in a snow covered winter landscape. You can hear the sound of hoofs, sleigh bells, the clapping of the whip and horse neighing, typical novelty attributes. This work was released on the first Anderson long-playing record.