Leroy Anderson: spartiti medio

Timeless is the word to describe the melodies of Leroy Anderson! Robert W. Smith takes 'syncopated Clock,' 'Blue Tango' and 'Bugler's Holiday' and fashions a most playable musical salute.

Leroy Anderson 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...

Born in 1908, Leroy Anderson was a great American conductor, who also composed a great number of light symphonic pieces of music. This famous 'Sandpaper Ballet' remains as popular as his 'Typewriter'.

A real typewriter, with the sound amplified, is played by one percussionplayer. The typewriterbell is disconnected and the bell sound is produces on a desk bell by a second player. As an alternative t...

During the Second World War, Leroy Anderson was a captain with the American Intelligence Service. After the war he continued to work for the Defence Department in Washington for some years. At that ti...