December is turning out to be a hot month for Leroy Anderson's "Sleigh Ride." His classic tune was named the No. 1 Holiday Song by ASCAP this month. ASCAP is the American Society of Composers, Authors ...
Leroy Anderson was interviewed in the 1960's by Dick Bertel of WTIC Radio, Hartford, Connecticut. Q. Let's start off with a question about Christmas music. What is Christmas music in general? What ...
Leroy Anderson's Sleigh Ride is performed by the BBC Scottish Symphony OrchestraLeroy Anderson's Sleigh Ride is performed by the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra ...
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.
WHITEMARSH >> What makes playing Leroy Anderson’s “Sleigh Ride” at Plymouth Whitemarsh High School’s annual winter concert such a cherished tradition for PW musicians? Clarinetist Emma Quinn, a PW ...
Recorded by artists as eclectic as Bing Crosby, the Partridge Family, Mel Torme, Air Supply and the Spice Girls, “Sleigh Ride” for a second year tops ASCAP’s list of most-played holiday songs. Through ...
This being the holiday season, it would be nice to look back and report that composer Leroy Anderson featured his popular Christmas song “Sleigh Ride” when he conducted the Rochester Symphony ...