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Leroy Anderson

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Composer 1908–1975

Leroy Anderson ( lə-ROY; June 29, 1908 – May 18, 1975) was an American composer of short, light concert pieces, many of which were introduced by the Boston Pops Orchestra under the direction of Arthur Fiedler. John Williams described him as "one of the great American masters of light orchestral music."

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Goldilocks

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In the literature7 passages

  • A few weeks before the original production of Wonderful Town went into rehearsal, the show’s lyricist Arnold B. Horwitt and composer Leroy Anderson left the musical because of artistic differences with the librettists. Almost overnight Comden, Green, and Bernstein created their classic score, and the show went on. It seems unlikely that H…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • The original cast album was released by Columbia (LP # OL-5340) and issued on CD by Sony Broadway (# SK-48222). Composer Leroy Anderson included eight songs from Goldilocks on two of his instrumental albums. The New Music of Leroy Anderson (Decca LP # DL-4335) includes “Lazy Moon,” “I Never Know When,” “The Pussy Foot,” “Shall I Take My H…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • Best of all, the score, composed by Leroy Anderson to lyrics by Joan Ford and the Kerrs, is delightful. It is not the kind that throws off hit tunes, perhaps because Anderson's forte was the orchestral novelty piece, often with a gimmick, such as "Blue Tango" (with a prominent flatted, or "blue" note), "The Syncopated Clock," "Bugler's Ho…ebooks/Mordden, Ethan/B0035RP5R8 EBOK - Ethan Mordden.txt
  • With show-doctoring stalemated, management acquiesced when Lewis wanted to put in a comic turn he'd used in clubs, a record pantomime set to Leroy Anderson's "Typewriter." Since Baltimore he had already introduced a monologue of Little Jerry, the five-year-old in knickers, who hates it when his fat Aunt jean buries his face in her "cushio…ebooks/Suskin, Steven/B001T4YWBO EBOK - Steven Suskin.txt
  • 31 Leroy Anderson (1908–75) was a major composer and conductor who specialized in “light” music.ebooks/Unknown/Alan Jay Lerner_ A Lyricist's Letters - Unknown.txt
  • STARDUST Lyrics by Mitchell Parish: Music. Hoagy Carmichael. Benny Goodman. Duke Ellington. LeRoy Anderson, and others: Based on an idea by Burton L. Litwin and .Vlben Harris: Conceived and Directed b> .Mben Harris; Musical Staging: Patrice Soriero: Musical Supervision Direction Vocal .\rrangeinents Orchestrations. James Raitt: Scenen.. D…theatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1986-87 Season, v. 43 (Willis, John).txt

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