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label	Leroy Anderson
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name	Leroy Anderson
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Subject	Harvard University alumni 1975 deaths 20th-century classical composers Easy listening music 1908 births 20th-century American musicians American classical composers American classical musicians American male classical composers American military personnel of World War II American military personnel of the Korean War American people of Swedish descent Cancer deaths in Connecticut Light music composers Musicians from Cambridge, Massachusetts Pupils of Walter Piston Songwriters Hall of Fame inductees United States Army officers Writers from Cambridge, Massachusetts
abstract	American composer of short, light concert pieces (June 29, 1908, Cambridge, MA – May 18, 1975, Woodbury, CT).Anderson was born to Swedish immigrants in Massachusetts, where he studied piano at the New England Conservatory of Music and, in 1925, he entered Harvard University. At Harvard he studied theory with Walter Spalding, counterpoint with Edward Ballantine, harmony with [a838226], composition with [a775293] and Doublebass with Gaston Dufresne. He also studied organ with Henry Gideon.Anderson continued his graduate studies at Harvard, and became the Director of the Harvard University Band. He wrote a number of catchy arrangements that eventually caught the ear of [a406271]. He made his first arrangement for Fiedler in 1936, and in 1938, [a406285] performed his piece, Jazz Pizzicato. At Fielder's request, Anderson wrote the companion, Jazz Legato, in 1939.In 1942 Leroy Anderson joined the U.S. Army. During his time in the armed forces, he wrote The Synocpated Clock and Promenade. In 1951, he was recalled for active duty for Korean War, and wrote his first hit Blue Tango. Throughout the 1950s and 1960s, Anderson wrote many more of his %22miniature%22 pieces, most of which were first performed and recorded by [a107094]. His pieces, including Sleigh Ride, The Typewriter, Bugler's Holiday, and A Trumpeter's Lullaby are still performed by orchestras and bands ranging from school groups to professional organizations.For his contribution to the recording industry, Leroy Anderson has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1620 Vine Street. He was posthumously inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1988. In 1995 the Harvard University Band's new headquarters was named the Anderson Band Center in honor of Leroy Anderson.
dbo:abstract	Leroy Anderson (/ləˈrɔɪ/ ~ 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 %22one of the great American masters of light orchestral music.%22
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is mo:performer of	Away The Syncopated Clock Other Songs The Syncopated Clock

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