Leroy Anderson: (Almost Complete) 25 Great Melodies For Piano Solo
A selection of 25 of Leroy Anderson's great melodies. His first piece, 'Jazz Pizzicato', was published in 1939 whilst he was conductor of the Boston Pops Orchestra. .Almost all of Anderson's compositions were originally written for orchestra, and almost all were about three minutes in length.'Concert music with a pop quality' is how Leroy described his own work with some of his most popular pieces incorparating familiar sounds such as a typewriter, a carriage bell, an alarm clock, sandpaper, and a horse whinny.