During the holiday season of 1975, as they did every year, Americans sang along to timeless lyrics like: "I'm dreaming of a White Christmas ..." and "Chestnuts roasting on an open fire ..." But that ...

Leroy Anderson, America's preeminent composer of light concert music, wrote such lively and evocative Pops orchestral favorites as "Sleigh Ride," "The Syncopated Clock" and "Blue Tango".

As mourners entered, they walked by pictures of the smiling Leroy “Andy” Anderson and pictures from his youth. All were there to remember a man described as someone who may have been a bit ...

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?

As with all his other compositions, Leroy Anderson wrote The Typewriter for orchestra, completing the work on October 9, 1950. The Typewriter received its first performance when Leroy Anderson ...

ANDERSON, LeROY KARLLeRoy Karl Anderson was born on a farm near Loveland, Colorado on October 18, 1909. His dad, Albert Anderson, came from Kvistbro, Sweden, and married Cora Moore, Danville ...

The first Boston Pops concert in 1885 represented the fulfillment of his dream. In 1972 Leroy Anderson reviewed the musical history of the Boston Pops from his then perspective of 48 years of ...

Turner is also renewing efforts on another piece of legislation stemming from WFAA's 2019 investigation into the death of Leroy Anderson, another intellectually disabled man. The investigation ...

Up to a dozen senior citizens gather late each weekday morning to eat meals at the New Ulm Community Center on weekdays. The ...