Leroy Anderson(1908-1975)

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Composer
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The Leroy Anderson House, the former home of Leroy Anderson in Woodbury, Connecticut, was named by the National Park Service to the National Register of Historic Places in December 2012. The Town of Woodbury designated the Leroy Anderson House as a historic house museum in April 2018. It is the headquarters of the Leroy Anderson Foundation, a 501(c)3 non-profit, charitable organization created in 2010 by Mrs. Eleanor Anderson, wife of Leroy Anderson.

The Leroy Anderson House contains an exhibit about Leroy Anderson. Group Visits may be arranged by advance reservation. The house is open for general admission on Open Days in early and late Summer, in Autumn and in December. It is one of only a few homes of an American composer that is occasionally open to the public.

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Known for:

Cast Away

7.8

Soundtrack("Sleigh Ride")

2000

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

7.5

Soundtrack("Sleigh Ride")

2005

The Family Man

6.8

Soundtrack("Sleigh Ride")

2000

Sleepless in Seattle

6.8

Soundtrack("Sleigh Ride")

1993

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La plaza del pueblo
- composer: additional music
- Short
- 2018
New World Symphony Wallcast(TM) Concert 11
- stock music
- Video
- 2014
Gintberg på kanten
- music
- TV Series
- 2014
Büro, Büro
- composer: theme "The Typewriter"
- TV Series
- 1982
I've Got a Secret
- composer: theme "Plink, Plank, Plunk" (1952-1961)
- TV Series
- 1952

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Personal details

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Official site
- Official Site
Alternative name
- Captain Leroy Anderson
Born
- June 29, 1908
- Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Died
- May 18, 1975
- Woodbury, Connecticut, USA
Spouse
- Eleanor Firke1942 - May 18, 1975 (his death, 4 children)
Other works
CD: "Hit Parade Platinum Collection".
Publicity listings
- 1 Biographical Movie

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Trivia
Anderson's "The Typewriter," a pops-concert staple composed in 1950, actually features a manual typewriter on the stage with the orchestra. In a 1970 interview, Anderson described how he made the typing sound a part of the music, not just an added effect. "We have two drummers," Anderson said. "A lot of people think we use stenographers, but they can't do it because they can't make their fingers move fast enough. So we have drummers because they can get wrist action."

Leonard Slatkin, conductor of the new Anderson CDs, has played a few typewriters himself on the concert stage and says it's hard. "You have to tamp down all the middle keys so that only the two outside ones work. And you have to start with your right hand in order to be able to hit the carriage return where Anderson specifies.".