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"Sleigh Ride" is a popular light orchestral piece, composed by Leroy Anderson. An orchestra is an instrumental ensemble, usually fairly large with string brass woodwind sections and possibly a percussion section as well Leroy Anderson ( June 29 1908 – May 18 1975) was an American Composer of short light concert pieces many of which were The composer had the original idea for the piece during a heat wave in July, 1946; he finished the work in February, 1948. Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Lyrics were written by Mitchell Parish in 1950. Mitchell Parish ( July 10, 1900 – March 31, 1993) was an American lyricist It was first recorded in 1949 by Arthur Fiedler & The Boston Pops Orchestra. Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Arthur Fiedler should not be confused with Arthur Fielder, a Kent Fast bowler of the 1900s The Boston Pops Orchestra was founded in 1885 as a subsection of the Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO founded four years earlier The song was a hit record on RCA Victor Red Seal 49-0515 (45 rpm) / 10-1484 (78 rpm). RCA Red Seal Records is a prestigious classical music label and is now part of Sony BMG Masterworks. A gramophone A gramophone The 45 rpm version was originally issued on red vinyl. This original mono version has never been available on CD, although the later 1959 re-recording is available in stereo. Monaural (often shortened to mono) sound reproduction is single-channel The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Stereophonic sound, commonly called stereo, is the reproduction of Sound, using two or more independent audio channels through a Symmetrical

Leroy Anderson recorded his version of "Sleigh Ride" in 1950 on Decca 9-16000 (45 rpm) / 16000 (78 rpm). Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Decca Records is a British Record label established in 1929 by Edward Lewis. This monaural version is available on CD as well as his 1959 stereo re-recording. The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Stereophonic sound, commonly called stereo, is the reproduction of Sound, using two or more independent audio channels through a Symmetrical

Although "Sleigh Ride" is often associated with Christmas, and often appears on Christmas compilation albums, the song's lyrics never specifically mention any holiday or religion.

According to the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers [ASCAP] annual review of Christmas music, "Sleigh Ride" consistently ranks in the top 10 list of most performed songs during the Christmas season worldwide.

According to author Steve Metcalf in the book "Leroy Anderson: A Bio-Bibliography" [Praeger 2004], "Sleigh Ride. . . has been performed and recorded by a wider array of musical artists than any other piece in the history of Western music. "


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Classical "Sleigh Ride" pieces

"Die Schlittenfahrt (Sleigh Ride)" is also the popular name given to one of the Three German Dances composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The composition is sometimes mistakenly attributed to Wolfgang's father, Leopold Mozart (whose own Divertimento in F major is popularly known as "Musical Sleigh Ride"). Johann Georg Leopold Mozart ( November 14, 1719 &ndash May 28, 1787) was a composer conductor teacher and violinist

The "Winter Night" segment of Frederick Delius' Three Small Tonepoems is also commonly known as "Sleigh Ride". Frederick Albert Theodore Delius CH (29 January 1862 &ndash 10 June 1934 was an English Composer born in Bradford in the West Riding of Yorkshire

The "Troika" from Lieutenant Kije by Sergei Prokofiev is also a musical sleigh ride, referring to a three-horse team drawing a carriage (troika means "group of three"). Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev (Серге́й Серге́евич Проко́фьев Sergéj Sergéjevič Prokófjev) ( - 5 March 1953 was a Russian composer who

References

  1. ^ Rubiks'S Rock N Roll Reference Discography
  2. ^ "Mr. Music"
  3. ^ The Official Site of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir
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