Leroy Anderson A Bio-Bibliography

Subjects:

• The Arts » Classical Music
• The Arts » Music (General)

Awards:

• 2005 ARSC AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE IN HISTORICAL RECORDED SOUND RESEARCH: BEST RESEARCH in RECORDED CLASSICAL MUSIC

Reviews:

• This bio-bibliography, massive when compared with many others in this series, is extremely well organized, making it easy to find very specific kinds of information. Given that there are few books detailing the life of Leroy Anderson, the biographical chapter is especially valuable, relating a sense of his life, his family, his values, and of course, his path in music.
  —Music Reference Services Quarterly 2005
• [A] magnificent tribute to this outstanding American composer. Not only is it a complete biography, it details in its appendices every aspect of his compositions and arrangements, all in categories with notes, often with his own feelings about the music and how it came to be composed, plus a complete discography.
  —The Record December 18, 2004

• Endorsement From Thomas Forrest Kelly,
  Morton B. Knafel Professor of Music
  Harvard University: This valuable volume will help to strengthen the tradition of the music of Leroy Anderson, one of our favorite sons.
• Endorsement From Keith Lockhart,
  Conductor
  Boston Pops and Music Director, Utah Symphony: "I have always admired Leroy Anderson's ability to create light concert music that is impeccably well-crafted at the same time that it leaves listeners humming the melody long after a concert. Anderson is respected by musicians just as he is loved by audiences, and yet so little is known about the man who made such an enormous contribution to 20th-century American Music. This fine book tells the story of this inventive composer's life, while bringing together detailed information of his compositions, arrangements and recordings. Its publication is long overdue.
• Endorsement From Leonard Slatkin,
  Music Director
  National Symphony Orchestra: "The Bio-Bibliography of Leroy Anderson is a unique and immensely entertaining volume for those of us who thought we knew everything about this composer. The generations who experienced the Anderson catalogue as young people will look at this work with great admiration, as it is loaded with surprises on every page. It's very clear that the impact of Mr. Anderson's music, both when it was written and in today's frantic world, is impossible to measure. We gain a greater understanding of his importance to the musical community through this intriguing volume."
• Endorsement From Frederick Fennell,
  Professor Emeritus
  University of Miami School of Music: ...[T]his volume...presents Leroy and his work in its full dimension....It should have a wonderful reception everywhere....

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Abbreviations
• Biography
• Works and Performances
• Discography
• Bibliography
• Arrangements
• Appendix A: Leroy Anderson Chronology
• Appendix B: Alphabetical Catalog of Works
• Appendix C: Chronological Catalog of Works
• Appendix D: Anderson's Arrangements of His Own Music
• Appendix E: Honors, Awards, Posts, Dedications
• Appendix F: Conducting Engagements
• Appendix G: Conducting Repertoire
• Appendix H: Recording Sessions and Musicians
• Appendix I: All-Anderson Concerts
• Appendix J: Videography
• Index