Cambridge, Massachusetts Birthplace of American Composer Leroy
During his lifetime, Anderson arranged, conducted Anna played piano and taught Leroy to play as soon , Cambridge and composed largely instrumental music, as he could reach the keys. including such well known compositions as The Massachusetts Once Leroy could play piano, he accompanied Syncopated Clock, The Waltzing Cat, The Anna on guitar. In time, Leroy also learned to play Birthplace of Typewriter, Bugler's Holiday, Trumpeter's Lullaby organ, tuba, accordion, and double bass. American Composer and the Christmas classic Sleigh Ride. After graduating from Cambridge Grammar School Leroy's father, Bror Anton Anderson, the seventh of Leroy Anderson in 1921 and Cambridge High and Latin School in eight children, was born in Övarp near Kristianstad 1925, Leroy Anderson entered Harvard College as in southern Sweden and immigrated with his family by Jane Anderson Vercelli a member of the class of 1929. to Chicago in March 1882. (The family name was Cambridge Historical Society changed from Andersson to Anderson in the USA.) At Harvard, Leroy arranged and composed music A graduate of North Park College in the 1890's, he for the Harvard University Band, played trombone, Cambridge, Massachusetts moved to Philadelphia and then to Cambridge, and eventually became the director. In 1936, the September, 2008 where he worked for the post office his entire life. manager of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, As a young man, he played mandolin and banjo. George Judd, also a Harvard alumnus, asked Leroy City Hall to arrange Harvard songs for the Boston Pops, Cambridge, Massachusetts Leroy's mother, Anna Margareta Anderson, was beginning a collaboration with its director, Arthur born in Stockholm, the youngest of four daughters Photograph by Rolf Anderson Fiedler, that lasted for the rest of his life.
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