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In Bugler’s Holiday from 1954, composer Leroy Anderson said he wanted to imagine what three military buglers would do on their day off. Anderson himself was on active duty and military intelligence during WWII and the Korean War. “You’ll hear some bugle calls that may sound familiar,” he said, “but you’ll probably realize that they are NOT played regulation and they wouldn’t get away with it on post.”
Best known for the holiday classic, Sleigh Ride, written during a heatwave in July of 1946, Leroy Anderson became the mid-century master of delightful miniature compositions, which are still beloved today for their intelligent, entertaining musicality. As John Williams has said, “When we think of the Pops we think of Leroy Anderson. We think of his light music, which fit the orchestra and fit the mood of Fiedler’s concerts and was done with such skill.”
A Massachusetts native, Anderson first came to the attention of Arthur Fiedler in the mid 1930s while director of the Harvard Band, and with Fiedler’s encouragement, many of his early compositions were premiered by the Boston Pops. Anderson went on to a successful composing and conducting career, recording his own compositions on Decca for over a decade, while maintaining a special relationship with his hometown orchestra.
Thomas Rolfs, Principal Trumpet, Roberta and Stephen R. Weiner chair, endowed in perpetuity
Benjamin Wright
Thomas Siders, Associate Principal Trumpet
Michael Martin
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