Composed in 1947 after getting the idea for a fast
string piece from composers such as Paganini, this piece had the title
chosen first and then the work for strings, described as a "modern perpetual
motion piece" added afterwards.Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops Orchestra premiered it, and Leroy
Anderson joked that everyone had been calling it "Fiedler Faddler" but that
was OK with him.
Leroy Anderson and his Symphony Orchestra recordings
MCA MCAD2-9815-A (CD: The Leroy Anderson Collection)
Richard Hayman and his Symphony Pops Orchestra
recordings
