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(Leroy Anderson)
Originally written for string orchestra under a
deadline for an album, this work was composed in Woodbury, Connecticut, in 1951. Written as an example of the use of Pizzicato by
stringed instruments, it dispayed the plucking of the strings rather than
being played with a bow. Leroy
Anderson premiered the song when he recorded in for Decca in June 1951 and
it was followed in a concert performance by the Kansas City Philharmonic
Orchestra of November of that year. He re-recorded it later, in 1959, for stereo sound. For 24 years it was the theme tune
for the TV game show I've Got a Secret.
Leroy Anderson & His Orchestra recordings
MCA Classics MCAD2 9815 (CD: The Leroy Anderson
Collection)
Conductor - Leroy
Anderson
Eastman-Rochester Pops Orchestra recordings
Mercury 432 013-2 (CD: The Music of Leroy
Anderson)
Conductor -
Frederick Fennell
Richard Hayman and his Symphony Orchestra recordings
Naxos 8.559125 (CD: Anderson: Orchestral Favourites)
Conductor -
Richard Hayman
Naxos 8.990011 (CD: The Waltzing Cat)
Conductor - Richard
Hayman
Philharmonia Orchestra recordings
Denon CO-73534 (CD: Sir
Charles' Precious Music Box-I)
Conductor - Sir
Charles Groves
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra recordings
RCA 9026 68048-2 (CD: The Typewriter)
Conductor - Leonard
Slatkin
Sources:
- http://www.pbs.org/sleighride/Video&Music/Compositions_plinkplankplunk.htm
- http://www.leroy-anderson.com/html/hearthemusic.htm
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