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     Summer Skies

    (Leroy Anderson)

     

    This piece was composed in 1953 and premiered by Leroy Anderson when he recorded it for Decca in September of that year.  The music is described as delivering a "strong nostalgic urge" and as an "unabashed romance".

     

    Eastman-Rochester Pops Orchestra recordings

    Mercury 475 6942 (CD: Frederick Fennell Conducts the Music of Leroy Anderson)

    Conductor - Frederick Fennell  

     

    Sources:

    1. http://www.leroyanderson.com/html/hearthemusic.htm
    2. http://www.pbs.org/sleighride/Video&Music/Compositions_SummerSkies.htm

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     



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