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(Leroy Anderson)
This song was finalised in February 1950 and was
premiered by Leroy Anderson when he recorded it for Decca in 1951. The composer wrote the piece wanting
to put to music what he was imagining when he thought of “something like Puss
in Boots at a fancy dress ball”.
The strings in the orchestra emanate the sounds of a cat’s meow as
you imagine a “cat like a stately cavalier” gracefully dancing to a waltz-like
melody. The piece had words added to it in 1951 by the lyricist Mitchell
Parish.
Leroy Anderson and his Orchestra recordings
MCA 9815
Eastman Rochester Pops recordings
Mercury 432 013-2
Conductor -
Frederick Fennell
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra recordings
RCA 09026 68048 – 2
Conductor –
Leonard Slatkin
Sources:
- http://www.pbs.org/sleighride/Video&Music/Compositions_WaltzingCat.htm
- http://www.spaceagepop.com/anderson.htm
- http://www.leroyanderson.com/html/hearthemusic.htm
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