(Leroy Anderson)
This piece was composed in 1954 at Grassy Hill, Woodbury, Connecticut, and has been described as “triumphant, exciting and overly enthusiastic”. It features a trumpet trio in a military style and begins with a fanfare. The television programme Breakfast Time, which featured various well-known cartoon characters, used this piece as their theme tune.
Leroy Anderson and His Orchestra recordings
MCA MCAD-9815-A (CD: The Leroy Anderson Collection)
Conductor – Leroy Anderson
Cologne Radio Orchestra recordings
Laser Light 15 248 (CD: Symphonic Pops/Blue Tango)
Conductor – Pinchas Steinberg
Eastman Rochester Pops Orchestra recordings
Mercury 434 376-2 (CD: Fennell Conducts the Music Of Leroy Anderson and Eric Coates)
Conductor – Frederick Fennell
Pro-Arte CDD 454 (CD: Syncopated Clock)
Conductor – Erich Kunzel
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra recordings
RCA 68048 (CD: The Typewriter)
Conductor – Leonard Slatkin
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