Leroy Anderson; Eric Coates - Frederick Fennell conducts the music of Leroy Anderson and Eric Coates

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Composer: Leroy Anderson; Eric Coates

1. Coates - London Suite: 1. Covent Garden (Tarantelle)
2. Coates - London Suite: 2. Westminster (Meditation)
3. Coates - London Suite: 3. Knightsbridge (March)
4. Coates - Four Ways Suite: 1. Northwards (March)
5. Coates - Four Ways Suite: 3. Eastwards (Eastern dance)
6. Anderson - Goldilocks, musical: Pirate Dance
7. Anderson - Suite of Carols: Shepherds in Bethlehem - Bring a torch, Jeanette, Isabelle - Wassail song
8. Anderson - A Christmas Festival Overture
9. Anderson - Sandpaper Ballet
10. Anderson - Forgotten Dreams
11. Anderson - Trumpeter's Lullaby
12. Anderson - Penny-Whistle Song
13. Anderson - Bugler's Holiday
14. Anderson - Irish Suite: 1. The Irish Washerwoman
15. Anderson - Irish Suite: 2. The Minstrel Boy
16. Anderson - Irish Suite: 3. The Rakes of Mallow
17. Anderson - Irish Suite: 4. The Wearing of the Green
18. Anderson - Irish Suite: 5. The Last Rose of Summer
19. Anderson - Irish Suite: 6. The Girl I Left Behind

London "Pops" Orchestra (1-8)
Eastman-Rochester "Pops" Orchestra (9-19)
Frederick Fennell, conductor

Date: 1956 (9-19), 1964 (6-8), 1965 (1-5)
Label: Mercury

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http://www.amazon.com/Fennell-conducts-music-Anderson-Coates/dp/B0000057N7

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Leroy Anderson (June 29, 1908 – May 18, 1975) was an American composer of short, light concert pieces, many of which were introduced by the Boston Pops Orchestra under the direction of Arthur Fiedler. John Williams described him as "one of the great American masters of light orchestral music". Anderson's musical style employs creative instrumental effects and occasionally makes use of sound-generating items such as typewriters and sandpaper. For his contribution to the recording industry, Leroy Anderson has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1620 Vine Street.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leroy_Anderson

http://www.leroyanderson.com/

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Eric Coates (27 August 1886 – 21 December 1957) was an English composer of light music and a viola player. He was principal violist of the Queen's Hall Orchestra under Henry J. Wood for 7 years. Coates's music, with its simple and memorable melodies, proved particularly effective for theme music. Several of his compositions was used by BBC to introduce its programs. Coates is also well known for his contribution to the film score for The Dam Busters (1955). Coates made a number of 78 rpm recordings of his music for The British Columbia label and Decca Records. Some of these were later issued on LP and CD.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Coates

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Frederick Fennell (July 2, 1914 – December 7, 2004) was an internationally recognized conductor, and one of the primary figures in promoting the wind ensemble as a performing group. He was also influential as a band pedagogue, and greatly affected the field of music education in the USA and abroad. Conducting the Eastman Wind Ensemble, the Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra and various other groups, Fennell recorded many of the standards of the wind band repertoire and was one of America's most-recorded conductors. Nearly all of Fennell's Mercury recordings were reissued on compact disc.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Fennell

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