Leroy anderson became director of the harvard university band in 1929, the year he graduated with a b. Quotations about leroy anderson american composer of light concert music leroy anderson is one of the great american masters of light orchestral music. Find the latest tracks, albums, and images from leroy anderson. Blue tango for piano solo, intermediate piano sheet music.
Leroy anderson, composer first performance in 1951 lyrics by mitchell parish written in 1952. About blue tango the first hit composition for leroy anderson was recorded by numerous musicians including anderson himself in 1951 and 1952. Complete song listing of leroy anderson on leroy anderson songs list covid19. You can view and print it at home, school, or anywhere you want to make music, and you dont have to be connected to the internet.
The son of swedish immigrants, anderson studied composition under walter piston and georges. Blue tango sheet music leroy anderson piano, vocal. Blue tango download, view online sheet music files that can be viewed directly on your computer, tablet or mobile device. This new edition was originally arranged by the composer for concert band and has been freshly reengraved with a full score for the first time, permitting a. Licensed to virtual sheet music by hal leonard publishing company. Includes an high quality pdf file to download instantly. It was also the first instrumental to sell 1 million copies. Here i present blue tango by leroy anderson, composed in 1951. Blue skies calling on blue skies dont take them away boys dont take them away cause ill never stop ive been to both knees. Blue tango and other favorites leroy anderson songs. June 29, 1908 may 18, 1975 was an american composer of short, light.
Leroy anderson sheet music to download top quality pdfs. Blue tango was penned by bill black, leroy anderson, bill blacks combo, gary meisner. Leroy anderson, born june 29, 1908, cambridge, mass. Blue tango by leroy anderson 19081975 score only sheet. Get exclusive access to content from our 1768 first edition with your subscription. Jun 10, 2015 mix blue tango leroy anderson youtube. Discover more music, concerts, videos, and pictures with the largest catalogue online at. Anderson blue tango sheet music for piano solo pdf. Leroy anderson blue tango and other favourites lyrics and. While the music plays, we recall the days when our love was a tune that we couldnt soon forget as i kiss your cheek, we dont have to speak. Listen free to leroy anderson blue tango belle of the ball, promenade and more.
Music by leroy anderson lyrics by mitchell parish for s. High quality and interactive, transposable in any key, play along. Blue tango very best of leroy anderson light classic. He wrote his first hit, blue tango, in 1951, earning a golden disc and the no. Leroy anderson blue tango sheet music piano solo in f. Here am i with you, in a world of blue, while were dancing to the tango we loved when first we met. American conductor, arranger, and composer of sleigh ride, blue tango. Leroy anderson led the chls orchestra in performing sandpaper ballet, blue tango, works by mozart, bernstein, haydn, rossini, tchaikovsky, vivaldi and bordodin. Leroy anderson pops concert orchestra blue tango and. It was later turned into a popular song with lyrics by mitchell parish.
Leroy anderson, american conductor, arranger, and composer of sleigh ride, blue tango, and other popular light orchestral music with memorable, optimistic melodies and often unusual percussion effects. Blue tango sheet music digital sheet music download. The piece that gives this compilation its title, blue tango is a masterpiece of beauty, charm and accessibility. Though we have performed his works countless times over the years at the boston pops, his music remains forever young and fresh as the very first day on which it was composed. In addition to a healthy sense of humor, leroy anderson had a knack for devising pleasant, harmless, catchy melodies that have since endeared him to generations of pops concert attendees. Leroy anderson blue tango sheet music piano solo in d. Buy a cd or vinyl record and get 90 days free amazon music unlimited with the purchase of a cd or vinyl record dispatched from and sold by amazon, you get. This is not leroy andersons version of blue tango, it is a bunch of old tango recordings from the 1930s.
Watch the music video and discover trivia about this classic brazil song now. Written in 1951 and released the following year with belle of the ball as its bside, it was a number 1 billboard hit that spent 38 weeks on the chart, including 6 months in the top ten. High quality leroy anderson sheet music to download. Leroy anderson was born on june 29, 1908 in cambridge, massachusetts, and fell in love with music at a very young age. May 26, 2018 blue tango was andersons breakout hit. Concert band sheet music book by leroy anderson 19081975. Check out blue tango very best of leroy anderson by leroy anderson on amazon music. Download leroy anderson blue tango and other favourites. Blue tango by leroy anderson 19081975 sheet sheet music. Get all the lyrics to songs on blue tango and other favourites and join the genius community of music scholars to learn the meaning behind the lyrics. Blue tango is an instrumental composition by leroy anderson, written for orchestra in 1951 and published in 1952.
Like most asv living era cds you get over 70 minutes of material here, and at these prices you should really be snapping one of these last few copies up, before someone else does. Print and download blue tango sheet music by leroy anderson arranged for piano. Blue tango very best of leroy anderson by leroy anderson on. Print and download blue tango sheet music composed by leroy anderson arranged for piano. We have resumed very limited warehouse and shipping operations. This arrangement may also be performed with the orchestral work scored by leroy anderson 26662. Here am i with you in a world of blue and were dancing to the tango we loved when first we met.
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