I love the way he's so casual about it as if anyone could write a classic if they just took the time 🙂 Plus he's quite the pianist. I could watch hours of this. Got any more lying around?
Little clips like these are absolutely priceless, historically. The only little tidbits we get to know of all these famous people we admire. Otherwise, we only have names and their works. Here we get to know them a little.
In the reprise of the first theme, I think Leroy makes you picture a Dixieland brass band blasting out its jazz as the sleigh comes by and you observe the band, until you no longer see it. (Yes, it sounds like a mixture of New Orleans jazz/ragtime here! Something like a homage to Tin Pan Alley and George Gershwin too.)
What would Leroy Anderson say with the ending with the horse doing "Neeeiiiiiiggggggggggggghhhhhhh" by the orchestral trumpet just before the final "whip crack", and the 2 Bb octaves that bring "Sleigh Ride' to its exciting conclusion? Here is what I would say if I were Leroy...." "Well, you hear the horse going "Neeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeiiiiigggggggh" just before the song ends--in other words, it is the effect of the sleigh driver giving the horse the "Woe!" command to stop, and I think in the directions for the orchestra trumpeter, if I were playing trumpet to imitate that horse thing, you start off with a pitch you want to go down an octave with a slide-down, or fall-off, or downward portamento like they do in big band, you do the closed embouchure on the reed as usual, but as you do the slide-down, you do the "ha ha ha ha ha ha ha has" in quick aspirations as you slide down in the pitch. The concept of this "woe" thing is the picturing that this sleigh ride comes to a stop. That's all there is to it!"
Timeless music! What a creative soul!
Sleigh ride will always be my favorite Christmas song ❤
Love background trivia. thanks for sharing this.
I love the way he's so casual about it as if anyone could write a classic if they just took the time 🙂 Plus he's quite the pianist. I could watch hours of this. Got any more lying around?
Same❤🎄
High in my top five Christmas instrumentals!!
Genius
Little clips like these are absolutely priceless, historically. The only little tidbits we get to know of all these famous people we admire. Otherwise, we only have names and their works. Here we get to know them a little.
How wonderful to come across this clip this morning; thank you for posting.
In the reprise of the first theme, I think Leroy makes you picture a Dixieland brass band blasting out its jazz as the sleigh comes by and you observe the band, until you no longer see it. (Yes, it sounds like a mixture of New Orleans jazz/ragtime here! Something like a homage to Tin Pan Alley and George Gershwin too.)
One of my all time Favorite Christmas Carols.. So endearing. 🎄🛷🔔🔔🔔🤎
What would Leroy Anderson say with the ending with the horse doing "Neeeiiiiiiggggggggggggghhhhhhh" by the orchestral trumpet just before the final "whip crack", and the 2 Bb octaves that bring "Sleigh Ride' to its exciting conclusion?
Here is what I would say if I were Leroy...."
"Well, you hear the horse going "Neeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeiiiiigggggggh" just before the song ends--in other words, it is the effect of the sleigh driver giving the horse the "Woe!" command to stop, and I think in the directions for the orchestra trumpeter, if I were playing trumpet to imitate that horse thing, you start off with a pitch you want to go down an octave with a slide-down, or fall-off, or downward portamento like they do in big band, you do the closed embouchure on the reed as usual, but as you do the slide-down, you do the "ha ha ha ha ha ha ha has" in quick aspirations as you slide down in the pitch. The concept of this "woe" thing is the picturing that this sleigh ride comes to a stop. That's all there is to it!"