Listening to Anderson's "light" music, I began to realize how much skill, talent, thought, and work went into making these lovely pieces that imitate cats, clocks, sleigh rides, or incorporate things like typewriters. That is a lot of skill and outside-the-box thinking. Frivolity is indeed serious business.
Anderson was an impeccably trained composer, studying at Harvard with the great Edward Burlingame Hill and Walter Piston. He definitely knew his craft.
We all love Leroy Anderson music and respond with tender joy to this song. Here's an idea: Pay your joy forward and adopt a shelter cat or kitten ... in giving a needy feline a loving home, you not only save a life, you bring the spirit of this song into yours.
I first heard this when I was playing my father's classical music records when I was 6 or 7. I couldn't remember the composer or title, but just searched for "the kitten waltz", and apparently it was close enough. Thanks for uploading this. It brings back memories.
HOW VERY INTRIGUING THAT MAESTRO LEROY ANDERSON SO ACCURATELY SIMULATED THE SOUND OF A CAT "MEOWING" IN THE LAST TWO BEATS OF THE PRIMARY SIX BEAT TUNE THAT RUNS THROUGH THIS DELIGHTFUL LITTLE PIECE. 🦋🌠"CATS, LESS LIQUID THAN THEIR SHADOWS, PRESENT NO ANGLES TO THE WIND. THEY PASS, NEAT AND UNDIMINISHED, THROUGH LOOPHOLES SMALLER THAN THEMSELVES."🦋🌠
Anyone who has owned or even admired a cat will enjoy this for what it is. And the end, with the dog barking, I grew up with dogs AND cats, a friend sticks up for a friend.
All of these are so much fun, thanks for taking the time, using your imagination and sharing them with us..........great viewing during our shut-in days.
They usually had puppet figures cut out of construction paper and moved along manually on a screen as a "visual" to these things.Two paper cats meowing, etc.
There MUST be a benevolent creator to have given us the music of Leroy Anderson, the big heart and talent of Nigel Sutton aannnd our wonderfully beautiful kitty cats. Mahalo Nui Loa Nigel with our warmest aloha. UA-cam, we love you too. Just don't muck it up.....too much with unbridled bean counter leeway.
Well done, sir... The harmonies between your editing of visuals and the music's own pacing are impeccable. You elicited many smiles from this cranky old gentleman. Thanks are in order.
Какое очаровательное видео с прелестной вальсовой музыкой! Найджел, восхищаюсь всем Вашим сериалом на музыку Лероя Андерсона, а этим видео ОСОБЕННО! Спасибо огромное!
Aloha from Honolulu Hawaii. Nigel, I love everything Leroy Anderson has written and I appreciate your putting this pieces on youtube. You do a wonderful job with the visuals.
I think cats are so graceful, so elegant when they dance. I've also seen a few cats who could "fly through the air with the greatest of ease",... 'cept for the crash at the end of their flight.
As both a music lover and a cat lover, I found this video absolutely charming. I am thoroughly enjoying your "stream" of Leroy Anderson videos ... one of my favourite "Light Music" composers. Thank you so much, Nigel.
HOW GREAT THIS,!!!!!!!.....great thanks for posting things in this way!!!!... YES...the combination with the music and your photo animations!! Let me tell you,I am one of the greatest cat lovers one can imagine.I swear it!..And I love cats MORE than human and other animals,if I may say so!!!!! And also appreciative with regard to the music,Leroy Anderson composed for this.And..in the early post-war years,we needed this kind of music,it had a curing effect on all of us at that time.. But...on the whole...I'm a great lover of Anderson's music,cos I was brought up with his music in the early 50s.And...as you know...lots of good old Light Orchestra Tunes went in oblivion,but NOT Anderson's creations,today....during Xmas time you still can hear his Sleigh Ride. Another tune,being part of my memory,was a waltz with bells,and yes......after searching....how bloody else....by Anderson again,his "Song of the Bells".And not only his Typewriter,but even more his Sandpaper Ballet.First tune I learnt was The Syncopated Clock,every morning before going to school,I heard this tune on the radio..Wonderful times,shouldn't we be clamouring for coming back all this? I cannot live on without his music,just HE told us,what music really was(and still is and willl be FOR EVER!!!) Anderson was a genius and his music is immortal and will withstand all of today's commercial cramped attempts in order to distract us from the real thing!!!!! Nigel...you have done a GREAT thing here,...and thanks so much for that!!!!!
You are most welcome. I am really pleased you enjoyed this video. I really had great fun sourcing all the photographs.... leroy Anderson s such a great composer and arranger. I admire his works, very much. Best wshs, Nigel
@alger Thanks for your reaction. Cats reign the world and in some Asian areas they are HOLY. The cat I have now is my best friend ever!!Taken from the street!!!
Nigel, I see that you have singlehandedly championed Leroy Anderson and his music as no one else can. Thanks so much. Your videos are beautifully edited.
Thank you very much, Noe. I am really pleased you enjoy my videos showcasing the music of Leroy Anderson. Unfortunately a number have suddenly been blocked and/or the music muted due to copyright.... Nigel
In the early '50s, several mothers in my school enrolled their "talented" daughters in a ballet class. My Mom was one of those mothers. For our first recital we ware fancy tutus and danced to "The Waltzing Cat". We were in three rows. Your's truely was in the back row at the far end. (Does that say what kind if talent I didn't have?) I found the photo a family friend took and it appears that almost al the girls have passed - after all, we would be in our 70's. My parents are no longer with us as is my only sibling - an older sister. There is one whom I lost contact with. I will be sending a Facebook private message, if I can find her name. I would love to reminise a bit.
I first heard Leroy Anderson on Captain Kangaroo, though of course I didn't know what it was. I remember this piece, and, the typewriter, syncopated clock, Fiddle Faddle, and several others, with very simple visuals, figures cut out of construction paper. Simpler times.
He was a master of light orchestral music, sometimes amusing, sometimes serious and sometimes poetic. To be able to conjure up in just a few minutes the emotional appeal his music has, is phenomenal.... Thanks for your visit. Nigel
Спасибо мой друг , за создание этого альбома . Сколько радости он приносит людям . Спасибо за знакомство с Лероем Андерсоном . Великолепное сочетание музыки и фотографий . Спасибо мой тёплый друг . Скучаем , любим , ждём Ваша Марго .
This is his original recording (from "Leroy Anderson Conducts His Own Compositions" [Volume 1]). In a later recording, he added the sounds of whistles at 1:29, and a dog bark and cat hiss at 2:35.
Listening to Anderson's "light" music, I began to realize how much skill, talent, thought, and work went into making these lovely pieces that imitate cats, clocks, sleigh rides, or incorporate things like typewriters. That is a lot of skill and outside-the-box thinking. Frivolity is indeed serious business.
Michael Cornett kz n x n. , baby boy
Chumble spuzz to you, too.
Anderson was an impeccably trained composer, studying at Harvard with the great Edward Burlingame Hill and Walter Piston. He definitely knew his craft.
@@mdesapio yet he was so underrated:(
Even as a child, I could see kittens and cats in my mind as I first listened to this.
Yes Children, there was once a day in America that beautiful music was made!
My grandfather used to play this one for me growing up. Good memories
I never tire of seeing these cats while listening to this song.
Absolutely! This is going to become a favourite. The work that went into sourcing these photos must have been considerable!
Love the way the string instruments imitate a cat's "meow" in this!
Yes, ingenious!
Violinists can make the strings do lots of things. Trombonists as well.
leroy anderson. master of the tone poem.
🎼 This selection of MEW_sic is the CaT's MeOw!🐈
Truly my two favorite things, cats and waltzes. Cat pictures were so appropriate for the music.
I didn't think that music could be adorable but awwww
No matter how depressed and anxious anyone is, it's impossible not to smile listening to this. Thank you so much Nigel.
A agree totally.
I thought you might want to hear the composer sing the later version with lyrics--cute! ua-cam.com/video/BpsTjq7j0dUv/v-deo.html
We all love Leroy Anderson music and respond with tender joy to this song. Here's an idea: Pay your joy forward and adopt a shelter cat or kitten ... in giving a needy feline a loving home, you not only save a life, you bring the spirit of this song into yours.
I was healed in the heart-warming music. Thank you for upload.
The pleasure is all mine. Thanks. Nigel
I first heard this when I was playing my father's classical music records when I was 6 or 7. I couldn't remember the composer or title, but just searched for "the kitten waltz", and apparently it was close enough. Thanks for uploading this. It brings back memories.
Thanks for listening. You're most welcome!
Melodies from my youth make me feel so young again !
HOW VERY INTRIGUING THAT MAESTRO LEROY ANDERSON SO
ACCURATELY SIMULATED THE SOUND OF A CAT "MEOWING" IN THE LAST TWO BEATS OF THE PRIMARY SIX BEAT TUNE THAT RUNS THROUGH THIS
DELIGHTFUL LITTLE PIECE.
🦋🌠"CATS, LESS LIQUID THAN THEIR SHADOWS, PRESENT NO ANGLES TO THE WIND.
THEY PASS, NEAT AND UNDIMINISHED,
THROUGH LOOPHOLES SMALLER THAN THEMSELVES."🦋🌠
I have always enjoyed Leroy Anderson.
me to 1
Anyone who has owned or even admired a cat will enjoy this for what it is.
And the end, with the dog barking, I grew up with dogs AND cats, a friend sticks up for a friend.
I'm playing this exact song in Orchestra and this really helps me when I practice.
+Hayley M
Such a fun piece to play Hayley. Enjoy! Nigel
All of these are so much fun, thanks for taking the time, using your imagination and sharing them with us..........great viewing during our shut-in days.
Thank you for this. I just stumbled on it. It is wonderful for a cat lover like me.
This piece is an absolute joy to play. I love it!!
We both love Leroy Anderson. As Nikki is 37 years younger than me, I introduced her to his music. Fabulous!
I agree Pete. I, too love the musical works of Leroy Anderson. So full of charm and personal interpretation. Thanks for coming by. Nigel
Great pictures to go with this happy music! Ah, the incredible cat, God's finest animal creation!
@Info Chan So true!
Heard this on the radio today. Wonderful
Absolutely beautiful!
I have alway thought that Leroy Anderson was underrated as an American composer. His music is delightful. Thanks for the video.
You're most welcome. Thank you
This is delightfully adorable. Thank you for sharing your video with us.
A great video to begin the day. Watch this makes me happy 😺
Thanks a lot Carlos. You are most welcome. Nigel
This was on Captain Kangaroo all the time, along with the other Leroy Anderson classics: typewriter, Fiddle-Faddle, sandpaper ballet, etc.
They usually had puppet figures cut out of construction paper and moved along manually on a screen as a "visual" to these things.Two paper cats meowing, etc.
Hey, l recall tune as a child. Never heard of Leroy Anderson until last Christmas when l got " Sleigh Ride". He's good!
This is the song for our ballet recital this year!
Love this piece...and my thirteen year old cat Nila.She is white-redish-black with grey eyes!Great pics!Thank you,Nigel.Warm greetings.Lara.
Such a fun piece to listen to, and i had great enjoyment sourcing all the photos.
My sincere thanks. Warm greetings! Nigel
Purrrrfect choreography!
I love this, and the pictures were adorable. I've been rescuing cats since 1990 and this was perfect.
Thank you very much, Miriam, I am delighted you enjoyed the video. I had a lot fun making it! Warm greetings! Nigel
just adorable and very clever the way you put this together Nigel
Thanks a lot. I was fun to make....
Everything he wrote was... delightful and healthy. I know those aren't musical terms-- but somehow they fit.
Absolutely marvellous, l just love your channel. 😊😊😊😊🐱🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
Thank you! We used to sing this in my high school glee club. You did a lovely job!
Of all the pieces Leroy Anderson wrote, this one is my favorite!😻💜
I love Leroy Anderson's music anyway but these visuals are beyond belief!
Thank you very much. This was such fun to make....
There MUST be a benevolent creator to have given us the music of Leroy Anderson, the big heart and talent of Nigel Sutton aannnd our wonderfully beautiful kitty cats. Mahalo Nui Loa Nigel with our warmest aloha. UA-cam, we love you too. Just don't muck it up.....too much with unbridled bean counter leeway.
My sentiments, exactly! Well said.
Well done, sir... The harmonies between your editing of visuals and the music's own pacing are impeccable.
You elicited many smiles from this cranky old gentleman. Thanks are in order.
+John Smith .... and I thank you very much for your very kind comment.
I am really pleased you enjoyed my "interpretation". Have a good day! Nigel
十数年以上探していた曲に再会しました。感動です。
小学校低学年の音楽の授業で鑑賞タイムみたいなのがあって、なんの説明もなく流れた曲から情景を想像するのですが、その中でこの一曲だけよく覚えています。みんなが次々手をあげて口々に色んなことを言って、正解とかないから楽しそうに聞いてた音楽の先生。調子付く僕と、眠そうに鼻をほじっていたあの子と、授業後も無意識にこの曲を口ずさんでいたあの子。種明かしを聞いてからも猫の街に関する妄想が止まらなくて、（最後の犬勢力の進入も想像を掻き立てた）ちょうどその後が給食で、その後掃除の時間に僕はワルツのリズムでホウキを掃いていました。
あれから20年近く・・・。
昔住んでいた街に戻ってきて、なぜか突然ワルツが聴きたくなって色々調べていたら、ある日突然出会ったのが、なんとこの曲。
改めて聴くとなんて可愛らしい曲だろう。優しい気持ちに包まれて、今はもうあのバイタリティに溢れた愛らしい文化圏に戻れないのかと思うとちょっぴり寂しくなったのですが・・・・・それは違いました。音楽を聞いている間、僕はあの謎めいた猫の街を旅する小学生でした。音楽がある以上、僕は何度でもタイムスリップすることができるのです。
僕はなんて素晴らしい体験をしたのだろう。
音楽はなんて素晴らしい体験を与えるのだろう。
僕が子供たちに与えられる物はなんだろう。
本当にありがとう。. あなたが最も歓迎です！
Beautiful history 👏👏👏
My favourite: "meow,meow" through the violines....😻
If I was at my great grandmother's funeral,I would play this and she wakes up
I remember hearing this when I was a TINY kid-- maybe 2 years old. I thought it was beautiful -- I had no idea then what it was or what it meant
A great piece of music, I love Leroy Anderson's compositions.
0:41 meow....
Awww, so many cute kitties here. 1:03 is precious!
Smiles and regards to you. Beauty job! Thanks.
Thank you very much, Rpsa. It was fun to make..... Best wishes. Nigel
Nigel Fowler Sutton :))
I LOVE CATS and I love this video, the music is fantastic as well as the funny cat photos! Thnx 4 posting!
Thank you very much. I had great fun compiling all the photographs for the video. So pleased you enjoyed it. Best wishes. Nigel
MARAVILHOSO!!! Mais uma deliciosa lembrança de criança!!!!!!!!!!! Muito Obrigada por mais este momento!!!!!!
This is my pleasure. Thank you for coming by Celia. Nigel
I love this song😍
Какое очаровательное видео с прелестной вальсовой музыкой! Найджел, восхищаюсь всем Вашим сериалом на музыку Лероя Андерсона, а этим видео ОСОБЕННО! Спасибо огромное!
Absolutely beautiful video
Thank you very much!
Aloha from Honolulu Hawaii. Nigel, I love everything Leroy Anderson has written and I appreciate your putting this pieces on youtube. You do a wonderful job with the visuals.
Greetings from Laos William. I am really pleased you like my videos. Such a wonder composer. Nigel
Nigel Fowler Sutton
What a DARLING video! I agree totally with William W.! (Music and video/visuals)
BuckieBear
Thank you. It was so much fun to make..... Nigel
Cool! I love all cat videos!
久しぶりに耳にしました。作曲家の秀でた観察力には、改めて敬服しますね。子猫への優しさに溢れる眼差しと心情が伝わってくる名曲ですね。本当にチャーミングで素敵な曲。写真も可愛いくて素晴らしいです。ありがとうございます。
あなたの訪問と良いコメントをありがとう。 どういたしまして
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I used to play the oboe part in this song ! It’s extraordinarily great when it comes to the glissando kitty sounds I love it
Me and my friend are playing this song on the piano for a duet! It’s really fun! Love the glissando parts tho 😂
I love to waltz mee ow on a night like this with stars in the sky❤❤❤❤
Thanks, it a great piece of music.
Nice!!! I like Grumpy Cat at the end.
Thank you very Janet. I had so much fun sourcing all the pics... I agree, old grumpy at the end was a great find. Nigel
I think cats are so graceful, so elegant when they dance. I've also seen a few cats who could "fly through the air with the greatest of ease",... 'cept for the crash at the end of their flight.
As both a music lover and a cat lover, I found this video absolutely charming. I am thoroughly enjoying your "stream" of Leroy Anderson videos ... one of my favourite "Light Music" composers. Thank you so much, Nigel.
...and I thank you Martin for your visit and great comment. You are most welcome!Happy New Year to you! Nigel
This is by far the best version on UA-cam. It`s hard to do this justice with an amateur group.
Thank oyu very much. You are most welcome. Warm greetings! Nigel
I REMEMBER IN THE 1960S THERE WAS A LOCAL TV SHOW FROM LANSING MI CALLED THE COPPER KETTLE, THIS WAS THE THEME SONG.
Какие милые котики!!! Фотографии отличные!!! 👍🐈🐈🐈
Добро пожаловать. Спасибо большое.
HOW GREAT THIS,!!!!!!!.....great thanks for posting things in this way!!!!... YES...the combination with the music and your photo animations!!
Let me tell you,I am one of the greatest cat lovers one can imagine.I swear it!..And I love cats MORE than human and other animals,if I may say so!!!!!
And also appreciative with regard to the music,Leroy Anderson composed for this.And..in the early post-war years,we needed this kind of music,it had a curing effect on all of us at that time..
But...on the whole...I'm a great lover of Anderson's music,cos I was brought up with his music in the early 50s.And...as you know...lots of good old Light Orchestra Tunes went in oblivion,but NOT Anderson's creations,today....during Xmas time you still can hear his Sleigh Ride.
Another tune,being part of my memory,was a waltz with bells,and yes......after searching....how bloody else....by Anderson again,his "Song of the Bells".And not only his Typewriter,but even more his Sandpaper Ballet.First tune I learnt was The Syncopated Clock,every morning before going to school,I heard this tune on the radio..Wonderful times,shouldn't we be clamouring for coming back all this?
I cannot live on without his music,just HE told us,what music really was(and still is and willl be FOR EVER!!!)
Anderson was a genius and his music is immortal and will withstand all of today's commercial cramped attempts in order to distract us from the real thing!!!!!
Nigel...you have done a GREAT thing here,...and thanks so much for that!!!!!
You are most welcome. I am really pleased you enjoyed this video. I really had great fun sourcing all the photographs....
leroy Anderson s such a great composer and arranger. I admire his works, very much.
Best wshs, Nigel
@alger
Thanks for your reaction.
Cats reign the world and in some Asian areas they are HOLY.
The cat I have now is my best friend ever!!Taken from the street!!!
I love dogs and cats... but particularly cats🙂.
Увидев это, сразу подписка и лайк🌹
Вы очень добры. Спасибо...
I did the for me school :-) very cute cats
Love it
Thanks a lot!
How much would you have to hate cats not to like this?
This is something even mice could lie!
Haha! I agree, great antics !!
Just heard this on the radio.
Ultimate cat vid🥰
Nigel, I see that you have singlehandedly championed Leroy Anderson and his music as no one else can. Thanks so much. Your videos are beautifully edited.
Thank you very much, Noe. I am really pleased you enjoy my videos showcasing the music of Leroy Anderson. Unfortunately a number have suddenly been blocked and/or the music muted due to copyright.... Nigel
+Nigel -- I have yet to upload anything but I've noticed that several of my Playlists have taken a beating. The overlords insist on getting their way.
Makes me quite angry, really - especially as they have been only recently blocked and not from the time they were originally uploaded.....
YES!!! "as no one else can". What a genius R.A. was!!!!!!
Delightful!
Precious song!
The most exciting part: THE INSTRUMENT EFFECT: mEoW!
The second most exciting part: THE pIcTuReS!
how lovely :-)
Thank you very much.....
Lovely. Even ends with Grumpy Cat right at the end.
This version omitted the sounds of barking dogs plus a hissing like cat sound.
Puuuurrrfect. X
In the early '50s, several mothers in my school enrolled their "talented" daughters in a ballet class. My Mom was one of those mothers. For our first recital we ware fancy tutus and danced to "The Waltzing Cat". We were in three rows. Your's truely was in the back row at the far end. (Does that say what kind if talent I didn't have?) I found the photo a family friend took and it appears that almost al the girls have passed - after all, we would be in our 70's. My parents are no longer with us as is my only sibling - an older sister. There is one whom I lost contact with. I will be sending a Facebook private message, if I can find her name. I would love to reminise a bit.
thank you for sharing your dear adorable memory!😊❤
❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤I love cats
I love seeing moggies in action, especially if they are dancing. Purrfect
I first heard Leroy Anderson on Captain Kangaroo, though of course I didn't know what it was. I remember this piece, and, the typewriter, syncopated clock, Fiddle Faddle, and several others, with very simple visuals, figures cut out of construction paper. Simpler times.
He was a master of light orchestral music, sometimes amusing, sometimes serious and sometimes poetic. To be able to conjure up in just a few minutes the emotional appeal his music has, is phenomenal.... Thanks for your visit. Nigel
Спасибо мой друг , за создание этого альбома . Сколько радости он приносит людям . Спасибо за знакомство с Лероем Андерсоном . Великолепное сочетание музыки и фотографий . Спасибо мой тёплый друг .
Скучаем , любим , ждём
Ваша Марго .
Cuuuuuute!
Hermoso tema dedicado a los mininos ,tan lindos , tiernos y juguetones
Muchas gracias, Pilar. De nada. Nigel
♥trop mignon ♥merci
very cute!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
I kept thinking "where have I heard this?" And of course! Tom and Jerry (the old ones)
The cat on the title card is exactly Cheetos-colored. Neat.
Your're welcome! Nigel
Sounds like an Always Sunny song!
Спасибо, Александр. Весело, чтобы сделать ..... Найджел
what would the world do if they enjoyed the gentle mellow orchestral, instead of the smell of teen spirit, or the glare of auto-tuning....
Спасибо большое
This is his original recording (from "Leroy Anderson Conducts His Own Compositions" [Volume 1]). In a later recording, he added the sounds of whistles at 1:29, and a dog bark and cat hiss at 2:35.
"LA Conducts His Own Compositions" and that in volumes?? Thanks for the tip.Good to know.!! Hope I'll once get hold of these items!! Pref. on LP.
This piece is really straight forward for viola until the last few measures...
Супер видно Наджел. Супер музыка. Like
Большое спасибо, Erika. Вы только приветствовать! Найджел
This is a great video! Keep it up. Much Love, Miccoli ♥♥♥
Thank you so much for your visit and comment.
Much love to you, as well! Nigel
AMAZING FUN!
+SHMUEL PAPIRNIKOV
Thank you.Fun to maker, too.