COMPOSER

Leroy Anderson

1908 - 1975

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Leroy Anderson ( lə-ROY) (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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Leroy Anderson has received more than 556,694 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Leroy Anderson is the 450th most popular composer (down from 345th in 2019), the 2,103rd most popular biography from United States (down from 1,626th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular American Composer.

Leroy Anderson is most famous for composing the music to "The Syncopated Clock" and "Sleigh Ride."

Memorability Metrics

  • 560k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.52

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.02

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.50

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Leroy Anderson ranks 450 out of 1,451. Before him are Ferdinand Hiller, Miki Matsubara, Grock, Joseph Martin Kraus, Pēteris Vasks, and Johann Ludwig Bach. After him are Pierre de la Rue, Moritz Moszkowski, Bernhard Crusell, Emilio de' Cavalieri, Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga, and Christoph Graupner.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1908, Leroy Anderson ranks 84. Before him are Maria Helena Vieira da Silva, Max Bill, Remedios Varo, Giovannino Guareschi, Yousuf Karsh, and Atahualpa Yupanqui. After him are Cus D'Amato, Viktor Abakumov, Bjarni Benediktsson, Giacomo Manzù, Afet İnan, and Lev Pontryagin. Among people deceased in 1975, Leroy Anderson ranks 59. Before him are Avery Brundage, Henry Calvin, Lyubov Orlova, Gunnar Gunnarsson, Elijah Muhammad, and Robert Stolz. After him are Michel Simon, Eugen Fink, Fredric March, George Stevens, Hans Bellmer, and Ivan Maisky.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Leroy Anderson ranks 2,103 out of 20,380. Before him are Farley Granger (1925), Jesse Douglas (1897), George Roy Hill (1921), Ornette Coleman (1930), Steve Perry (1949), and Bob Kahn (1938). After him are R. L. Stine (1943), Lou Gehrig (1903), Wild Bill Hickok (1837), H. Robert Horvitz (1947), Robert Cialdini (1945), and Josh Brolin (1968).

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Among COMPOSERS In United States

Among composers born in United States, Leroy Anderson ranks 22. Before him are Elmer Bernstein (1922), Aaron Copland (1900), Cole Porter (1891), Richard Rodgers (1902), James Newton Howard (1951), and Bill Conti (1942). After him are Terry Riley (1935), John Adams (1947), Carmine Coppola (1910), Danny Elfman (1953), Michael Kamen (1948), and Paul Bowles (1910).

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