The First Day of Spring music by Leroy Anderson:
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Composition: "The First Day of Spring"
Composer: Leroy Anderson
Copyright: © 1954, (Renewed) Woodbury Music Company LLC
Completed: June 25, 1954
Instrumentation: Full Orchestra
First Performance: June 25, 1954, Leroy Anderson, during a recording session for Decca Records, New York, New York
First Concert Performance:
Recorded by Leroy Anderson: June 25, 1954 Decca Records, New York, New York
Length: 3:12
First Stereo Recording: June 11, 1959, Leroy Anderson, Decca Records, New York, New York
Published: 1954
Transcriptions by Leroy Anderson: Piano; (1954);

Listen: The First Day of Spring (Orchestra)
Listen: The First Day of Spring (piano) performed by Susan Anthony Klein
Recorded at the Leroy Anderson House, March 2021 (2:33)


Program Notes about "The First Day of Spring"



Leroy Anderson completed "The First Day of Spring" just in time for a recording for Decca Records on June 25, 1954. Later that year made an arrangement for solo piano.



Significant recordings

1. Decca Records recording session, Manhattan Center, New York, NY; Leroy Anderson, conductor; June 25, 1954.

Leroy Anderson conducted a studio orchestra in his 1954 Monaural recording of "The First Day of Spring" for Decca Records.  50 musicians, many of whom were the Principals of their respective orchestra sections, came to perform for the recording.  They were chosen from the New York Philharmonic, the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, the NBC Symphony, the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, The Goldman Band and the Beaux Arts Trio.

The studio orchestra included 9 First Violins, 7 Second Violins, 5 Violas, 4 Celli, 3 Basses, 1 Piccolo, 2 Flutes, 2 Oboes, 2 Clarinets, 2 Bassoons, 4 Horns, 3 Trumpets, 3 Trombones, 2 Drums, 1 Harp.

2. Decca Records recording session, Manhattan Center, New York, NY; Leroy Anderson, conductor; June 11, 1959.

Leroy Anderson conducted a studio orchestra in his 1959 Stereo recording of "The First Day of Spring" for Decca Records.

The First Day of Spring
Music by Leroy Anderson
Arranged by Leroy Anderson for Piano

Printed Music included in "Leroy Anderson at the Piano" available from Alfred Music.

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Leroy Anderson Video


Susan Anthony-Klein performs "The First Day of Spring" in this video on Leroy Anderson's Steinway grand piano at the Leroy Anderson House in Woodbury, Connecticut.



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