{"id":10168,"date":"2019-12-23T23:54:05","date_gmt":"2019-12-23T23:54:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pianostreet.com\/blog\/?p=10168"},"modified":"2019-12-25T13:32:01","modified_gmt":"2019-12-25T13:32:01","slug":"a-holiday-greeting-on-440-keys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pianostreet.com\/blog\/video-picks\/a-holiday-greeting-on-440-keys-10168\/","title":{"rendered":"Sleigh Ride &#8211; A Holiday Greeting on 440 Keys"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Enjoy The Five Brown\u2019s new rendition of Leroy Anderson\u2019s joyful season\u2019s celebration wondrously arranged for five pianos!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"243\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kqYiRXMta50\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This eternal holiday favorite was composed during a severe heat wave in the summer of 1950 and has been a fixture with holiday concerts for more than half a century. It\u2019s said that the main melody of &#8220;Sleigh Ride&#8221; was used as the main theme of Victor Young&#8217;s score for the 1949 western Streets of Laredo, with no credits to Anderson. The original orchestral version included humorous sound applications such as horse clip-clopping, and a whip used to get the horse moving. A percussionist provides these sounds on temple blocks and a slapstick. 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