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...about the time when Leroy Anderson took over the conductorship of the Band, which was approximately 1930, he began to compose original arrangements, almost always in medley form, in order to give the band something more unique to play than the regulation marches and the rather stolid, staightforward settings of college songs which had been largely the fare of college bands up to that time. One of his greatest successes, of course, was "Wintergreen for President" which he based on the famous song from Gershwin's "Of Thee I Sing" which was published about 1930 or 31. Where the original...
...also devised various pieces of underscoring for band marching routines, and written scores for special occasions such as a Wellesley medley...
...Cornell medley, A Harvard medley, A new Ivy League medley, A Walt Disney Fantasy, A special scoring of "The Star Spangled Banner" which we use at games and appropriate situations; Two concert arrangements, one of famous popular songs by Harvard alumni and a brief setting of "All the Things You Are" by Kern, and Two original marches...
Although over 60 per cent of the medley manuscripts were destroyed in the fire at the Varsity Club last Monday, the Band will still be able to perform most of its original selections. Scores or parts of scores still exist for all selections except the Dartmouth medley by Leroy Anderson...
...Band intends to use several new works, including "Ever to Harvard" by Kenneth C. Mitchell '34, which was being printed at the time of the fire. A new copy of the Columbia medley is being prepared, and the medley should be ready for performance during the football game, October...