transferred use of the common French surname Leroy since the nineteenth century, for no apparent reason except its transparent meaning, le roi "the king"
born June 29, 1908, Cambridge, Mass., U.S. died May 18, 1975, Woodbury, Conn. U.S. composer of light orchestral music. He studied composition and German and Scandinavian languages at Harvard; fluent in nine languages, he was an army interpreter in two wars. In 1936 he began a long association with Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops Orchestra, and pieces such as "Syncopated Clock," "Sleigh Ride," "Bugler's Holiday," and the Irish Suite became standards
() Transferred from the common French surname Leroy since the nineteenth century, for no apparent reason except its transparent meaning, le roi "the king".