Composed for orchestra, Sleigh Ride was completed on February 10, 1948. It is exactly 3 minutes long. It was first performed on May 4, 1948 as an extra by the Boston Pops, with Arthur Fiedler ...

"Sleigh Ride" was one of the first things I wrote when ... it had to be done so it wasn't noticeable when you played the whole thing all the way through. In other words, you couldn't have the ...