Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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🥳Celebrating 250 years of the United States, discover 25 composers who shaped American classical music.🎵
Leroy Anderson was best known as a composer of painstakingly crafted, to-the-point, irrepressibly tuneful original orchestral compositions. His 'The Typewriter' uses a modified manual typewriter as a solo percussion instrument, in which the machine is transformed into a relentlessly busy percussion instrument. The piece mimics typing speeds up to 16 beats per second, requiring professional drummers for wrist flexibility.

🎥WATCH the full video featuring 25 Iconic American Composers on YouTube: youtu.be/xpB4jVflcso

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