# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/leroy-anderson
# Generated: 2026-08-14T07:54:24.313Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/leroy-anderson"
name: "Leroy Anderson"
slug: "leroy-anderson"
description: "Leroy Anderson was an American composer of short, light concert pieces, many of which were introduced by the Boston Pops Orchestra under the direction of Arthur Fiedler. John Williams described him as \"one of the great American masters of light orchestral music.\""
tagline: "American composer (1908-1975)"
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gender: "male"
country:
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category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1908-06-29"
deathDate: "1975-05-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump