As with all his other compositions, Leroy Anderson wrote The Typewriter for orchestra, completing the work on October 9, 1950. The Typewriter received its first performance when Leroy Anderson ...

Sure, there always typewriters, but it’s difficult to do anything with the fruits of a typewriter other than scan it in or make copies, and it’s basically un-editable except by hand.

Along the main thoroughfare of Arlington, Massachusetts, is a tiny typewriter repair and retail shop: Cambridge Typewriter. The place has been around so long that the phone number on the big sign ...