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Composed by Alec Wilder in 1979 Paul Lustig Dunkel flute, Stephen Hart clarinet, Harrison Hollingsworth bassoon Another selection from the 25th Annual Friends of Alec Wilder Concert on April 11, 2010 Recorded by David Litofsky Photo by Lou Ouzer

Libretto by Arnold Sundgaard, Music by Alec Wilder Written in 1953 "Sunday Excursion has been written specifically as a companion piece for those operas, serious in tone but modest in length, which demand a curtain-raiser for their effective presentation. Serving, as it does, the function of welcoming the audience to the theater, it strives to achieve, through the character of its music and story,...

Words and Music by Alec Wilder Written in 1968 Sung by Marlene VerPlanck with the Loonis McGlohon Trio (see wilderworld 107) From LP JJA Presents the Music of Alec Wilder (JJA 19795B 1979) Originally recorded for the American Popular Song radio program Ms. VerPlanck (pictured above) will be the Host of the 25th annual Friends of Alec Wilder Concert in New York on Sunday, April 11 at 3 pm at the Ch...

Composed by Alec Wilder From LP Barry Snyder Piano (Golden Crest RE-7058) "Until Barry Snyder played the pieces he has recorded here, I had never heard them. I wrote them for a friend who though I'm sure was grateful and even enthusiastic about my having written them for her, never got around to performing them. "A number of years have elapsed since I wrote them, along with perhaps thirty others....

Words by William Webster aka Marshall Barer, Music by Conrad Miller aka Alec Wilder Issued as Columbia 39001 Recorded September 1950

The Reindeers' Dance Music by Alec Wilder (Golden LGR2B) Pull Together Words by Marshall Barer, Music by Alec Wilder (Golden LGR3F)

Words by Alec Wilder, Music by Eddie Finckel Recorded August 1946 "The pert rhythm harmonies of the De Marco Sisters spin out with much attraction for the tuneful riff rhythm ditty, Ready to Go Steady, with plenty of bounce quality to both the lyrical blend and the instrumental beat of the studio men, directed by Phil Davis." -Record Review, The Billboard, February 1, 1947

Composed by Alec Wilder 1st Moderate 2nd Song 3rd With Good Humor 4th Swing A Little From Mirafone presents Deskants and Tubens, featuring Members of the Horn Club of Los Angeles (Mirafone SZB-3216 7" for demonstration only, excerpted from LP Angel S-36036) Conducted by Gunther Schuller "Wilder's Nonet for Brass was composed in the spring, 1969. Direct and to the point, it readily invites listenin...

Words by Edward Lear, Music by Alec Wilder From LP Puff the magic dragon and Other Songs (Golden LP 149) Originally issued as Little Golden Record 25, featuring Anne Lloyd, Mitchell Miller and Orchestra When visiting Children's Fairyland in Oakland, California, be sure to insert your Magic Key in the Storybook Box at the Owl and the Pussycat attraction to hear this recording of Alec Wilder's The O...

Words by Arnold Sundgaard, Music by Alec Wilder (see wilderworld 91) From LP Chris Connor and Maynard Ferguson Two's Company (Roulette R-52068) Connor vocal, Ferguson trumpet Recorded December 22, 1960 R.I.P. Chris Connor, the wonderful singer who died on August 28 at the age of 81. Ms. Connor also recorded masterful renditions of The Lady Sings the Blues (see wilderworld 70) and Trouble is a Man...

Words and Music by Alec Wilder Perhaps the only version of this oft-recorded song to include an opening verse (not composed by Wilder) See wilderworld 73 “The Castaleers *** I’ll Be Around – Felsted 8585 – Okay reading of the old Mills Brothers hit. Some coin possible. (Regent, BMI)” -Billboard Reviews of New Pop Records, August 24, 1959

Elegie to a Pet Robin Aire for Trumpet Rock Without Rollin' A Dream Takes Only a Minute Written and scored by Alec Wilder From LP Station Breaks (Golden Crest CR 3034), conducted by Jack Zimmermann "Station Breaks--One Minute Spots--were planned originally as a professional music service to disk jockeys. All of the original compositions in this album are precisely 60 seconds in length. They were e...

From director Dick Phipps' Columbia, South Carolina lakeside living room it's Alec Wilder and Loonis McGlohon with another complete one hour episode of their great American Popular Song radio show! This episode, number 21, originally aired on February 20, 1977 and features guest vocalist Carrie Smith The Lady Sings the Blues written in 1956, Words by William Engvick, Music by Alec Wilder (see wild...

Words by Ben Ross Berenberg, Music by Alec Wilder This wilderworld episode is dedicated to the memory of Louis "Looey" Geller July 15, 1955 - June 13, 2009

Composed by Alec Wilder in 1958 From notes by Samuel Baron:  "Quintet No. 3 is...energetic and angular in its outer movements but it has a characteristic Wilder tenderness in the second movement and characteristic Wilder whimsy in the Scherzo.  The original meaning of Scherzo is 'joke' and this particular Scherzo has a joke within a joke.  I refer to the section in the middle where the tempo sudde...

This year’s concert in New York was yet another rich and moving presentation of the varied musical talents of Alec Wilder. Here are some highlights from an afternoon of wondrous performances All words and music by Alec Wilder except as noted Movements I, III and IV from Suite No. 2 for Tenor Saxophone and Strings (for Zoot Sims 1966) and Movement III from Suite No. 1 for Tenor Saxophone and String...

Composed by Alec Wilder Paul Brodie saxophone, James Campbell clarinet Transcribed from Suite for Two Clarinets written in 1976 From LP Paul Brodie and Camerata (Golden Crest CRS 4194) Fibre Sculpture "Enchanted Forest" by Rima Brodie Recorded April 1980 "This suite exploits some of the similarities and differences between the sonorities of the clarinet and saxophone, heard separately and together...

Words by Marshall Barer, Music by Alec Wilder Written in 1955 From LP Bernie Knee (Audiophile AP-144) Knee vocal, Loonis McGlohon piano, Terry Lassiter bass and Jim Lackey drums. Recorded November 1977 for the American Popular Song radio program "Absolutely marvelous, all of you!" - Alec Wilder Happy 102nd Birthday Alec!!

Words by William Engvick, Music by Alec Wilder Written in 1945 Recorded August 1950

All words and music by Alec Wilder except as indicated Tacet for Neurotics from LP New Music of Alec Wilder (Riverside RLP 12-219 1956) [for complete track see wilderworld 36] Air for Clarinet from LP The New York Woodwind Quintet Plays Alec Wilder (Golden Crest CR 3019 1957) Animals of Farmer Jones (Golden 13A 1948) Words by Jane Werner Air for English Horn from LP Frank Sinatra Conducts the Musi...

A Personality Portrait of Alec Wilder was written and produced by Loonis McGlohon for WBT Radio in Charlotte, North Carolina The first of many collaborations between Wilder and McGlohon, who was Musical Director at WBT for several years. All words and music by Alec Wilder except as noted I’ll Be Around from LP Percy Faith and Mitch Miller It’s So Peaceful in the Country (Columbia CL 779 1956) [see...

"Alec Wilder gives us short, pleasant to listen to pieces which amount to three songs and a march" Written in 1962 Burt Hardin, professor of Horn at Eastern Illinois University, plays all four parts with the aid of modern multi-track recording technology. "If I have any recommendation for anyone contemplating such a project, it is to hire a recording studio and three other horn players. It is much...

Two examples of Alec Wilder songs rewritten to make them more appealing to children Kalamazoo to Timbuktu (see wilderworld 38) from Songs of Travel (Golden Record Library RL 9911 1959) Song of the Sparrow (Golden R343 1956); see wilderworld 48

Words by Fred Hellerman, Music by Alec Wilder From LP An Evening with Carol Lawrence (Cameo C-1077) Written in 1953 wilderworld recently asked Mr. Hellerman, one of The Weavers of folk legend, about how his unlikely collaboration with Alec on Summer Rain came about: “Summer Rain has the distinction of being the only song I ever wrote for which I didn't write the music. It's nowhere near being a ‘f...

Music by Alec Wilder From LP Presenting Robert Farnon (London LL 812); Denny Vaughan, piano, with Robert Farnon and his orchestra Recorded January 27, 1950 aka From Dawn to Dusk