WILDERWORLD

Words by William Engvick, Music by Alec Wilder Written in 1952 From LP Morgana King Winter of My Discontent (Ascot AM 13014) (see wilderworld 11) Clipping from Down Beat Magazine August 13, 1947 HAPPY BIRTHDAY BILL ENGVICK!! Well and writing at age 94

Composed by Alec Wilder Fourth of four movements see wilderworld 14

The second of two live NBC television productions to feature music by Alec Wilder aired on Sunday April 27, 1958 (see wilderworld 111) Words by William Engvick The Hansel and Gretel Song (Much Too Happy Dancing), Market Today, Men Run the World, Evening Song (Soft Through the Woodland), Morning Song, Eenie Meenie Miney Moe, What are Little Girls Made Of?, Finale From LP Hansel and Gretel (MGM E369...

Words by Lee Kuhn, Music by Alec Wilder Written in 1947 Sung by Lee Kuhn, piano player unknown Yes, it's spring, so it must be time for the annual Friends of Alec Wilder Concert! If you're in the New York area, don't miss the 23rd annual concert this Saturday, April 12, 2008 at 3:00 pm. at St. Peter's Church, 54th Street and Lexington Avenue in New York City. Each year's concert features a wonderf...

Movement One Movement Two Movement Three Movement Four Movement Five Written in 1960 From LP The Compositions of Alec Wilder (Golden Crest ATH-5070); Performed by the University of South Florida Wind Ensemble, guest conducted by Frederick Fennell Photo by Lou Ouzer of Alec Wilder with the steel I-beam played in Movement Five of the premiere performance of Entertainment No. 1 in Rochester on May 1,...

Words by William Engvick, Music by Alec Wilder and Bert Reisfeld based on a melody from the third, Nocturne movement of the String Quartet in D by Alexander Borodin Recorded April 15, 1946

Words by Alec Wilder, Music by Eddie Finckel Decca 24558 Dick Haymes with orchestra conducted by Gordon Jenkins Recorded December 21, 1947

Words by Judy Holliday, Music by Alec Wilder Written in 1976 From LP Mark Murphy Satisfaction Guaranteed (Muse MR 5215) Photo by Lou Ouzer HAPPY 101st BIRTHDAY ALEC WILDER!!

In four movements = 86 = 104 = 60 = 112 From LP Music for Trumpet (Golden Crest RE 7045); Robert Levy trumpet, Amy Lou Levy piano Written in 1967 wilderworld recently asked Bob Levy about the Suite for Trumpet and Piano and its recording: WW: How did the Suite for Trumpet and Piano come about? BL: Forty years ago, when I was a kid of 24, I asked Alec if he would be willing to write a trumpet piano...

Words and Music by Alec Wilder

Composed and orchestrated by Alec Wilder From the 1960 film The Sand Castle, produced and directed by Jerome Hill LP The Sand Castle (Columbia CS 8249); Orchestra conducted by Samuel Baron Ragtime Music, with the addition of newly-composed words by William Engvick, was recently published as the song Jam! in The Alec Wilder Song Collection Centennial Edition (see wilderworld 114)

Words by William Engvick, Music by Alec Wilder Performed by the Four Vagabonds (Standard X-134)

"'The Amorous Poltergeist' describes the mood of a playful ghost - an 'innocuous phantasm' - who haunts in a 'harmless, flippant fashion' - and who, having fallen in love, feels the futility of his ectoplasmic state, and the realization that his love can never be consummated."

Words by Marshall Barer, Music by Alec Wilder

Words by Arnold Sundgaard, Music by Alec Wilder Written in 1954 From LP Tom Kennedy On His Way (Golden Crest CR 3011)

Words by Dort DuBois (aka Bill Engvick), Music by Al Alder (aka Alec Wilder)

First Movement Second Movement Third Movement Fourth Movement Written in 1961 David Soyer cello, Harriet Wingreen piano From LP Golden Crest RE 7009

Words by Fred Ebb, Music by Alec Wilder

Words by William Engvick, Music by Alec Wilder The music was originally composed as Slow Waltz, or Sand Castle Waltz, for Jerome Hill's 1960 film The Sand Castle. It was used during the color dream sequence in the film, but was not included on the soundtrack LP, and lay dormant until words were added in 2005 Jimmy Bennett vocal, Dorothy Martin piano from the Friends of Alec Wilder Concert in New Y...

Words by Alec Wilder, Music by Enric Madriguera Recorded March 28, 1941

Alec Wilder Octet as on wilderworld 59 From LP Alec Wilder Octets (Mercury 25008)

On October 13, 1957 - 50 years ago today - NBC aired a live, nationally-televised production of Pinocchio featuring music composed by Alec Wilder. It is widely considered one of the classics from "the Golden Age of Television" wilderworld recently asked Pinocchio lyricist William Engvick to share his recollections of the production. Here is some of what he related: “I thought it was pretty good. T...

It's So Peaceful in the Country words and music by Alec Wilder (see wilderworld 15) by the Delta Rhythm Boys (1941), Creed Taylor Orchestra from LP Shock Music in Hi-Fi (ABC Paramount ABCS-259 1958), Tak Shindo from LP Accent on Bamboo (Capitol ST-1433 1960) and Bill Mays from Alec Wilder Centennial Concert in New York April 29, 2007 Poor Mr. Flibberty-Jib words by Marshall Barer, music by Wilder;...

On August 3 the majestic Harold Washington Library was the site of a marvelous tribute to the music and words of Alec Wilder. The brainchild of Chicago native Richard Wyszynski, conductor and friend of Wilder, the free concert featured orchestral pieces, selections from the Lullabies and Night Songs (see wilderworld 96) and a few Octets. Here are some highlights of that afternoon All music by Alec...

Words and music by Alec Wilder Recorded May 24, 1948