William Engvick collection of Alec Wilder scores 1930-1991

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William Engvick collection of Alec Wilder scores 1930-1991

http://archives.nypl.org/mus/22316

The William Engvick collection of Alec Wilder scores holds sketches, lead sheets, piano reductions, or full scores for musicals and individual songs by Engvick and Wilder, as well as for music Wilder wrote with other collaborators, or by himself.

.75 linear feet; 3 boxes

The New York Public Library. Music Division.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6316577

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Reisfeld, Bert, 1906-1991

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Wilder, Alec

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Alexander LaFayette Chew Wilder was born on February 16, 1907, in Rochester, New York. He grew up in New Jersey, Long Island, and New York City, and attended the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, where he studied composition and counterpoint. His career as a composer began in 1930, when he was one of the co-writers of the song “All the King's Horses” for the musical revue Three's a Crowd. Over the next fifty years, Wilder wrote several hundred popular songs, among th...

Engvick, William

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William Engvick (1914-2012) was a lyricist whose work appeared in theatrical and television musicals, as well as in film scores. He is best known for his partnership with the composer Alec Wilder (1907-1980). Their collaborations included the Broadway musical Once Over Lightly; the NBC television musical productions Miss Chicken Little, Pinocchio, and Hansel and Gretel; at least two unproduced musicals, Chance Of A Ghost and Don't Look Now; and several songs not associated with theatrical produc...