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Alec Wilder In Spite Of Himself

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Author : Desmond Stone
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 1996-04-25

Alec Wilder In Spite Of Himself written by Desmond Stone and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996-04-25 with Music categories.

Alec Wilder wrote songs and lyrics of unsurpassed beauty and originality, and his work won the respect and admiration of such important musical figures as Frank Sinatra, Peggy Lee, Mitch Miller, Gunther Schuller, and many others. Yet Wilder seemed almost to court obscurity. Both in the music he composed and in the way he lived his life, Wilder valued the unique and eccentric over the established and easily acceptable. And though he authored the definitive American Popular Song--which critics praised as "singular" (Studs Terkel), "pioneering" (Whitney Balliett), "rewarding" (Milton Babbitt), and "a joy to anyone who really cares about American popular music" (Max Morath)--his own contribution to that music has remained, until now, too little known and far too little appreciated. Desmond Stone's engaging and lively biography brings Alec Wilder's life and music into the spotlight where it belongs. Ranging from Wilder's childhood in Rochester, New York, to his rise as a major writer of popular songs in the 1940s, to his relationships with Frank Sinatra and the cabaret singer Mabel Mercer, Stone gives us rich insight into the creative process and profound influence of this highly unorthodox composer. We see the impulses and musical concerns that led to such standards as "I'll Be Around" and "It's So Peaceful in the Country." We also get an inside view of how he wrote his monumental American Popular Song, which remains the most significant study of America's great songwriters. More important, we get a vivid sense of a haunting, incorruptible melodist whose unique personality was mirrored in his music. Man and composer dared to be different. When Wilder in the late 1930s wrote his famous Octets, the music world did not know what to make of these irreverent, highly original pieces. Yet they had a seminal influence on jazz chamber music in America. Wilder would go on to compose hundreds of instrumental numbers. Whether he was writing concert pieces for an unprecedented and highly unusual group of instruments, or mixing jazz, classical, and popular idioms in a single song, or dashing off a sonata for a friend, Wilder followed the dictates of his own creativity rather than the expectations of the musical establishment. Such independence and unpredictability earned him the hostility of many critics but the enduring respect of the musicians he wrote for. Here then is a fascinating private portrait of a man who lived a nomad's life, who loved riding trains so much he kept a timetable in his pocket at all times, a man whose only home was a small room he maintained at the Algonquin Hotel in Manhattan (where he often held court in the lobby), a man with a serious drinking problem as well as the kindest and most generous of friends. Essential reading for anyone interested in American popular music, Alec Wilder in Spite of Himself provides a much needed account of this complex, colorful, and highly original life.

Alec Wilder

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Author : Philip Lambert
language : en
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Release Date : 2013-03-01

Alec Wilder written by Philip Lambert and has been published by University of Illinois Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-03-01 with Biography & Autobiography categories.

The music of Alec Wilder (1907-1980) blends several American musical traditions, such as jazz and the American popular song, with classical European forms and techniques. Stylish and accessible, Wilder's musical oeuvre ranged from sonatas, suites, concertos, operas, ballets, and art songs to woodwind quintets, brass quintets, jazz suites, and hundreds of popular songs. In this biography and critical investigation of Wilder's music, Philip Lambert chronicles Wilder's early work as a part-time student at the Eastman School of Music, his ascent through the ranks of the commercial recording industry in New York City in the 1930s and 1940s, his turn toward concert music from the 1950s onward, and his devotion late in his life to the study of American popular songs of the first half of the twentieth century. The book discusses some of his best-known music, such as the revolutionary octets and songs such as "I'll Be Around," "While We're Young," and "Blackberry Winter," and explains the unique blend of cultivated and vernacular traditions in his singular musical language.

Letters I Never Mailed

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Author : Alec Wilder
language : en
Publisher: University Rochester Press
Release Date : 2005

Letters I Never Mailed written by Alec Wilder and has been published by University Rochester Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Biography & Autobiography categories.

Letters I Never Mailed: Clues to a Life, by Alec Wilder, in a new, annotated edition with introduction and supplementary material by David Demsey, foreword by jazz pianist Marian McPartland, and photographs by Louis Ouzer. Letters I Never Mailed: Clues to a Life, by Alec Wilder, in a new, annotated edition with introduction and supplementary material by David Demsey, foreword by jazz pianist Marian McPartland, and photographs by Louis Ouzer. Alec Wilder is a rare example of a composer who established a reputation both as a prolific composer of concertos, sonatas, and operas, and as a popular songwriter [including the hit "I'll Be Around"]. He was fearsomely articulate and had a wide and varied circle of friends ranging from Graham Greene to Frank Sinatra and Stan Getz. Letters I Never Mailed, hailed at its first publication [in 1975, by Little, Brown], tells the story of Wilder's musical and personal life through unsent "letters" addressed to various friends. In it, he shares his insights -- and sometimes salty opinions -- on composing, musical life, and the tension between art and commercialism. Thisnew, scholarly edition leaves Wilder's original text intact but decodes the mysteries of the original through an annotated index that identifies the letters' addressees, a biographical essay by David Demsey, and photographs by renowned photographer and lifelong friend of Wilder, Louis Ouzer. David Demsey is Professor of Music and coordinator of jazz studies at William Paterson University and an active jazz and classical saxophonist. He is co-author of Alec Wilder: A Bio-Bibliography [Greenwood Press] and has contributed to The Oxford Companion to Jazz.

The Alec Wilder Song Collection

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Author : Alec Wilder
language : en
Publisher: Tro Essex Music Group
Release Date : 2007

The Alec Wilder Song Collection written by Alec Wilder and has been published by Tro Essex Music Group this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Music categories.

(Richmond Music Folios). 45 songs complete with a biography, discography, and list of books on Wilder are included in this updated collection. Includes four new songs never before in print: Blackberry Winter * I'll Be Around * It's So Peaceful in the Country * and While We're Young; as well as over 40 standards: Dear World * Everywhere I Look * Good-Bye, John * If Someday Comes Ever Again * The Lady Sings the Blues * Photographs (Me in Love with You) * Soft As Spring * Trouble Is a Man * and more. Arrangements are for piano and voice.

Notes

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Author : Music Library Association
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2004

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The New Yorker

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Author : Harold Wallace Ross
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1996-04

The New Yorker written by Harold Wallace Ross and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996-04 with Literature categories.

Jazz Times

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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1996

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The Clarinet

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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1998

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Operas In English

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Author : Margaret R. Griffel
language : en
Publisher: Greenwood
Release Date : 1999-10-30

Operas In English written by Margaret R. Griffel and has been published by Greenwood this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999-10-30 with Drama categories.

Operas in English have a long, rich, and varied history encompassing everything from the English masques of the 17th century to today's crossover music dramas such as Harvey Milk and Rent. This book covers in detail more than 3,500 English-texted operas by composers including Purcell, Handel, Britten, Bernstein, and Musgrave. Most were born in English-speaking countries, but the list also includes such composers as Weill (his American stage works) and Henze (his operas with dual English-German texts). The work provides specific information not accessible in the usual sources, such as premiere details, plots, characters, and casts. The work begins with an historical overview. Many entries include scores, librettos, bibliographies, and discographies. Cross-references four appendixes (composers, librettists, authors and sources, and a chronology), and three indexes (characters, performers, and general) make this an exceptionally useful reference tool.

The Best Books For Academic Libraries Music Fine Arts

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Author :
language : en
Publisher: Best Books Incorporated
Release Date : 2002

The Best Books For Academic Libraries Music Fine Arts written by and has been published by Best Books Incorporated this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.

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