Alec Wilder
American composer, lyricist
Alexander Lafayette Chew Wilder (February 16, 1907 – December 24, 1980) was an American composer, author, and radio host. Considered one of the most inventive and lyrical American composers, he wrote thousands of pieces of music across various genres, including American popular song and classical music. Though his musical compositions were not always widely known during his lifetime, he became a notable figure in musical history for his 1972 book, American Popular Song: The Great Innovators, 1900–1950, which is widely regarded as a definitive work on the subject. He also hosted a Peabody Award-winning radio series, American Popular Song with Alec Wilder and Friends, on National Public Radio (NPR) in the mid-1970s.
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Works
- A Heart to Call My Own
- A Long Night
- Ain'tcha‐Cha Comin' Out T‐Tonight?
- Air for Bassoon
- Air for English Horn
- Air for Flute
- Air for Oboe
- Alice in Wonderland
- Basta
- Blackberry Winter
- Blue
- Chick Lorimer
- Crackerjack Christmas
- Crazy in the Heart
- Douglas Mountain
- Ellen
- Evening Is a Little Boy
- Flute and Bongos no. 1
- Give Me Time
- Goodbye, John
- Gray
- I See It Now
- In the Morning
- In the Spring of the Year
- It's So Peaceful in the Country
- It’s So Peaceful in the Country
- I’ll Be Around
- Kalamazoo to Timbuktu
- Lady Sings the Blues
- Love Among the Young
- Lovers and Losers
- Low in the Lehigh Valley
- L’âge d’or
- Mimosa and Me
- Moon and Sand
- Photographs (Me in Love with You)
- Remember My Child
- River Run
- Seal Lullaby
- Slow Dance
- Soft as Spring
- Sounds Around the House
- South - To a Warmer Place
- Summer Is A Comin’ In
- That's My Girl
- The Bigger the Figure
- The Lake Isle of Innisfree
- The Night Will Never Stay
- The Sounds Around The House
- The Star Wish
- The Starlighter
- The Winter of My Discontent
- The Wrong Blues
- When I Am Dead My Dearest
- Where Is the One?
- While We’re Young
- Who Can I Turn To
- Windy Nights
- You're Free