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Alec Wilder (Hardcover, New)
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Alec Wilder (Hardcover, New)
Series: American Composers
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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.
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