Jack Donahue sings Wilder's "I'll Be Around" on his new CD "A Small Blue Thing" [PS Classics]. The song will also be included in the program for his Birdland...
Is there a verse to "I'll Be Around"? Putting together a collection of songs with verses (such as "Where or When") and I have a copy of IBA without a verse. ...
From outside the group, Bob Patek (rjp3@...) asks if anyone knows of an Alec Wilder piece/recording titled (he thinks) "Serenade for a New Baby." I know...
Dear Bob and Ron, et al Well, I don't consider myself an expert. But like most folks who read and contribute to this forum, I love Wilder's work and have...
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Sep 11, 2006 6:18 pm
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Re: Serenade for a New Baby It's a Johnny Green song. Mario Lanza had the hit version. Wes Marshall...
Wes Marshall
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Sep 11, 2006 6:27 pm
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Although that word 'Serenade' has that slightly old-fashioned Wilder- ish feel about it, I would guess they're thinking of "A Child is Born". Gordon Sapsed...
Gordon Sapsed
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Sep 11, 2006 6:30 pm
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Re: Serenade for a New Baby Sounds like "A Child is Born" to me. Chas Gilbert...
I have sheet music, "copyright 1942 Regent Music Corporation, assigned 1943 to Edwin H. Morris & Co." There is no verse. I have never heard of a verse for this...
velsey
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Sep 11, 2006 7:31 pm
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There is no verse to "I'll Be Around". It's one of Wilder's few "pure" stand-alone 32-bar AABA tunes. David Demsey...
Demsey, David
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Sep 11, 2006 7:36 pm
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The TRO "Songs by Alec Wilder" sheet music shows no verse for "I'll Be Around", but has this comment about the song, by Alec Wilder: "As I recall, I was...
Gordon Sapsed
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Sep 11, 2006 7:38 pm
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In a message dated 9/10/2006 7:02:35 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, Nick Lindsley (pinkharrier@...) writes: Is there a verse to "I'll Be Around"? Putting...
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Sep 11, 2006 7:55 pm
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... According to Gottlieb and Kimball's definitive READING LYRICS,'I'll Be Around' is one of two celebrated Wilder songs (the other is the gorgeous "Did You...
Diane Divoky
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Sep 11, 2006 7:59 pm
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As Gordon and Chas have noted, I bet the original poster (Patek) was thinking of "A Child is Born," which can be considered as a "serenade to a new baby."...
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Sep 11, 2006 8:03 pm
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Jazz vocalist Lorri Hafer performed the Wilder-McGlohon song "Blackberry Winter" on Thursday September 8th, in her St. Petersburg FL concert at the Palladium...
It might be of interest to those of you who did not know that singer Lori Hafer is the daughter of vocalist Mary Mayo, who was a good friend of Alec Wilder....
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Sep 12, 2006 4:47 am
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I came across an auction on eBay for a set of 15 V-Disc recordings of "Modern American Composers" which includes one record of Frank Sinatra conducting a...
... Well, the piece on the Sinatra record called "Slow Dance" is sometimes known as "Slow Dance For Strings," despite that fact that there are other...
Gene Nielsen
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Sep 16, 2006 2:36 am
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I recently purchased a copy of Newport Classic's "For The Friends of Alec Wilder" - and am thoroughly enjoying it - thank you for making this music available. ...
Gordon Sapsed
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Sep 20, 2006 11:25 pm
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I HAVE A MINT CONDITION 6 ALBUM BOX SET OF 12" HI-FI LP RECORDS SOLD BY RADIO SHACK (ITEM # 50-1000) ENTITLED ALICE IN WONDERLAND, NARRATED BY CYRIL...
I have always loved that recording of Sinatra conducting Wilder and wonder why it came out only briefly on CD and disappeared virtually overnight. I still have...
Regarding recent posts concerning the famous Sinatra-conducted recordings of Wilder: Frank Sinatra heard a number of Wilder's classical compositions and said,...
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Sep 23, 2006 3:56 am
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I found 78rpm recordings of the 1947 Octets "The Children Met the Train," "Sea Fugue Mama," etc. available from a company in NYC Manhattan, which they claimed...
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Sep 24, 2006 3:37 am
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I own 3 original 78 RPM sets of the Octets and agree they are the best . The Columbia albums include "Walking Home In Spring," "Neurotic Goldfish," and "His...
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Sep 26, 2006 7:52 pm
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So Good You Should Have Heard Of Her Already Singer Jay Clayton is one of the special blessings of jazz. Like her close friend Sheila Jordan, she is an artist...
Ensemble Monterey Chamber Orchestra directed by John Anderson: Concerts take place at 8 p.m. at the Golden State Theatre in Monterey and First Congregational...
"Lite Fall Journey to NYC" The Music of Alec Wilder Sunday, October 15, 2006 at 8:00 PM Hemmle Recital Hall Texas Tech University Lubbock, TX Richard Meek,...
Sheldon Meyer, who died October 9 at 80, was for half a century an editor at Oxford University Press, where he turned the spotlight on American popular culture...
A new review of the CD "Marlene VerPlanck Sings Alec Wilder" [Audiophile 218] by Dan Singer has appeared in the UK magazine, In Tune, Oct. 2006, #176: Marlene...
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Oct 17, 2006 7:28 pm
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I have learned from the authors, Don Velsey and David Jenness, that their book "Classic American Popular Song: The Second Half-Century" [Routledge, 2006] has...
