Alec Wilder in Spite of Himself: A Life of the Composer
New York: Oxford University Press, 1996. First edition. Hardcover. hardcover. Fine in fine dust jacket. First printing. 244 pp. with bibliography index. Biography of American popular song composer Alec Wilder. A Rochester, New York native, Wilder rose to become a major popular songwriter in the 1940s, earning the respect and admiration of important figures like Sinatra, Mabel Mercer, Peggy Lee, Mitch Miller, Gunter Schiller, and others. In addition to popular songs, this highly creative, unorthodox musician composed his famous Octets, had a seminal influence on jazz chamber music, and wrote the monumenta "America Popular Song", which remains the most significant study of America's great songwriters. Fine / fine. Item #E27061
ISBN: 9780195096002
Price: $12.50