Alec Wilder: Sporting stories (Children's / Teenage) Whether the music you listen

Whether the music you listen to is from the North or the South

goblets overflow with mead

There was nothing more he could have done

designs from Peter Blake

Alec Wilder: Sporting stories (Children's / Teenage) Whether the music you listenThe 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