William Engvick (July 1, 1914 – September 4, 2012) was an American lyricist, many of whose compositions appear in

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s. Engvick graduated from the University of California, Berkeley in 1937. He is best known for his collaborations with composer

Alec Wilder Alexander Lafayette Chew Wilder (February 16, 1907 – December 24, 1980) was an American composer. Biography Wilder was born in Rochester, New York, United States, to a prominent family; the Wilder Building downtown (at the "Four Corners") ...

; they produced songs for the Broadway musical ''Once Over Lightly'' (1942), and for the musical television specials ''Miss Chicken Little'' (1953), '' Pinocchio'' (1957)Interview with William Engvick regarding the Pinocchio production
/ref> and ''Hansel and Gretel'' (1958), Engvick was also responsible for a number of

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lyrics to songs originally composed in

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. Among his lyrics in this category were " The Song from Moulin Rouge" and " I'll Remember Today."

Selected songs

While We're Young (Don Cherry song) "While We're Young" is a 1943 song with music composed by Alec Wilder and Morty Palitz, to lyrics by Bill Engvick, which was popularized by Don Cherry, Tony Bennett and other artists. Wilder quoted his Algonquin neighbour, James Thurber, as sayi ...

1951

References

External links

William Engvick collection of Alec Wilder scores, 1930-1991
Music Division, The New York Public Library.
William Engvick obituary and Miss Chicken Little
1914 births 2012 deaths American musical theatre lyricists American male songwriters University of California, Berkeley alumni {{songwriter-stub