William Engvick (July 1, 1914 – September 4, 2012) was an American

lyricist A lyricist is a songwriter who writes lyrics (the spoken words), as opposed to a composer, who writes the song's music which may include but not limited to the melody, harmony, arrangement and accompaniment. Royalties A lyricist's income ...

, many of whose compositions appear in

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s. Engvick graduated from the

University of California, Berkeley The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California) is a public land-grant research university in Berkeley, California. Established in 1868 as the University of California, it is the state's first land-grant u ...

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

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musical ''Once Over Lightly'' (1942), and for the musical television specials ''Miss Chicken Little'' (1953), ''

Pinocchio Pinocchio ( , ) is a fictional character and the protagonist of the children's novel ''The Adventures of Pinocchio'' (1883) by Italian writer Carlo Collodi of Florence, Tuscany. Pinocchio was carved by a woodcarver named Geppetto in a Tuscan vil ...

'' (1957)Interview with William Engvick regarding the Pinocchio production
/ref> and ''Hansel and Gretel'' (1958), Engvick was also responsible for a number of

English-language English is a West Germanic language of the Indo-European language family, with its earliest forms spoken by the inhabitants of early medieval England. It is named after the Angles, one of the ancient Germanic peoples that migrated to the is ...

lyrics to songs originally composed in French. Among his lyrics in this category were "

The Song from Moulin Rouge "It's April Again" (also known as "The Song from Moulin Rouge" and "Where Is Your Heart") is a popular song that first appeared in the 1952 film ''Moulin Rouge''. It became a No. 1 hit in the UK Singles Chart when recorded by Mantovani. The music ...

" and "

I'll Remember Today "I'll Remember Today" is a popular song. The music was written by Edith Piaf, the lyrics by William Engvick. First recorded by Piaf, it was later popularized by Patti Page in the United States and by Ruby Murray in the United Kingdom. The record ...

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 saying ...

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