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Line 1: {{Short description\|American lyricist}} '''William Engvick''' (born July 1914) is an [[United States\|American]] [[lyricist]],<ref>[http://www.discogs.com/artist/William+Engvick List of albums containing songs written by William Engvick]</ref> many of whose compositions appear in [[film]]s.<ref>[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0257822/ Films with music by William Engvick]</ref>▼ [[File:William Engvick playing piano 1937.jpg\|300px\|thumb\|Bill Engvick playing piano in 1937.]] ▲'''William Engvick''' (~~born~~ July 1, 1914 – September 4, 2012) iswas an ~~[[United States\|~~American]] [[lyricist]],<ref>[http://www.discogs.com/artist/William+Engvick List of albums containing songs written by William Engvick]</ref> many of whose compositions appear in [[film]]s.<ref>[~~http~~https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0257822/ Films with music by William Engvick]</ref> Engvick graduated from the [[University of California, Berkeley]] in 1937. He is best known for his collaborations with composer [[Alec Wilder]]; they produced songs for the [[Broadway (theatre)\|Broadway]] musical ''Once Over Lightly'' (1942),<ref>[http://www.doollee.com/PlaywrightsE/engvick-william.html ''Once Over Lightly'' credits]</ref> and for the musical television ~~special~~specials ''Miss Chicken Little'' (1953), ''[[Pinocchio (1957 TV-musical)\|Pinocchio]]'' (1957).<ref>[http://wilderworld.podomatic.com/entry/2007-10-13T21_52_42-07_00 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-language]] lyrics to songs originally composed in [[French language\|French]]. 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)]] 1951 ==References== {{Reflist}} == External links == ~~{{Persondata <!-- Metadata: see [[Wikipedia:Persondata]]. -->~~ [http://archives.nypl.org/mus/22316 William Engvick collection of Alec Wilder scores, 1930-1991] Music Division, The New York Public Library. ~~\| NAME = Engvick, William~~ *[http://wilderworld.podomatic.com/entry/2014-07-01T00_00_00-07_00 William Engvick obituary and Miss Chicken Little] ~~\| ALTERNATIVE NAMES =~~ {{Authority control}} ~~\| SHORT DESCRIPTION =~~ ~~\| DATE OF BIRTH =July 1914~~ ~~\| PLACE OF BIRTH =~~ ~~\| DATE OF DEATH =~~ ~~\| PLACE OF DEATH =~~ }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Engvick, William}} [[Category:1914 births]] [[Category:~~Living~~2012 ~~people~~deaths]] [[Category:American musical theatre lyricists]] [[Category:American male songwriters]] ~~[[Category:American lyricists]]~~ [[Category:University of California, Berkeley alumni]] {{songwriter-stub}} ~~[[fr:William Engvick]]~~