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{{Short description|American lyricist}}
[[File:William Engvick playing piano 1937.jpg|300px|thumb|Bill Engvick playing piano in 1937.]]
'''William Engvick''' (July 1, 1914 – September 4, 2012) was an 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>[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 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==
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== External links ==
*[http://archives.nypl.org/mus/22316 William Engvick collection of Alec Wilder scores, 1930-1991] Music Division, The New York Public Library.
*[http://wilderworld.podomatic.com/entry/2014-07-01T00_00_00-07_00 William Engvick obituary and Miss Chicken Little]
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[[Category:1914 births]]
[[Category:2012 deaths]]
[[Category:American musical theatre lyricists]]
[[Category:American male songwriters]]
[[Category:University of California, Berkeley alumni]]
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