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Richard Wilbur

*1921 US, New York City
Soundtrack and Spoken Word
A.k.a. Richard Purdy Wilbur

American poet and literary translator, born March 1, 1921 in New York City, New York, USA, died October 14, 2017 in Belmont, Massachusetts, USA. He was educated at Amherst College and Harvard. He graduated from Amherst College in 1942 and then served in the US Army from 1943 until 1945 during World War II. After the Army and graduate school at Harvard University, Wilbur taught at Wesleyan University for two decades and at Smith College for another decade. He is the winner of two Pulitzer Prizes.

     
Genres
  • Soundtrack
  • Spoken Word
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Love Calls Us to the Things of This World on 100 Great Poems - Classic Poets & Beatnik Freaks by Various Artists
Apology on 100 Great Poems - Classic Poets & Beatnik Freaks by Various Artists
Shame on 100 Great Poems - Classic Poets & Beatnik Freaks by Various Artists
Medley: There Is a Garden (From "From Trouble in Tahiti") / Make Our Garden Grow [From "Candide"] [Live] on Both Sides of Bernstein by Sara Zahn & Rod Derefinko
Medley: Ringaroundarosy (From "Candide") / A Little Bit in Love [From "Wonderful Town"] / My Love [From "Candide"] / It's Love [From "Wonderful Town"] / Lud's Wedding [From "1600 Pennsylvania Avenue"] [Live] on Both Sides of Bernstein by Sara Zahn & Rod Derefinko

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Discography
Title Artist Year Type
Candide (The New Broadway Cast Recording)Jim Dale, Andrea Martin, Harolyn Blackwell, Jason Danieley1997Album
CandideNew York City Opera, Erie Mills • David Eisler • John Lankston, Joyce Castle • Scott Reeve • Jack Harrold • James Billings • Maris Clement, New York City Opera Chorus, New York City Opera Orchestra, John Mauceri, Harold Prince - Leonard Bernstein, Hugh Wheeler, Richard Wilbur, Stephen Sondheim, John Latouche1986Album
Twentieth Century Poets In English: Nine Pulitzer Prize Poets Reading Their Own PoemsArchibald MacLeish, Peter Viereck, Theodore Roethke, Richard Wilbur, Robert Penn Warren, Stanley Kunitz, W. D. Snodgrass, Phyllis McGinley, Alan Dugan1963Compil.
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