Earl Wild: The Brilliant Career of an American Pianist
A new biography by Ian Hominick
An extensively researched account of the life and remarkable career of one of America’s great piano virtuosos.
THE EARL WILD ARCHIVES
Arrangements
Live premieres of arrangements made by Wild up to 1965 including date; venue; title and collaborator(s).
Chamber Recordings
All known chamber music performances both live or on radio & television including titles and collaborators.
Commercial Recordings
All known recordings including date; location; label; album title; repertoire and assisting artists.
Conducting
All known compositions conducted by Earl during his career including dates; event name; repertoire and collaborator(s).
Conductors
Explore Earl Wild’s collaborations with other conductors.
The catalog brings together works from across Wild’s career, with searchable information on titles, dates, categories, and instrumentation.
Conductors & Orchestras
Explore Earl Wild’s original works for piano, orchestra, ballet, chamber ensembles, and other instrumentation.
Browse the conductors and orchestras documented throughout Earl Wild’s performance history.
Solo Repertoire
Explore Earl Wild’s original works for piano, orchestra, ballet, chamber ensembles, and other instrumentation.
The catalog brings together works from across Wild’s career, with searchable information on titles, dates, categories, and instrumentation.
Public Performances
All known live performance engagements including dates; location; venue; event name; repertoire performed and collaborators. Bolded repertoire indicates original compositions or arrangements.
Original Compositions
The catalog brings together works from across Wild’s career, with searchable information on titles, dates, categories, and instrumentation.
All of Earl’s known original compositions including premiere dates; venue; title and performers.
Radio & Television
All known appearances on radio & television beginning when Earl was a teenager. Repertoire was not always available in listings and some errors may have been made in announcing specific pieces. Great care was taken to identify selections based on available live recordings, TV & radio listings from newspapers as well as NBC records found in the Library of Congress. Bolded entries highlight original compositions and arrangements.
Search more than eight decades of performances by date, city, venue, event, repertoire, performer, orchestra, or conductor.