Earl in the war

                                          Earl in the war

In 1942,During World War II, Wild served in the United States Navy as a musician. He often travelled with Eleanor Rooseveltwhile she toured the United States supporting the war effort. Wild's duty was to perform the national anthem on the piano before she spoke. A few years after the war he moved to the newly formed American Broadcasting Company (ABC) as a staff pianist, conductor and composer until 1968. He performed many times for the and 1971 and three concerts of Liszt in 1986 Wild was renowned for his virtuoso recitals and master classes held around the world, from Seoul,Beijing, and Tokyo to Argentina, England and throughout the United States.

Earl piano background

                          Earl piano background                                                                                    


       Wild was an American pianist.Wild was playing the piano when he was three year old.He was playing for 90 year.In 1937, Wild was hired as a staff pianist for the NBC Symphony Orchestra. In 1939, he became the first pianist to perform a recital on U.S. television. Wild later recalled that the small studio became so hot under the bright lights that the ivory piano keys started to warp. In 1997 he was also the first pianist to stream a performance over the Internet.This recital of Earl Wild’s major piano works was recorded just five months after Wild’s death in January 2010, at the age of 94. It is an excellent celebration of four of the composer-pianist’s most significant works. It is gratifying to know that Wild’s music will live on in the hands of a pianist as gifted - and as attuned to his jazzy language..

Earl Wild family

                                     Earl wild family tree

    Earl Wild have a mom,dad,and one sister. Mom was Sarah Wild,her birthday is April 20, 1851 in NS, Canada.And she died in February 27, 1908 in Bangor, Penobscot, ME, USA .His father name, William Wild,was born in January 1850 in Canada.I do not know wend he died. Earl only have one sister and her name was Bessie Wild. She was born in June 1880 in Canada.I don't know when she die.

Earl music

                                                             Earl Wild music

     Earl Wild made 26 piano music like Jasbo Brown Blues and I loves you, Porgy/Bess, you is my woman now.Wild first piano music was Jasbo Brown Blues.Earl Wild was always a spiritual neighbor of George Gershwin; he played in one of the early standard recordings of Rhapsody in Blue, with the Boston Pops and Arthur Fiedler. But, especially now that Rhapsody recordings like last year’s dazzling Lincoln Mayorga account abound, Wild’s main legacy to the Gershwin tradition might be his series of compositions based on the older man’s hits: Grand Fantasy on ‘Porgy and Bess’, Seven Virtuoso Etudes (all after songs from the Gershwin musicals), and theImprovisation on ‘Someone to Watch Over Me.’ All are presented here, along with an even more recent work, 2000’s piano sonata - which is not based on Gershwin at all.

Earl wild childhood

                      Earl wild childhood              

                                                                                                                                                                                          Born in Pittsburgh,Pennsylvania,Wild was a musically precocious child and studied under Selmar Janson,Simon Barere,and Egon petri.Wild began playing the piano at the age 4.When Wild was 12,he gave his first radio recital.As a teenager, he started making transcriptions of romantic music and composition.