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Music by Alec Wilder, from the film Open the Door and See All the People by Jerome Hill

Orchestra conducted by Samuel Baron

SIDE A - 1. I See It Now 2. 5/4 Dance 3. Love Is When 4. Bill’s Theme 5. Taylor Mead Theme 6. Hat In Sky 7. Potted Palm #1 8. Potted Palm #2 9. Gypsy Theme 10. Recorder and Bass Duet 11. Steak Chase 12. Vespa Waltz

SIDE B – 1. Platform Dance (Two Versions) 2. Astroillogical Parlor 3. Chase Through Woods 4. Mimosa’s Solitude 5. Lonely Girl 6. Mimosa and Me 7. Unbelievable (Two Versions) 8. Mimosa’s Paris Dance 9. Potted Palm #3 10. Dance for B.B.

How many melodies can you pick out that later became Wilder songs?

The film, from a script originally titled Peacock Feathers, can be seen at https://vimeo.com/channels/223455/121184030

The first draft of the script can be found at http://www2.mnhs.org/library/findaids/00565/pdfa/mstpeacock.pdf