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William Bolcom

American composer

William Elden Bolcom (born May 26, 1938) is an American composer and pianist. He has received the Pulitzer Prize, the National Medal of Arts, a Grammy Award, and the Detroit Music Award, and was named Composer of the Year by Musical America in 2007. He taught composition at the University of Michigan from 1973 to 2008 and was named the Ross Lee Finney Distinguished University Professor of Composition in 2006. He is married to mezzo-soprano Joan Morris.

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Works

The Long LineThe Long Line
  • 12 New Etudes
  • 12 New Etudes: Book 1, no. 1. Fast, furious
  • 12 New Etudes: Book 1, no. 2. Récitative
  • 12 New Etudes: Book 1, no. 3. Mirrors
  • 12 New Etudes: Book 2, no. 1. Scène d'opéra
  • 12 New Etudes: Book 2, no. 2. Butterflies
  • 12 New Etudes: Book 2, no. 3. Nocturne
  • 12 New Etudes: Book 3, no. 1. Premonitions
  • 12 New Etudes: Book 3, no. 2. Rag infernal (Syncopes apocalyptiques)
  • 12 New Etudes: Book 3, no. 3. Invention
  • 12 New Etudes: Book 4, no. 1. Vers le silence
  • 12 New Etudes: Book 4, no. 2. Hi-Jinks
  • 12 New Etudes: Book 4, no. 3. Hymne à l'amour
  • Amor
  • Angels Are the Highest Form of Virtue
  • At the Last Lousy Moments of Love
  • Aubade for the Continuation of Life
  • Billy in the Darbies
  • Black Host
  • Blue
  • Brass Knuckles
  • Cabaret Songs, Vol. 1 and 2
  • Cabaret Songs, Vol. 3 and 4
  • California Porcupine Rag
  • Can't Sleep
  • Canciones de Lorca
  • Canciones de Lorca: I. Introduction: Balanza
  • Canciones de Lorca: II. Interlude I
  • Canciones de Lorca: III. La casada infiel
  • Canciones de Lorca: IV. Alba
  • Canciones de Lorca: IX. El poeta llega a La Habana
  • Canciones de Lorca: V. Danza da lúa en Santiago
  • Canciones de Lorca: VI. Árboles
  • Canciones de Lorca: VII. Soneto de la dulce queja
  • Canciones de Lorca: VIII. Interlude II: A Poet in New York
  • Clarinet Concerto
  • Clarinet Concerto: III. Scherzo-Finale
  • Concert Suite for Alto Saxophone and Band
  • Concert Suite for Alto Saxophone and Band: I. Lively
  • Concert Suite for Alto Saxophone and Band: II. Like and Old Folksong
  • Concert Suite for Alto Saxophone and Band: III. Scherzando
  • Concert Suite for Alto Saxophone and Band: IV. Introduction and Jump
  • Contentment
  • Duo Fantasy
  • Epithalamium
  • Estela: Rag Latino
  • Eubie's Luckey Day (Rag Obsession)
  • Exhilaration Rag
  • Fancy Tales
  • Fancy Tales: I. The Phantom-Sweetheart
  • Fancy Tales: II. The Centaurs in Flight
  • Fancy Tales: III. The Dwarf's Serenade: Variations
  • Fancy Tales: IV: The Abandoned Ferryboat
  • Fantasia Concertante
  • Fields of Flowers
  • First Sonata for Violin and Piano
  • First Sonata for Violin and Piano: I. Legend
  • First Sonata for Violin and Piano: II. Nocturne
  • First Sonata for Violin and Piano: III. Quasi-Variations: Scenes From a Young Life
  • Fourth Sonata for Violin and Piano
  • Fourth Sonata for Violin and Piano: I. Allegro brillante
  • Fourth Sonata for Violin and Piano: II. White Night: Slow; Faster, nervous
  • Fourth Sonata for Violin and Piano: III. Arabesque: Molto moderato
  • Fourth Sonata for Violin and Piano: IV: Jota: Vivo, risoluto
  • Fur (Murray the Furrier)
  • George
  • Gospel Preludes
  • Gospel Preludes, Book IV: I. Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child
  • Gospel Preludes, Book IV: II. Sweet Hour of Prayer
  • Gospel Preludes, Book IV: III. Fantasy on "O Zion Haste" and "How Firm a Foundation"
  • Graceful Ghost Rag (Concert Variation)
  • He Tipped the Waiter
  • I Will Breath a Mountain
  • I Will Breath a Mountain: No. 1. Pity me not because the light of day
  • I Will Breath a Mountain: No. 10. Night practice
  • I Will Breath a Mountain: No. 11. The fish
  • I Will Breath a Mountain: No. 2. How to swing those obbligatos around
  • I Will Breath a Mountain: No. 3. The crazy woman
  • I Will Breath a Mountain: No. 4. Just once
  • I Will Breath a Mountain: No. 5. Never more will the wind
  • I Will Breath a Mountain: No. 6. The sage
  • I Will Breath a Mountain: No. 7. O to be a dragon
  • I Will Breath a Mountain: No. 8. The bustle in a house
  • I Will Breath a Mountain: No. 9. I saw Eternity
  • Jesus Loves Me
  • Knight Hubert
  • Knockout: A Rag
  • Lady Love
  • Last Rag
  • Lime Jello Marshmallow Cottage Cheese Surprise
  • Lost Lady Rag
  • Love In the Thirties
  • Miracle Song
  • Navarra, B. 49
  • New Bagatelles (9) for Piano
  • Nine New Bagatelles: I. (...and then what happened?)
  • Nine New Bagatelles: II. (...what happened)
  • Nine New Bagatelles: III. (...a bird comments—to another bird?)
  • Nine New Bagatelles: IV. (...Lord Lovell's trunk)
  • Nine New Bagatelles: IX. (...pavane for the dead/hope's feathers)
  • Nine New Bagatelles: V. (...a little story)
  • Nine New Bagatelles: VI. (...take no prisoners)
  • Nine New Bagatelles: VII. (...valse oubliable)
  • Nine New Bagatelles: VIII. (...benediction)
  • Oh, Close the Curtain
  • Open House
  • Open House: I. Open House
  • Open House: II. Give Way, Ye Gates
  • Open House: III. The Waking
  • Open House: IV. The Serpent
  • Open House: V. I Knew a Woman
  • Open House: VI. First Meditation
  • Open House: VII. The Right Thing
  • Orphée-Sérénade
  • Orphée-Sérénade: I. Ouverture
  • Orphée-Sérénade: II. Romance
  • Orphée-Sérénade: III. Pas des Bacchantes
  • Orphée-Sérénade: IV. Hurluberlu
  • Orphée-Sérénade: V. Elégie
  • Orphée-Sérénade: VI. Energique
  • Over the Piano
  • Palmetto Rag
  • Pastorale
  • Pastorale: I. Allegretto grazioso
  • Pastorale: II. Variations: Moderato, poco cantibile, non espressivo
  • Piano Concerto: I. Andante spianato - Allegro
  • Piano Concerto: II. Regrets
  • Piano Concerto: III. Finale
  • Piano Quartet
  • Piano Quartet: IV. Marcia risoluto
  • Recuerdos
  • Recuerdos: II. Paseo (à la mémoire de Louis‐Moreau Gottschalk)
  • Satisfaction
  • Seabiscuits
  • Second Sonata for Violin and Piano: I. Summer Dreams
  • Second Sonata for Violin and Piano: II. Brutal, fast
  • Sonatina for Violin and Piano: III. Allegro
  • Songs of Experience, Part IV: My Pretty Rose Tree
  • Symphony no. 5: IV. Machine
  • Tabby Cat Walk
  • The Garden of Eden: III. The Serpent's Kiss (Rag Fantasy)
  • The Garden of Eden: IV. Through Eden's Gates (Cakewalk)
  • The Gardenia (Slow Drag)
  • Three Classic Rags: No. 1. Glad Rag
  • Three Classic Rags: No. 3. Incineratorag
  • Three Ghost Rags: No. 1. Graceful Ghost Rag
  • Three Ghost Rags: No. 2. The Poltergeist
  • Three Ghost Rags: No. 3. Dream Shadows
  • Violin Concerto no. 1 in D major: I. Quasi una fantasia: Tempo giusto - Allegro elegiaco
  • Violin Concerto no. 1 in D major: III. Rondo - Finale