Composer

William Bolcom

American composer (born 1938)

b. 1938

198 works and musical collections

Born: 1938
Birthplace: Seattle
Citizenship / historical state: United States
Period (estimated from birth year): Contemporary

Biography

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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Life and musical career

Occupations: pianist; composer; music educator
Education: Mills College at Northeastern University; University of Washington; Stanford University
Career institutions / employers: University of Michigan
Recorded memberships: American Academy of Arts and Letters
Instruments played: piano
Genres: opera; symphony
Awards: Guggenheim Fellowship; Rome Prize; National Medal of Arts; Pulitzer Prize for Music
Official website: https://williambolcom.com
Birth name: William Elden Bolcom
Languages used: English
VIAF ID: 32188813
ISNI: 0000000114703098
GND ID: 119297892
Library of Congress ID: n81080002
MusicBrainz ID: a74a8341-2e42-4914-a0b5-26f63b9ee58b

Recorded in Wikidata. Affiliations may refer to earlier stages of the composer's career.

In this catalogue

Common listed instruments: Piano, Low Voice, Voice, Horn, Vocal
Genres represented: Classical, Pop, pop
Source entries with composition dates: 0

These details describe the indexed sheet music, including arrangements.

Catalogue

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Instruments describe listed editions, including arrangements. Composition dates and keys appear where recorded; collection pages show their individual contents.

Works and musical collections with sheet music details
Title	Work details	Listed instruments	Sheet music
Knockout: A Rag	See work details	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
The Brooklyn Dodge	See work details	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
Graceful Ghost Rag (Bolcum)	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
I Knew A Woman (Bolcom/Roethke)	See work details	Piano Voice Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
The Poltergeist	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Fast,Furious (Book I) Bolcom	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Butterflies, Hummingbirds(Bk Ii) Bolcom	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Scene D'opera(Book Ii) Bolcom	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Book Iii (Etudes 9-12)	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
The Dead Moth Tango	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Open House (Bolcom/Roethke)	See work details	Piano Voice Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Mirrors (Book I) Bolcom	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Rag Infernal (Book Iii) Bolcom	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Lilith - Alto Saxophone And Piano	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Big Bad Mr Monster Strike(Bolcom	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Performance Notes	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
IV Timomarchus's Picture of Medea, in Rome	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Piano Concerto - 2 Pianos/4 Hands	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Amor (Amor, Amor, Amor)	See work details	Voice Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Fields Of Flowers Rag	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Knight Hubert	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Graceful Ghost	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Raggin' Rudi	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Graceful Ghost Vln/Pno (Bolcom W)	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Vers Le Silence (Book Iv)	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Hi-Jinks (Book Iv) Bolcom	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Nine Bagatelles	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Yet Another Goldberg Variation (for left hand alone) (Canon Inversa)	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
I. (...'and then what happend?')	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Abendmusik	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
II Unlucky Eutichus	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Give Way Ye Gates(Bolcom/Roethke	See work details	Piano Voice Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Serpent,The (Bolcom/Roethke)	See work details	Piano Voice Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Concert-Piece	See work details	See edition details Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Work & excerpts Ancient Cabaret 5 excerpt listings	See work details	Check individual editions	View sheet music Contents & editions
He Tipped The Waiter	See work details	Voice Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Surprise!	See work details	Voice Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Sonata No 2 (Bolcom W)	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Fourth Sonata For Violin and Piano	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Eubie's Lucky Day	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
California Porcupine Rag	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Dream Shadows	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Epitaph For Louis Chauvin	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Incineratorag	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Tabby Cat Walk	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Through Eden's Gates	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Premonition	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Invention (Book Iii) Bolcom	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details

Biographical record: Wikidata, matched on name and checked against dates held in the catalogue. The period label is an estimate from birth year. Authority record: VIAF 32188813. Portrait: Gotfryd, Bernard, photographer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.