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
Little Suite Of Four Dances E Flat Clarinet And Piano	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Big Mountain	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
III. (...a bird comments-to another bird?)	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Concerto For Clarinet & Orch. Piano Reduction	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Concert Suite For Alto Saxophone	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
I On a Statue of a Runner	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Dedicace	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
First Meditation (Bolcom/Roethke	See work details	Piano Voice Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
First Sonata For Violin and Piano	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
The Eternal Feminine	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Last Rag	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Lost Lady Rag	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Seabiscuits Rag	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
The Serpent's Kiss	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Recuerdos	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Plaid Miss, The	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Nine New Bagatelles	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
VI. (...take no prisoners)	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
A 60-Second Ballet (For Chickens)	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Duo Fantasy For Violin And Piano	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Lyric Concerto For Flute/Orch. Piano Reduction	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Concerto In D For Violin and Orchestra	See work details	violin Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Seasons	See work details	Guitar Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Chorale On St. Anne's Hymn	See work details	Choir Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Lime Jello Marshmallow Cottage Cheese Surprise	See work details	See edition details Classical · pop	View sheet music Work & edition details
Winter Trek	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Snooks' Aria	See work details	Piano Vocal Classical · Pop	View sheet music Work & edition details
Pussycat Waltz No. 3	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Pussycat Waltz No. 2	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Little Song	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Blue-Green Beautiful Chlorine	See work details	Piano Vocal Classical · Pop	View sheet music Work & edition details
Estela: Rag Latino	See work details	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
Song Of Black Max	See work details	Voice Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Places To Live	See work details	Voice Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
The Actor	See work details	Voice Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Oh Close The Curtain	See work details	Voice Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Capriccio For Violoncello And Piano	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
The Gardenia	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Rag Tango	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Old Adam	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Nocturne	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Recitatif (Book I) Bolcom	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Book I	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
IV. (...Lord Lovell's trunk)	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
V. (...a little story)	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
VIII. (...benediction)	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Let Evening Come	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
The New York Lights	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.