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
Aubade For Oboe Or B-Flat Saxophone With Piano	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Lady Death	See work details	Horn Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Histrion	See work details	Horn Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
A View From The Bridge	See work details	See edition details Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Daisy Bell	See work details	Piano Vocal Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Wishin'	See work details	Piano Vocal Pop	View sheet music Work & edition details
Just A Woman In Love	See work details	Piano Vocal Pop	View sheet music Work & edition details
Over The Piano	See work details	Voice Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Waitin	See work details	Voice Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Toothbrush Time	See work details	Voice Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Epithalamium	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Glad Rag	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Hymne A L'amour (Book Iv) Bolcom	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Badminton	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Bad Mister, The	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Book Ii (Etudes 5-8)	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
II. (...what happened)	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
VII. (...valse oubliable)	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Abbacadabra	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
III An Encaustic Painting	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Suite For Violin And Violincello	See work details	violin Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
The Embrace	See work details	Horn Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Africa	See work details	Horn Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
To My Old Addresses	See work details	Horn Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Songs Of Innocence And Of Experience	See work details	See edition details Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
McTeague	See work details	See edition details Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Tears At The Happy Hour	See work details	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
The Same Thing	See work details	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
Fur(Murray The Furrier)	See work details	Voice Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
George	See work details	Voice Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Night, Make My Day	See work details	See edition details Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Alleluia	See work details	A Cappella Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
A Boating Tune	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Mad Monster, The	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Sad Monster, The	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Glad Minister, The	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Bitty Town, The	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
IX. (...pavane for the dead/hope's feathers)	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Knock-Stuck	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
V Praxiteles' Aphrodite	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Sonata For Cello/Pno (Bolcom W)	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
The Next Table	See work details	Horn Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Ballad of the Landlord	See work details	Horn Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Waking,The (Bolcom/Roethke)	See work details	Piano Voice Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Right Thing,The (Bolcom/Roethke)	See work details	Piano Voice Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Abide with Me	See work details	Choir Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Yet Another Goldberg Variation Performed by William Bolcom	See work details	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Eubie's Luckey Day	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.