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
- Career institutions / employers
- University of Michigan
- Recorded memberships
- American Academy of Arts and Letters
- Instruments played
- piano
- 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
Sheet music catalogue page 5 of 5
Instruments describe listed editions, including arrangements. Composition dates and keys appear where recorded; collection pages show their individual contents.
| Title | Work details | Listed instruments | Sheet music |
|---|---|---|---|
| from GREATSHOT: You Cannot Have Me Now - or, the Military Orgy | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| from GREATSHOT: I Can See a Time | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| Carillon | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Pussycat Waltz No. 1 | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Little French Invention: L'Orangerie | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Graceful Ghost Rag - Conductor Score | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
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.