William Bolcom

Der amerikanische Komponist William Bolcom schrieb eines seiner bekanntesten Stücke - das wunderschöne und melancholische 'Graceful Ghost' - in Erinnerung an seinen Vater. Auch wenn Ragtimes kaum in M...

This is a collection of 12 songs primarily for the classical singer to perform in recital with piano accompaniment. The songs are in a medium voice range, and could probably be performed by any voice...

William Bolcom composed both words and music for these urban madrigals, written for The Western Wind a cappella group in 1970. Each madrigal depicts a slice of New York City life in the early 1970's,...

Written for the New York Concert Singers and their conductor Judith Clurman, this compelling work on the single word Alleluia begins in a quiet staggered aleatoric fashion, gradually growing into a dr...

A 23 minute song cycle based on poems of American women poets, commissioned for Marilyn Horne in honor of the Carnegie Hall Centennial. Also recorded by Miss Horne.

For Medium Voice and Piano. Another Outstanding collection of theatre-poetry-lieder-pop-tavernacular prayer called cabaret song. Texts by Arnold Weinstein. Contents: Angels Are the Highest Form of Vir...

Commissioned and premiered by the University of Michigan Men's Glee Club, conducted by Paul Rardin for its 150th-anniversary celebration. This piece is a 10-minute cycle for men's chorus and piano fea...

Text by John Dryden. ca. 16 minutes.

Commissioned by the Guitar Foundation of America for its 2013 competition, Aria received its premiere at the GFA conference in Louisville, Kentucky on June 30, 2013. Edited by Michael Lorimer.

Cole Porter's only attempt at a serious composition came with the ballet score Within the Quota, when Darius Milhaud suggested Porter as a composer to pair with his La Création du monde. Both pieces w...

Cello and Piano.

Commissioned by Music Associates of Aspen and The Martin and Deborah Flug Foundation. Duration ca. 17 Minutes.

This concerto in three movements by one of today's greatest composers is now available for violin and piano. Includes program notes by Bolcom. Duration ca. 20 minutes.

The recent release of Bolcom's first and fourth violin sonatas marks the first time all four of these great works are available. Performers, teachers and student violinists will include these in their...

Sheet Music.

An arrangement of six Robert Schumann piano pieces for saxophone quartet, premiered by the PRISM Quartet in 2016.

This piece (1998), originally for alto saxophone and concert band, was written specifically for the University of Michigan Symphony Band and the famed professor of saxophone Donald J. Sinta. It was co...

Der amerikanische Komponist William Bolcom schrieb eines seiner bekanntesten Stücke - das wunderschöne und melancholische'Graceful Ghost' - in Erinnerung an seinen Vater. Auch wenn Ragtimes kaum in Mo...

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Adapted from the well-known piano composition Graceful Ghost Rag, here is William Bolcom's own very elegant and effective version for symphonic band. Written in a moderate ragtime tempo, this work uti...