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This is a list of compositions by American composer William Bolcom.

By genre

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Operas

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Symphonies

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  • Symphony No. 1 (1957)
  • Symphony No. 2 Oracles (1964)
  • Symphony No. 3 Symphony for Chamber Orchestra (1979)
  • Symphony No. 4 (1986)
  • Symphony No. 5 (1989)
  • Symphony No. 6 (1996–1997)
  • Symphony No. 7 (2002)
  • Symphony No. 8 (2005)
  • Symphony No. 9 (2012)
  • Symphony No. 1 for band (2008)

Concertos

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  • Piano Concerto (1976)
  • Violin Concerto in D (1983)
  • Fantasia Concertante (1984)
  • Clarinet Concerto (1988)
  • Flute Concerto Lyric Concerto (1992–1993)
  • Concerto for Two Pianos Left Hand Gaea (1996)
  • Concerto Grosso for Saxophone Quartet and Orchestra (2000)
  • Romanza (2009)
  • Trombone Concerto (2016)
  • Concerto for Soprano Saxophone and Band (2016)
  • 2nd Piano Concerto (2019)

Piano

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  • Miscellaneous rags (24)
  • Three Ghost Rags (1970)
    • Graceful Ghost Rag
    • Poltergeist Rag
    • Dream Shadows Rag
  • The Garden of Eden (1974)
  • Twelve Etudes (1959–66)
  • Twelve New Etudes for Piano (1977–1986)
  • Nine Bagatelles (1996)
  • Nine New Bagatelles (2005)
  • Bird Spirits (1999)
  • Dream Music No. 1 (1965)
  • Fantasy-Sonata (1961)
  • Ballade (2008)

Organ

  • Mysteries (1976), commissioned for the 1976 International Contemporary Organ Music Festival, premiered by William Albright.[1]

Song cycles

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  • Songs of Innocence and of Experience
  • Ancient Cabaret
  • Briefly It Enters
  • Cabaret Songs
  • I Will Breathe a Mountain
  • Let Evening Come
  • Minicabs
  • Old Addresses
  • Open House
  • Songs To Dance
  • Three Donald Hall Songs
  • A Whitman Triptych
  • Morning and Evening Poems
  • Medusa
  • Laura Sonnets
  • Chestnuts

Novelty songs

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Guitar

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By year

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  • 1957: First Symphony
  • 1964: Symphony No. 2 "Oracles"
  • 1967: Black Host (Nonesuch H-71260)
  • 1970: Graceful Ghost Rag
  • 1971: Commedia (for "Almost" 18th Century Orchestra)
  • 1974: The Garden of Eden
  • 1979: Third Symphony (for Chamber Orchestra)
  • 1956-82: Songs of Innocence and of Experience (William Blake)
  • 1978-83: "Cabaret Songs" (Vol. 1 and 2)
  • 1979-1984: Gospel Preludes (Books 1-4), for organ
  • 1984: Lilith for Alto Saxophone and Piano
  • 1977-85: Cabaret Songs (Vol. 1 and 2)
  • 1984: Songs of Innocence and of Experience
  • 1985: Fantasia Concertante, for viola, cello and orchestra
  • 1986: Fourth Symphony
  • 1977-86: Twelve New Etudes for Piano [Winner of 1988 Pulitzer Prize in Music]
  • 1989: Fifth Symphony
  • 1991-92: McTeague (opera)
  • 1996: Cabaret Songs (Vol. 3 and 4)
  • 1996: Gaea, Concerto for Two Left-Handed Pianists, and Orchestra
  • 1996-97: Sixth Symphony
  • 1997-98: A View from the Bridge (opera)
  • 1998: Concert Suite (for alto saxophone and band)
  • 2000: (First) Piano Quintet
  • 2002: Seventh Symphony: A Symphonic Concerto
  • 2003: A Wedding (opera)
  • 2005: La fantome du Clavecin (for harpsichord)
  • 2006: Canciones de Lorca
  • 2007: Eighth Symphony
  • 2007: Lucrezia
  • 2008: First Symphony for Band
  • 2009: Prometheus
  • 2009: Romanza (for solo violin and string orchestra)
  • 2011: Ninth Symphony
  • 2016: Dinner at Eight (opera)
  • 2019: Three Miniatures, premiered by the 2020 Eastern Michigan University Honors Band.

References

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  1. ^ The Tenth Anniversary International Contemporary Organ Music Festival (PDF) (Music festival program notes). Hartt School of Music / University of Hartford. 1980.
  2. ^ Bolcom, William (1978). Seasons: for solo guitar. E. B. Marks Music Corporation.
  3. ^ Dance, University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & (1880). School of Music, Theatre & Dance (University of Michigan) Publications. School of Music, University of Michigan.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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