This is a list of compositions by American composer

William Bolcom 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, the Detroit Music Award and was named 2007 Composer of the Year by Musical America. He ...

By genre

Operas

* ''

McTeague ''McTeague: A Story of San Francisco'', otherwise known as simply ''McTeague'', is a novel by Frank Norris, first published in 1899. It tells the story of a couple's courtship and marriage, and their subsequent descent into poverty and violence ...

'' (1991–92) * '' A View from the Bridge'' (1997–98) * '' A Wedding'' (2003) * '' Dinner at Eight'' (2016)

Symphonies

* 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

* 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

* 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.

Song cycles

* 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

* " Lime Jello Marshmallow Cottage Cheese Surprise"

Guitar

* Seasons

By year

* 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 ** Book IV: ''

Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child "Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child", also "Motherless Child", is a traditional Spiritual. It dates back to the era of slavery in the United States. An early performance of the song was in the 1870s by the Fisk Jubilee Singers. "Blue Ge ...

'' (a reaction to Marvin Gaye's death), ''Sweet Hour of Prayer'', and ''Fantasy on "O Zion Haste" and "

The Church's One Foundation "The Church's One Foundation" is a Christian hymn written in the 1860s by Samuel John Stone. Background The song was written as a direct response to the schism within the Church of South Africa caused by John William Colenso, first Bishop of N ...

"'' * 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'' inner of 1988 Pulitzer Prize in Music* 1989: Fifth Symphony * 1991-92: ''

'' (opera) * 1996: ''Cabaret Songs'' (Vol. 3 and 4) * 1996: ''

Gaea In Greek mythology, Gaia (; from Ancient Greek , a poetical form of , 'land' or 'earth'),, , . also spelled Gaea , is the personification of the Earth and one of the Greek primordial deities. Gaia is the ancestral mother—sometimes partheno ...

'', 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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