William Bolcom

18 songs with texts by Sandra Seaton. The singer performs from the perspective of Sally Hemings, a slave of Thomas Jefferson with whom he had an intimate relationship. Includes vocal texts.

Song cycle of five Petrarch sonnets written on commission for the American Liszt Society in celebration of the 200th anniversary of the birth of Franz Liszt.

Includes the cycles Briefly It Enters (High Voice edition only), I Will Breathe a Mountain, Let Evening Come (High Voice edition only), Three Donald Hall Songs, Tillinghast Duo, individual songs and s...

Includes the cycles Chestnuts, From the Diary of Sally Hemings, Laura Sonnets, Old Addresses, selections from The Hawthorn Tree, and individual songs. With notes on the songs and composer comments. In...

The Garden of Eden was originally published in its solo piano version in 1974. The four rags that make up the suite - Old Adam, The Eternal Feminine, The Serpent's Kiss and Through Eden's Gates - tell...

Piano reduction for 2 pianos, 4 hands. Commissioned by the Seattle Symphony and premiered on March 8, 1976. Includes 3 movements: Andante spianato - Allegro, Regrets, and Finale.

William Bolcom wrote this beautiful piece for Theodor and Evelyn Jacobsen. He describes it as leisurely, calm, with great smoothness and repose.

With relentless energy and a driving pulse, the Finale from William Bolcom's Fifth Symphony lends itself quite naturally to an interpretation for the contemporary percussion ensemble. Impressive!

Bring humor and top-notch entertainment to the stage! With "Lime Jello Marshmallow Cottage Cheese Surprise," you can expect a delightfully witty cabaret classic that is guaranteed to put a smile on an...

A View from the Bridge, with a libretto by Arnold Weinstein and Arthur Miller, is a faithful adaptation of the Arthur Miller play. Set in the Sicilian-American community of 1950s Brooklyn, this story...

This collection of 5 art songs comes from Ancient Greek poetry. The music was written by William Bolcom and the poems were translated into English by Arnold Weinstein. Songs: On a Statue of a Runner *...

English Only.

William Bolcom's work is challenging, awe-inspiring and always provocative. This substantial work, commissioned by the New York City Gay Men's Chorus with a text by Bolcom's frequent librettist Arnold...

William Bolcom's oratorio, premiered in 1984, is based on writings of William Blake. The piece is enormous in its scale, requiring hundreds of performers, and was recorded for a Naxos release, conduct...

Written in honor of the renowned director of the University of Michigan bands, H. Robert Reynolds, William Bolcom has created an impressive new work for the concert band repertoire. With poignant melo...

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...

Composed in memory of Bolcom's former teacher, Darius Milhaud, this piece can be played as an introduction to another piece, or as 'bookends' for a group of small works. For two pianists at one piano.

This vocal sheet for tenor/piano features the piece sung by Rudolpho in A View from the Bridge. Based on the play by Arthur Miller, this opera was commissioned and premiered by the Lyric Opera of Chic...

Commissioned by the Piedmont Chamber Singers of Winston-Salem, NC in honor of its 30th anniversary, Four Piedmont Choruses are settings of the four moody poems by North Carolina poet laureate Kathryn...