William Bolcom

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 utilizes a transparentscoring style along with soloistic passages contrasted with brief soli features for various sections of the ensemble. Unique and rewarding. Dur: 4:00 (Grade 4)

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. Includes several first editions and first-time transpositions.There are different songlists for the High Voice and Medium/Low Voice editions. / Voix Haute(s)

Baritone Voice and Piano-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.

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 TBB Men's Chorus and Piano featuring the poetry of University of Michigan students and alumni.

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 selections from Songs of Innocence and of Experience (Medium/Low Voice edition only). With notes on the songs and composer comments. Includes several first editions and first-time transpositions.There are different songlists for the High Voice and Medium/Low Voice editions. / Voix Haute(s)

Originally written for solo violin and string orchestra. In three movements: 1. Romanza 2. Valse funèbre and 3. Cakewalk. Advanced Level. Written for the famed violinist Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg and the San Francisco-based New Century Chamber Orchestra.

The Mask is a cycle of five poems by various authors set to music and arranged for SATB chorus and piano accompaniment. Composed in 1990 by William Bolcom these settings present a challenge to both the choir and the pianist. Available: SATB.

Pulitzer prize-winning composer William Bolcom wrote this choral anthem for the Ralph Waldo Emerson Bicentennial. Based on Emerson's famous text Bolcom's originality and musicality shine through.

Medium Voice and Piano-Medium Voice and Piano. 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 · Unlucky Eutichus · An Encaustic Painting · Timomarchus's Picture of Medea in Rome · Praxiteles' Aphrodite.

Four Rags for Two Pianos-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 the story of the Fall in ragtime. 2 copies needed to perform.

Vocal Score-A musical illumination of the poems of William Blake for soloists choruses and orchestra. Vocal Score.