William Bolcom: William Bolcom - Complete Rags for Piano: Piano: Instrumental

William Bolcom's complete set of rags arranged for piano. Includes Eubie's Luckey Day Tabby Cat Walk Seabiscuits Rag and Lost Lady Rag.

An Opera in Two Acts. Par BOLCOM WILLIAM. Manhattan socialite Millicent Jordan plans a lavish dinner party for visiting English nobility, unaware that her guest list abounds with people linked by business intrigues and romantic entanglements. In adapting the witty and biting depression-era play by Kaufman and Ferber, Pulitzer Prize- and Grammy-Award winning composer William Bolcom (A View from the Bridge, A Wedding) and renowned librettist Mark Campbell (Silent Night, The Shining), have created a winning opera that successfully weds American musical comedy and opera. / Opéra-opérette / Répertoire / Chant et Piano

Piano Reduction for 2 Pianos 4 Hands-A reduction for 2 Pianos 4 hands of Bolcom's Concerto for Piano and large Orchestra arranged by the composer. Commossioned by the Seattle Symphony and premiered in March 1976 with William Bolcom at the Piano.

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 Weinstein is a rhythmic andincantational soundscape with dramatic contrasts of articulation rhythm and vocal range. Duration: ca. 4:00.

Voice and Piano-The unforgettable satirical masterpiece Lime Jello Marshmallow Cottage Cheese Surprise as sung by Joan Morris and written by William Bolcom in its original arrangement for Piano and Medium voice.

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 transparent scoring style along with soloistic passages contrasted with brief soli features for various sections of the ensemble. Unique and rewarding.

William Bolcom composed these easy Piano pieces for his wife to play in her Piano lessons. They are accessible to beginner and intermediate level pianists of all ages.