Conceived for a French-style harpsichord with two manuals. With detailed performance notes. In nine movements.
The chalumeau was a 17th-century woodwind instrument which evolved into the modern day clarinet. The term chalumeau refers to the lowest range of the clarinet.
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...
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.
Solo Piano / Voice And Piano James Reese Europe (1880-1919) was one of the most important African-American musicians and figures of the ragtime era. This edition includes the complete published works...
For Solo Piano Premiered in Switzerland by pianist Yozhef Ormeny in 2008. This ten-minute work displays vivid tone painting and a whimsical, quasi-improvisational style from one of Ukraine's most prom...
Seven canons based on compositional elements from Falling Man (2008-2010), an extended scena for baritone voice and orchestra. The original vocal text, adapted for setting by J. D. McClatchy, is based...
The first major comprehensive collection of William Bolcom's piano music, including Three Dance Portraits, Nine Bagatelles, Nine New Bagatelles, Three Ghost Rags, and more, with some works published f...
Bolcom used the musical papers and sketches from the late William Albright as the basis for this composition, which serves as a memorial to Albright. It was commissioned by the American Guild of Organ...
This edition for advanced organists corrects and combines all of Bolcom's gospel preludes. Includes new program notes.
This work is written for two keyboard players at two pianos, a harmonium and a harpsichord. Includes performance and historical notes by the composer.
The four melodies - Hinei Mah Tov, Yism'chu, Hal'luhu and Sim Shalom - are included with text at the beginning of the book. These organ preludes were commissioned by the Tangeman Sacred Music Center o...
Four intermediate level piano works inspired by the seasons. Contents: Lake Reflections (Summer) - Melancholy Waltz (Fall) - Frozen Sunset (Winter) - Wedding Music (Spring).
Previously available in separate volumes, the original 24 Cabaret Songs have been collected together for the first time in this new complete edition. Includes bios, notes from the composer, and Weinst...
SATB And Piano (opt. Instrumental Accompaniment) Based on the final section of Hochman's Memoriam for orchestra, Shomeir Yisraeil is a setting of Psalm 121. Includes a pronunciation guide for the text...
A celebration of American social progress, Lady Liberty is dedicated to President Barack Obama. ca. 5 minutes.
William Bolcom composed both words and music for these urban madrigals, written for The Western Wind a cappella group in 1970. Each madrigal depicts a slice of New York City life in the early 1970's,...
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...
Rock and jazz sounds mingle with classical tradition and modern techniques in Hause's virtuoso cello suite. In Fish Heaven, an arpeggiated texture reminiscent of Bach's cello suites expands along a qu...
Commissioned by the Guitar Foundation of America for its 2013 competition, Aria received its premiere at the GFA conference in Louisville, Kentucky on June 30, 2013. Edited by Michael Lorimer.
Cole Porter's only attempt at a serious composition came with the ballet score Within the Quota, when Darius Milhaud suggested Porter as a composer to pair with his La Création du monde. Both pieces w...
An arrangement of six Robert Schumann piano pieces for saxophone quartet, premiered by the PRISM Quartet in 2016.
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 men's chorus and piano fea...
Premiered by the Philadelphia-based saxophone quartet PRISM, this one-minute work is both jaunty and delicate.
Lilith was a female demon, dating from ancient times, a child-stealing witch of worldwide folklore. This five-movement virtuoso show piece is among the most ambitious music ever written for alto saxop...
Presented in five movements, Bolcom's Suite No. 1 in C Minor for solo violoncello is adapted from the score for the Arthur Miller play Broken Glass, used in part in the Long Wharf (New Haven, CT) and...
A virtuosic showpiece in two movements: I. Elegia - to an Old Musician and II. Moto Perpetuo. The first movement draws inspiration from and is an elegy for Norman Dello Joio, the composer's father. ca...
Inspired by the hymn tune All Creatures of Our God and King, this concerto was written for Timothy Jones, principal hornist of the London Symphony Orchestra.
Another important concert work by one of America's leading composers, now published for the first time.
Concert-Piece was premiered in 1959 by electronic composer/clarinetist Morton Subotnick and William Bolcom at Mills College, where they both studied composition with Darius Milhaud. 15 minutes.
A beautiful, sublime single movement romance, which makes for an excellent recital piece. 10 minutes.
This spirited piece incorporates many varying styles, including ragtime. It was commissioned by Portland Summer Concerts for Sergiu Luca, a longtime proponent of Bolcom's music.
An early Bolcom chamber work premiered by his composition teacher in 1962. In three movements. 7 minutes.
Four-movement chamber work with each movement focusing on a fantastical tale, including: a love affair with a vampire, flying centaurs, a dwarf's serenade, and an abandoned ferryboat. 18 minutes.
Originally written for solo violin and string orchestra. In three movements: 1. Romanza, 2. Valse funebre, and 3. Cakewalk. Advanced Level. Written for the famed violinist, Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, a...
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...
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...
12 short cabaret songs inspired by Carrie Jacobs Bond's Half-Minute Songs. Lyrics by Arnold Weinstein.