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, and the Detroit Music Award, and was named Composer of the Year by Musical America in 2007. He taught composition at the University of Michigan from 1973 to 2008 and was named the Ross Lee Finney Distinguished University Professor of Composition in 2006. He is married to mezzo-soprano Joan Morris.
Genre: ragtime
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Top Tracks
- 3 Ghost Rags: No. 1. The Graceful Ghost
- The Garden of Eden: I. Old Adam
- The Garden of Eden: III. The Serpent's Kiss
- 3 Ghost Rags: No. 2. The Poltergeist
- 3 Ghost Rags: No. 1. Graceful Ghost: Graceful Ghost Rag
- Graceful Ghost Rag (Live)
- 3 Ghost Rags: No. 3. Dream Shadows
- 3 Classic Rags: No. 1. Glad Rag
- The Garden of Eden: IV. Through Eden's Gates
- The Garden of Eden: II. The Eternal Feminine
- Fields of Flowers
- Raggin' Rudi
- The Brooklyn Dodge
- 3 Classic Rags: No. 3. Incineratorag
- Knockout: A Rag
- 3 Classic Rags: No. 2. Epitaph for Louis Chauvin
- Epithalamium
- Estela: Rag Latino
- A View from the Bridge: New York Lights - Live
- Tendrement
Albums (40)
- Sure on This Shining Night: The Romantic Song in America (1997-04-01)
- Bolcom: Clarinet Concerto (2009-04-21)
- Bolcom: Canciones de Lorca & Prometheus (Live) (2015-11-06)
- Bolcom: Cabaret Songs, Vol. 1: No. 6, Amor (Musical Moments) (2023-02-10)
- William Bolcom: Piano Rags (2017-01-20)
- Ragtime (1981)
- Sweet Sixteenths: A Ragtime Concert (1981)
- Bolcom: Chamber Works (2021-11-26)
- Bernstein: The Age of Anxiety (Symphony No. 2) – Bolcom: Piano Concerto (2000-09-01)
- Suite of Preludes (2023-04-07)
- Bolcom: The Complete Rags (2022-06-03)
- Schumann: Album for the Young (2021-10-02)
- Bolcom Plays Bolcom - Twelve Etudes (1959-66) (2018-05-11)
- Autumn Leaves (2015-08-14)
- Joplin: Euphonic Sounds (2015-03-17)
- The Hawthorn Tree (2014-10-03)
- Bolcom: Complete Gospel Preludes (2012-04-03)
- Bolcom: The 4 Sonatas for Violin and Piano (2010-09-07)
- Bolcom: Lyric Concerto & Symphony No. 8 (2009-02-19)
- Silver Linings: Songs by Jerome Kern (2008-07-22)
- Bolcom: Works for Cello (Complete) (2007-10-30)
- Music for Violin and Piano (2007-09-01)
- Surprise - Cabaret songs by Bolcom, Satie & Schoenberg (2007-01-01)
- Bolcom: Violin Concerto, Fantasia concertante, & Symphony No. 5 (2006-08-01)
- Bolcom: Violin Sonatas Nos. 1-4 (2006-02-01)
- Bolcom: Music for Two Pianos (2005-11-15)
- Bolcom: Songs (2005-06-01)
- Albéniz: Iberia & Other Late Piano Music (2005-04-01)
- Bolcom: Songs of Innocence and of Experience (2004-10-01)
- William Bolcom: Complete Cabaret Songs (Live) (2004-09-01)
- Bolcom: Complete Cabaret Songs (2004-09-01)
- Mckay: Suite for Viola and Piano / My Tahoe Window / An April Suite (2002-09-04)
- Kantor (2002)
- A View From The Bridge (2001-01-01)
- Bolcom: Chamber Music (2000-03-09)
- Complete Rags (1999-04-01)
- Bolcom: Violin Concerto; Symphony No.5; Fantasia Concertante (1991-01-01)
- William Bolcom: Symphony #4/Session 1 (1988-01-01)
- William Bolcom: Graceful Ghost Rag (2024-10-25)
- Three Rags: Poltergeist (arr. by Hamilton Berry) (2024-04-12)
Recordings with proof (68)
- 3 Ghost Rags: No. 1. The Graceful Ghost; ISRC USUW61600133; CopyrightID 0x7ec2283da650f746270dfd9a88b194dacc2433d9eac5d8cb36af1a3e75a627a2; Bitcoin block 953515; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- 3 Classic Rags: No. 1. Glad Rag; ISRC USUW61600134; CopyrightID 0x59731e150117d249a583e49641ccae57e402ea989308513f770c8f48f1726645; Bitcoin block 956312; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Raggin' Rudi; ISRC USUW61600135; CopyrightID 0xf92639c386e8cde912c624ed36e3f94341589d4c2bdf05e7ae4b6b9f3e59afe6; Bitcoin block 956304; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Fields of Flowers; ISRC USUW61600136; CopyrightID 0xde667b504f80c212f458095e074789b7e726a65cdf3546c8d31d8ead11de0413; Bitcoin block 956304; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Epithalamium; ISRC USUW61600137; CopyrightID 0x5559511ae8c817df02766b43419d17277835a6c2c3bfbf2e1538074de237f46b; Bitcoin block 957039; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- 3 Ghost Rags: No. 2. The Poltergeist; ISRC USUW61600138; CopyrightID 0x85478365d9cf4aa0e818ec742a6e5ef8b32dbe6bb836119b167d313709efc978; Bitcoin block 956304; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- 3 Classic Rags: No. 2. Epitaph for Louis Chauvin; ISRC USUW61600139; CopyrightID 0x8804b309ca7a8d31d85cd7f7f66f3c927f6828ee7f6606336f44a1ba37b74881; Bitcoin block 957118; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- The Garden of Eden: I. Old Adam; ISRC USUW61600140; CopyrightID 0x5b5d1e8c2c131276288dde2f3dc355a6a6865eec86fe74ef9edb57c2dc0077e8; Bitcoin block 956304; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- The Garden of Eden: II. The Eternal Feminine; ISRC USUW61600141; CopyrightID 0xf9cca1ae2479494a24fc007bf7f82572eee6e8518519c3685ada25dae6b036ba; Bitcoin block 960117; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- The Garden of Eden: III. The Serpent's Kiss; ISRC USUW61600142; CopyrightID 0xf3f82ca02345f4f9f5e847204b7afde10bc57e11d796ede9d9b4c5e5831a745b; Bitcoin block 960105; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- The Garden of Eden: IV. Through Eden's Gates; ISRC USUW61600143; CopyrightID 0xe63329d0653bba85394c4162c7e0fc675153d4a7b5e0a9667c05d418c0857117; Bitcoin block 960199; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Knockout: A Rag; ISRC USUW61600144; CopyrightID 0x3ce0460eed5faca99f7f50998aa2317bc11bcd6269a1de4d5494717aa05fddaf; Bitcoin block 960254; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- 3 Ghost Rags: No. 3. Dream Shadows; ISRC USUW61600145; CopyrightID 0x7a68018b1db31c64d921960f33ce3518d92a50360f757e93163e5ce50c861e9a; Bitcoin block 960216; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- 3 Classic Rags: No. 3. Incineratorag; ISRC USUW61600146; CopyrightID 0xf6e2ef353d9110898988b0c27c40d9c4ccd1e44076ce3674f746aa3ac95db83f; Bitcoin block 960273; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Estela: Rag Latino; ISRC USUW61600165; CopyrightID 0x87f57a530a84c80ec6b4b01a395b9ae203349c7a70d5bd3eaf8d140e9cd51b92; Bitcoin block 960397; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- The Brooklyn Dodge; ISRC USUW61600166; CopyrightID 0x11e6ef95bd9c70582b5f86a10639cc8c30d4b64eceac63ddec1dc7d3ae54135e; Bitcoin block 960276; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- 3 Ghost Rags: No. 1, Graceful Ghost Rag; ISRC GBAJY2239201; CopyrightID 0xa6fc2c092a3ee3f97ee9297ee09c2fb76d21273add29d9d478159150d2cfe444; Bitcoin block 953520; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- 3 Popular Rags: No. 2, Tabby Cat Walk; ISRC GBAJY2239103; CopyrightID 0xa1cbefe8a5574765c8ed886335b01175ba763fa6d0c9786c4992d7714300fc88; Bitcoin block 957118; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Knockout "A Rag"; ISRC GBAJY2239104; CopyrightID 0x44749c304e9d6b32b9f132a969b0982d818353c03d628c28455068004ae68193; Bitcoin block 957052; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Raggin' Rudi; ISRC GBAJY2239204; CopyrightID 0x35fb7905a8fe95f6b32f03103aaa928ff02c348583324ce2aaa93327243d75bc; Bitcoin block 957118; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Rag-Tango; ISRC GBAJY2239105; CopyrightID 0x92dbc845b470c5eb70022821aadeb886c14cea88be72e411caffd41b18a47d9c; Bitcoin block 957055; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- The Gardenia; ISRC GBAJY2239111; CopyrightID 0x569d9ac96670d5ab29f0a57076881a89903233738b33b0756f33250b138b5a31; Bitcoin block 957124; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- The Brooklyn Dodge; ISRC GBAJY2239112; CopyrightID 0xfffeff9cf87c04c143c8233c72f6b3e7d72276c32e64581c14c28780600351e7; Bitcoin block 957118; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- 3 Ghost Rags: No. 2, The Poltergeist; ISRC GBAJY2239202; CopyrightID 0x18c40f652a21d7ca38a9f1a537c9f6840d80c2e2f13fff63b9c36d596cb0c04a; Bitcoin block 959152; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Eubie's Luckey Day; ISRC GBAJY2239101; CopyrightID 0xa7c7109b4f10d8467bd9b999a4ce44a93e3740fdde1ed7157e72d6c23ac50b6b; Bitcoin block 960095; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Epithalamium; ISRC GBAJY2239102; CopyrightID 0x4ce31649b7c06d4104317398571fbad60dbf11afd3cb3bd908c46bddcac3069f; Bitcoin block 960144; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- 3 Ghost Rags: No. 3, Dream Shadows; ISRC GBAJY2239203; CopyrightID 0xc4f528611539be21fe75f18822e754f9564c7fa93ba97df5e8a56072b300356d; Bitcoin block 960099; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- 3 Classical Rags: No. 2, Epitaph for Louis Chauvin; ISRC GBAJY2239205; CopyrightID 0x41469f65d8f47a7d9e79b7ff877a466cdf6e202827e702104cfb29f0f72c08aa; Bitcoin block 960193; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- The Garden of Eden: I. Old Adam; ISRC GBAJY2239106; CopyrightID 0x78477ebfcd26e391ff9d520f5bbaf66ed5b1f2eb03bb669647f11c44059d5abd; Bitcoin block 960138; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- 3 Popular Rags: No. 1, Seabiscuits Rag; ISRC GBAJY2239206; CopyrightID 0xa66ce94f64ccf643fbbe3608de38e8195e8a3e567bbf31697de272ebbbc2e0ee; Bitcoin block 960327; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- The Garden of Eden: II. The Eternal Feminine; ISRC GBAJY2239107; CopyrightID 0x3363c0bfb741ae72a741bf4ff954b2426fa10d977245c88b5997ad60f23e0800; Bitcoin block 960273; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Estela "Rag Latino"; ISRC GBAJY2239207; CopyrightID 0x7608b656ed9291e8799d3bf3d2387bd84fb2e16e37b10cfa28939bb30013ea3b; Bitcoin block 960314; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- The Garden of Eden: III. The Serpent's Kiss; ISRC GBAJY2239108; CopyrightID 0x2a5fbed8483e9ef0b7de49f6bd94be2c0a2041f8fffe3c3c992cce6e413882fc; Bitcoin block 960099; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Fields of Flowers; ISRC GBAJY2239208; CopyrightID 0x53d7a06065819c15de43685bb4ddaf887af9bdcfe5ff83f9482b5184bf9365c8; Bitcoin block 960277; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- The Garden of Eden: IV. Through Eden's Gates; ISRC GBAJY2239109; CopyrightID 0x0869535afa8ff119fc0936419a7259a8ab8a2c944df0e34b3bcbbe3d87956d5c; Bitcoin block 960212; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- 3 Classical Rags: No. 3, Incineratorag; ISRC GBAJY2239209; CopyrightID 0xcdd8f4f274ef5a257a8fb0a5d701a6a14d49759046228edf455eaf9c5a965cb0; Bitcoin block 960327; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- California Porcupine Rag; ISRC GBAJY2239110; CopyrightID 0x21f6898c5e30556620395b28ad2205b63c7fa9ff22453c61919a43dcb2ab1f9e; Bitcoin block 960236; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Knight Hubert; ISRC GBAJY2239210; CopyrightID 0x1c3069a7de213e0ad682487912fa06f83d0b807fcec0c15c1497c65661c15219; Bitcoin block 960225; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Lost Lady Rag; ISRC GBAJY2239211; CopyrightID 0x81476c016f4c08ad97d92985825747a86197b468b9f4163ca982ddc1e1747170; Bitcoin block 960302; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- 3 Classical Rags: No. 1, Glad Rag; ISRC GBAJY2239212; CopyrightID 0x45433d75a3559df3a339dc52b2b00b14469de9a55d4dab034bf52fc082a5dcdd; Bitcoin block 960327; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Contentment; ISRC GBAJY2239113; CopyrightID 0xb279fb7949ccf1cf7989b414ced97aead7b38087bb62e0be736bccc6457c3a1b; Bitcoin block 960185; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- 3 Popular Rags: No. 3, Last Rag; ISRC GBAJY2239213; CopyrightID 0x5583bd049938c65bad6ccf0b2848da6609c33a09e240e6887a4ab9a250124ef4; Bitcoin block 960138; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Brass Knuckles; ISRC GBAJY2239214; CopyrightID 0x4e7384709f8ea21d815799b46267a217cc7d7b7aa82ad477a68c94976b9a7218; Bitcoin block 960284; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Original Rags; ISRC USX761580280; CopyrightID 0x5b1b8b4cb4f5d6f8ea1cdcdbeb8817a669f7706e44db7c4694c3ef5bab015424; Bitcoin block 957819; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Fig Leaf Rag; ISRC USX761580281; CopyrightID 0x3aecc068084466ce8e6d12f717faa419913ac014922efb5553e31c7527458559; Bitcoin block 957118; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Eugenia; ISRC USX761580283; CopyrightID 0xc095ea76148f52bdece3572522b8127d5524a05d4bea73813f3a63e8ae1112ac; Bitcoin block 957118; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- The Entertainer; ISRC USX761580284; CopyrightID 0x2d2d80275655c4628a43e7065f7353f14b427e84c3ca2ea8b33144ab49042ce5; Bitcoin block 957118; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Country Club; ISRC USX761580287; CopyrightID 0x8635f0b37afcff26f8ac7dc77140f8d035714837796d1868de6b4f52f5235c12; Bitcoin block 957118; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Bethena; ISRC USX761580289; CopyrightID 0x5c36d30f6a53b6505e4574f43051e4a87d43f6bc6ba15b43a3c4277784eb6837; Bitcoin block 957118; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Solace; ISRC USX761580291; CopyrightID 0xd1a5fd596be1efc040411bfcb7d9c05b23fdcde70354e52468c77ca3ca95cc73; Bitcoin block 956302; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Searchlight Rag; ISRC USX761580292; CopyrightID 0x30b0f66cdcb1a2aaf0c7acf1b8bbb94c483d5871ed0cbfa8d14ff87ede99dbf8; Bitcoin block 957118; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Euphonic Sounds; ISRC USX761580293; CopyrightID 0xf33c216077fa8b9da22585ba64b26b9974945ca263d4b2ca40e5caa1c18303b4; Bitcoin block 957118; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Gladiolus Rag; ISRC USX761580294; CopyrightID 0xae03fd6bf940cbc4b3071a80310f06d38f3e0acb6cb217b63c0cb2009cc1c932; Bitcoin block 957118; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Maple Leaf Rag; ISRC USX761580282; CopyrightID 0x7685848e83821315aa7af6232ddd7f462a9865b097f9847c4bde2f79c77acc58; Bitcoin block 960099; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Nonpareil; ISRC USX761580285; CopyrightID 0xee524632b3fda5b7334fbc3d769c26df567fd9a26808b593aced3a4cc068bbf0; Bitcoin block 960317; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Elite Syncopations; ISRC USX761580286; CopyrightID 0x7decc08844d7d717693ab25be173cd8927b37e8a9d2010e4f9e5ff0bb050e60a; Bitcoin block 960210; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Sugar Cane; ISRC USX761580288; CopyrightID 0x6d9b1e2c96c8f344fffaf365f8d304a5d3599fe6f0987203293568e7e7190695; Bitcoin block 960309; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- The Ragtime Dance; ISRC USX761580290; CopyrightID 0x24b09d49ad50707c9889eea6ffd655327287e82ef9ea30ef8882353fcb630981; Bitcoin block 960314; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Magnetic Rag; ISRC USX761580295; CopyrightID 0x6144dc2bf71a29b6ab6f600c39e2476dfe5d9cfe0189dde61a27746d66801b02; Bitcoin block 960264; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Graceful Ghost Rag: The Graceful Ghost Rag; ISRC US8271010282; CopyrightID 0x6fc7e3eae161eb04b784e75febcba2c924f2fcd5a791e7cfce280b484255e8d7; Bitcoin block 956304; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Iberia, T. 105, Book 1: I. Evocación; ISRC GBAJY0547601; CopyrightID 0xf8a3e5b819c5b44f85726205e21d0ee566dec99568489347b57696b93656d9d0; Bitcoin block 957118; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Aria: "New York Lights" (aka "I love the beauty of the view at home"); ISRC US4QP0458823; CopyrightID 0xf019cb48e8f6a2f7b4d4f95c88ca3c2c5cb89947144b4b6f2833403b542461aa; Bitcoin block 957120; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Graceful Ghost Rag; ISRC USAB10616942; CopyrightID 0xb78cfda8df9fc366f8264a4ef380c565a875439449cb4856fd6eae9543b88509; Bitcoin block 953520; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- The Poltergeist; ISRC USAB10616943; CopyrightID 0x2a85e75850c32d506a45c2c8479c20e636fd498d2a3a77dd62db41beed2d6baf; Bitcoin block 957118; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Tabby Cat Walk; ISRC USAB10616947; CopyrightID 0x6a08b67f2fc846990e9d1c92ca2baf64219b4ced5108d0cbb14e0f736a4f5fa7; Bitcoin block 957124; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Old Adam; ISRC USAB10616957; CopyrightID 0x8f0874c4f28fefd5d8147a6c774ae0617b7bf58201742208439bd96c84d7f86f; Bitcoin block 960455; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- The Serpent's Kiss; ISRC USAB10616959; CopyrightID 0xfedc43cac2bd07e1a35995f365e613f16f00e30d97929248e19810c0a82a80f1; Bitcoin block 960354; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
- Last Rag; ISRC USAB10616950; CopyrightID 0x7ce06d3f8ccd68888e94e0326f970eea89d70a50c1a26a78f942127c016abee8; Bitcoin block 960441; anchored record, OpenTimestamps proof, verification result
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Popularity-0 recordings of William Bolcom in everplay, described from supplier metadata.