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 William Bolcom (1938-)

According to The New Penguin Dictionary of Music, William [Elden] Bolcom is an American composer, pupil of Darius Milhaud (in California and Paris); works include Dynamite Tonite (a pop opera for actors and 11 instruments), 8 string quartets, "Dark Music" for kettledrums and cello.
The dictionary makes no mention of his influence on and considerable output of latter-day ragtime music.
List of William Bolcom's works.

Websites:
BOLCOM, WILLIAM BIOGRAPHY by www.naxos.com.
Classical Composers Database: W. Bolcom (1938-), biography etc.
Books:
[§] Complete Rags for Piano by William Bolcom amazon.com amazon.co.uk amazon.de amazon.fr amazon.ca

Ragtime Music CDs:
CD tracks/info Kings of Ragtime by John Arpin amazon.com amazon.co.uk amazon.de amazon.fr amazon.ca
CD tracks/info Bolcom - Piano Rags by William Bolcom amazon.com amazon.co.uk amazon.de amazon.fr amazon.ca
CD tracks/info Heliotrope Bouquet Piano Rags (1900-1970) by William Bolcom amazon.com amazon.co.uk amazon.de amazon.fr amazon.ca
CD tracks/info Let's Do It: Bolcom & Morris at Aspen by William Bolcom amazon.com amazon.co.uk amazon.de amazon.fr amazon.ca
CD tracks/info Sweet Sixteenths: A Ragtime Concert by William Bolcom amazon.com
CD tracks/info Sweet Sixteenths: A Ragtime Concert by William Bolcom amazon.com amazon.co.uk amazon.de amazon.fr amazon.ca
CD tracks/info Sweet Sixteenths: A Ragtime Concert by William Bolcom amazon.com
CD tracks/info Graceful Ghost by Matthew Davidson amazon.com amazon.co.uk amazon.de amazon.fr amazon.ca
CD tracks/info Whippin the Keys by Matthew Davidson amazon.com amazon.co.uk amazon.de amazon.fr amazon.ca
CD tracks/info World's Greatest Piano Rags by Richard Dowling amazon.com amazon.co.uk amazon.de amazon.fr amazon.ca
CD tracks/info More Damn Good Ragtime by Scott Kirby
CD tracks/info American Sketches by Various Artists amazon.com amazon.co.uk amazon.de amazon.fr amazon.ca
CD tracks/info A Century of Ragtime 1897-1997 by Various Artists amazon.com amazon.co.uk amazon.de amazon.fr amazon.ca
CD tracks/info An Excursion Into Contemporary Ragtime by Various Artists amazon.com amazon.co.uk amazon.de amazon.fr amazon.ca
CD tracks/info Whiplash by Various Artists amazon.com amazon.co.uk amazon.de amazon.fr amazon.ca
CD tracks/info The World of Scott Joplin Vol. 2 by Max Morath amazon.com amazon.co.uk amazon.de amazon.fr amazon.ca
CD tracks/info Syncopated Odyssey by John Roache
CD tracks/info Wild Flower Rag by Trebor Jay Tichenor
CD tracks/info Meadow Lark by Dave Tucker amazon.com amazon.de amazon.fr