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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

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