William Bolcom (1938-)
Last updated: 30.11.25
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.
The dictionary makes no mention of his influence on and considerable output of latter-day ragtime music.
| Performer | CD Title | Supplier |
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| Ragtime Music CDs: | |||
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William Bolcom | Bolcom - Piano Rags | CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)        |
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William Bolcom | Euphonic Sounds: The Scott Joplin Album | |
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William Bolcom | Heliotrope Bouquet Piano Rags (1900-1970) | |
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William Bolcom | Let's Do It: Bolcom & Morris at Aspen | |
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William Bolcom | Sweet Sixteenths: A Ragtime Concert | |
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William Bolcom | Sweet Sixteenths: A Ragtime Concert | |
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William Bolcom | Sweet Sixteenths: A Ragtime Concert | CD(s) & MP3 Album(s) |
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Various Artists | American Sketches | |
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Various Artists | A Century of Ragtime 1897-1997 | |
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Various Artists | An Excursion Into Contemporary Ragtime | CD(s) & MP3 Album(s) |
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⇑Various Artists | Whiplash | CD(s) & MP3 Album(s) |
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John Arpin | Kings of Ragtime | |
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Dave Tucker | Meadow Lark | CD(s) & MP3 Album(s) |
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Trebor Jay Tichenor | Wild Flower Rag | |
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John Roache | Syncopated Odyssey | |
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Matthew Davidson | Graceful Ghost | |
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Matthew Davidson | Whippin the Keys | |
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Richard Dowling | World's Greatest Piano Rags | CD(s) & MP3 Album(s) |
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Scott Kirby | More Damn Good Ragtime | |
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Max Morath | The World of Scott Joplin Vol. 2 | CD(s) & MP3 Album(s) |
This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 24 works by William Bolcom (1938-).
It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located.
| Title | Year | Attribution | Remarks |
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| Epitaph For Louis Chauvin | 1967 | ||
| Glad Rag | 1967 | ||
| Incineratorag | 1967 | ||
| Seabiscuits | 1967 |  |
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| California Porcupine--Grand Rag Fantasy | 1968 | ||
| Last Rag | 1968 | Pub. | |
| Tabby Cat Walk | 1968 | ||
| Brass Knuckles | 1969 | ||
| Eubie's Luckey Day | 1969 | ||
| Garden of Eden: Old Adam | 1969 | Pub. | |
| Garden of Eden: the Eternal Feminine | 1969 | Pub. | |
| ⇑ Garden of Eden: the Serpent's Kiss | 1969 | Pub. | |
| Garden of Eden: Through Eden's Gates | 1969 | Pub. | |
| Lost Lady Rag | 1969 | ||
| Dream Shadows | 1970 | ||
| Gardenia, The | 1970 | ||
| Graceful Ghost | 1970 | ||
| Poltergeist, The | 1970 | calliope arr. | |
| Knight Hubert | 1971 | ||
| Rag-Tango | 1971-1988 | ||
| Raggin' Rudi | 1974 | Pub. | |
| Fields of Flowers | 1977 | ||
| Poltergeist Rag Fantasy ''Three Ghost Rags'', The | 1981 | ||
| ⇑ Epithalamium | 1993 |