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The New Grove Gospel, Blues, and Jazz, with Spirituals and Ragtime

The New Grove Gospel, Blues, and Jazz, with Spirituals and Ragtime more books like this

by Paul Oliver, William Bolcom, Max Harrison

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Reminiscing with Sis more books like this

by Robert Kimball, William Bolcom

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Reminiscing with Noble Sissle and Eubie Blake

Reminiscing with Noble Sissle and Eubie Blake more books like this

by Robert Kimball, William Bolcom

Based on extensive interviews, this beautifully illustrated book recounts the lives and music of ragtime pianist-composer Eubie Blake and his partner for 57 years, singer, lyricist and bandleader Noble Sissle.

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New York Lights: From a View from the Bridge more books like this

by William Bolcom (Composer), Arthur Miller

This vocal sheet for tenor/piano features the piece sung by Rudolpho in A View from the Bridge. Based on the play by Arthur Miller, this opera was commissioned and premiered by the Lyric Opera of Chicago.

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The New Grove Twentieth-Century American Masters: Ives, Thomson, Sessions, Cowell, Gershwin, Copland, Carter, Barber, Cage, Bernstein more books like this

by Stanley Sadie, Paul Oliver, William Bolcom

The spiritual, ragtime, blues, gospel, and jazz genres are covered in this thorough reworking of the coverage in The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians.

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Complete Rags for Piano: Piano Solo

Complete Rags for Piano: Piano Solo more books like this

by William Bolcom (Composer), John Murphy

This exciting new edition includes every piano rag written by William Bolcom and matches the recording by John Murphy. There are 22 compositions, including: Eubie's Lucky Day * Graceful Ghost Rag * The Poltergeist * Raggin' Rudi * Tabby Cat Walk * Knight Hubert * Glad Rag * and more. Features a foreword by the composer, a biography, many photos, ...

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The Garden of Eden: Four Rags for Two Pianos

The Garden of Eden: Four Rags for Two Pianos more books like this

by William Bolcom

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 the story of the Fall in ragtime.

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Aesthetics of Survival: A Composer's View of the Twentieth Century more books like this

by George Rochberg, William Bolcom (Editor)

A revised paperback edition of composer George Rochberg's landmark essays "Rochberg presents the rare spectacle of a composer who has made his peace with tradition while maintaining a strikingly individual profile. . . . [H]e succeeds in transforming the sublime concepts of traditional music into contemporary language." -"Washington Post" "An ...

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Cabaret Songs - Volumes 1 and 2: Voice and Piano

Cabaret Songs - Volumes 1 and 2: Voice and Piano more books like this

by Weins Bolcom, William Bolcom (Composer)

This is a collection of 12 songs primarily for the classical singer to perform in recital with piano accompaniment. The songs are in a medium voice range, and could probably be performed by any voice type (soprano, mezzo-soprano, etc.), although mezzo-sopranos will find them most suitable. The music has quite a theatrical flair, although it is in ...

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William Bolcom - Little Suite of Four Dances: For E-Flat Clarinet and Piano

William Bolcom - Little Suite of Four Dances: For E-Flat Clarinet and Piano more books like this

by William Bolcom (Composer)

Another important concert work by one of America's leading composers, now published for the first time.

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I Will Breathe a Mountain: Voice and Piano

I Will Breathe a Mountain: Voice and Piano more books like this

by William Bolcom (Composer)

A 23 minute song cycle based on poems of American women poets, commissioned for Marilyn Horne in honor of the Carnegie Hall Centennial. Also recorded by Miss Horne.

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Abendmusik: 2 Pianos, 4 Hands

Abendmusik: 2 Pianos, 4 Hands more books like this

by William Bolcom (Composer)

William Bolcom wrote this beautiful piece for Theodor and Evelyn Jacobsen. He describes it as "leisurely, calm, with great smoothness and repose."

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Collusions: Pieces for Solo Piano

Collusions: Pieces for Solo Piano more books like this

by Bolcom/Curtis Curtis-Smith Wiliam (Composer), Bolcom/Curtis Curtis-Smith William (Composer), William Bolcom (Composer)

This unique five-movement set was a collaboration between Bolcom and Curtis-Smith, both on the faculty at the University of Michigan. For a year, each composer would write ten measures before passing the piece back to the other, making these pieces true compositional collaborations. It was premiered by James Giles on November 15, 1998.

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Cabaret Songs Complete Volumes 1-4 Medium Voice and Piano

Cabaret Songs Complete Volumes 1-4 Medium Voice and Piano more books like this

by William Bolcom (Composer), Arnold Weinstein (Composer)

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 Weinstein's article What Is Cabaret Song?

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Old Addresses: For Baritone and Piano more books like this

by William Bolcom (Composer)

A song cycle for baritone and piano featuring the poetry of Ezra Pound, Langston Hughes, Kenneth Koch and others. 24 minutes.

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Nine New Bagatelles: Piano Solo more books like this

by William Bolcom (Composer)

Commissioned by the "Friends of Today's Music" program of the Music Teachers' Association of California, this publication is a great follow-up to Bolcom's previous work, Nine Bagatelles (00294028). Includes notes from the composer for each selection.

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Complete Gospel Preludes: For Organ more books like this

by William Bolcom (Composer)

This edition for advanced organists corrects and combines all of Bolcom's gospel preludes. Includes new program notes.

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William Bolcom - Four Preludes on Jewish Melodies: For Organ more books like this

by William Bolcom (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 of the College-Conservatory of Music, University of Cincinnati.

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McTeague: Vocal Score more books like this

by William Bolcom (Composer)

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A 60-Second Ballet (for Chickens)-Piano

by Bolcom W

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Cabaret Songs - Volumes 3 and 4: Voice and Piano more books like this

by Bolcom William, William Bolcom (Composer)

For Medium Voice and Piano. Another outstanding collection of "theatre-poetry-lieder-pop-tavernacular prayer called cabaret song." Texts by Arnold Weinstein. Contents: Angels Are the Highest Form of Virtue * At the Last Lousy Moments of Love * Blue * Can't Sleep * Lady Luck * Love in the Thirties * Miracle Song * Poet Pal of Mine * Radical Sally * ...

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William Bolcom - Lilith: For E-Flat Alto Saxophone and Piano more books like this

by William Bolcom (Composer), Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation (Creator)

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 saxophone. Now in print some years after composition, it has already become a near legendary challenge in university classical saxophone circles. The five ...

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Recuerdos: 2 Pianos, 4 Hands more books like this

by William Bolcom (Composer)

A group of resourceful kids start "solution-seekers.com," a website where "cybervisitors" can get answers to questions that trouble them. But when one questioner asks the true meaning of Christmas, the kids seek to unravel the mystery by journeying back through the prophecies of the Old Testament. What they find is a series of "S" words that ...

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Let Evening Come: For Soprano, Viola and Piano more books like this

by William Bolcom (Composer)

Bolcom's commission was originally to write a duet piece for Metropolitan Opera stars soprano Benita Valente and mezzo-soprano Tatiana Troyanos. However, while the composition was in development, Troyanos unexpectedly died. The design was then changed, representing the late mezzo-soprano with a viola instead. The composer selected three poems ...

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Sonata for Violincello: Cello and Piano more books like this

by William Bolcom (Composer)

A group of resourceful kids start "solution-seekers.com," a website where "cybervisitors" can get answers to questions that trouble them. But when one questioner asks the true meaning of Christmas, the kids seek to unravel the mystery by journeying back through the prophecies of the Old Testament. What they find is a series of "S" words that ...

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