William Bolcom: Karel Husa Visiting Professor of Composition
October 2008
Ithaca College School of Music
A selected bibliography of the holdings of the Ithaca College Library.
Works by the Composer: Cabaret & Popular Songs
Ancient Cabaret (2001)
Recording:Compact Disc 8628
Score:M1621.4.B55 A6 2001
Cabaret Songs, vol. 1 and 2 (1977-85)
Recording: Compact Disc 8628
Recording: Compact Disc 7405
Recording: Compact Disc 2810
Recording: Compact Disc 9892
Recording: Compact Disc 459
Recording: Compact Disc 6702
Recording: Compact Disc 10988
Score: M1621.B64 C32 1985
Cabaret Songs, vol 3 and 4 (1963-96)
Recording: Compact Disc 8628
Recording: Compact Disc 7405
Recording: Compact Disc 10977
Score: M1621.B64 C32 1996
Lime Jello Marshmallow Cottage Cheese Surprise
Recording:Compact Disc 2810
Recording: Compact Disc 10999
Score: M1630.2.B65 L5 1980
Night, Make My Day (from "Casino Paradise")
Recording: Compact Disc 9729
Recording: Compact Disc 1504
Score: M1508.C295 B65 N5 1995
Works by the Composer: Chamber works
Aubade (1982)
Recording: Compact Disc 977
Score: M246.B65 A8 1982
Brass Quintet (1979-80)
Recording: Compact Disc 10979
Score: M556.B65 Q5 2001
Cappriccio (1985)
Recording: Compact Disc 11005
Recording: Compact Disc 10993
Recording: Compact Disc 11015
Score: M233.B66 C3 1993
Concert Piece for Clarinet and Piano (1959)
Score: M250.B55 C6
Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra (1995)
Recording: Compact Disc 7170 v.2 CORE
Score: M1025.B66 C6 1995
Dark Music (1970)
Recording: Compact Disc 10993
Recording: Compact Disc 11015
Score: M298.B65 D3 1993
Decalage (1962)
Recording: Compact Disc 11015
Score: M233.B66 D23 2001
Dream Music No. 2 (1967)
Recording: Phonodisc 504
Score: M447.B57 D72 1982
Duo Fantasy (1973)
Recording: Compact Disc 10842
Recording: Compact Disc 9025 CORE
Score: M221.B65 D8 1983
Fairy Tales (1988)
Scores: M351.B75 F3 1993
Fancy Tales (1971)
Recordings: Compact Disc 10842
First Sonata (1956/rev. 1984)
Recordings: Compact Disc 10842
Recordings: Compact Disc 9513
Recordings: Compact Disc 10335
Recordings: Compact Disc 10996
Scores: M219 .B687 no.1 1993
Five Fold Five (1987)
Recordings: Compact Disc 5411
Score: M617.B65 F5 1987
Fourth Sonata (1994)
Recordings: Compact Disc 10839
Recordings: Compact Disc 10842
Recordings: Compact Disc 10335
Recordings: Compact Disc 10996
Score: M219.B687 no.4
Graceful Ghost Concert Variation (1979)
Recordings: Compact Disc 10842
Recordings: Compact Disc 10839
Recordings: Compact Disc 9513
Recordings: Compact Disc 902
Recordings: Compact Disc 9025 CORE
Recordings: Compact Disc 10996
Lilith (1984)
Recordings: Compact Disc 10239
Recordings: Compact Disc 847
Score: M269.B51 L5 1981
Little Suite of Four Dances (1984)
Score: M250.B55 L5 1993
Lyric Concerto for Flute and Orchestra (1993)
Recordings: Compact Disc 10985
Scores: M1021.B65 L9 1993
Orphee-Serenade (1984)
Recordings: Compact Disc 2827
Pastorale (1961)
Recordings: Compact Disc 10842
Scores: M221.B65 P3
Piano Quartet (1976)
Recordings: Compact Disc 10962
Recordings: Compact Disc 10992
Scores: M412.B65 Q3 1976
Scherzo-Fantasy (1958)
Recordings: Compact Disc 5411
Scores: M617.B65 S3 1997
Seasons (1974)
Recordings: Compact Disc 2908
Scores: M127.B56 S38
Second Piano Quartet (1995)
Scores: M422.B65 Q2 1996
Second Sonata (1978)
Recordings: Compact Disc 10839
Recordings: Compact Disc 10335
Recordings: Compact Disc 10842
Recordings: Compact Disc 7713
Recordings: Compact Disc 9025 CORE
Recordings: Compact Disc 10972 CORE
Scores: M219.B687 no.2
Session I (1965)
Recordings: Compact Disc 10980
Scores: M785.B75 S41 1965
Session II (1966)
Recordings: Compact Disc 5411
Scores: M287.B64 S42 1976
Session III (1966)
Recordings: Compact Disc 5411
Scores: M547.B65 S43 1975
Session IV (1967)
Recordings: Phonodisc 6853
Short Lecture on the Clarinet (1976)
Scores: M1626.B65 S4 1976
Sonata for Violoncello and Piano (1989)
Recordings: Compact Disc 4569
Recordings: Compact Disc 11015
Scores: M231.B67 S6
Suite No. 1 in C Minor (1994-95)
Recordings: Compact Disc 11015
Scores: M52.B65 S81 2003
Third Sonata (Sonata Stramba) (1992)
Recordings: Compact Disc 10842
Recordings: Compact Disc 10335
Recordings: Compact Disc 10839
Scores: M219.B687 no.3
Tres Piezas Lindas (1995)
Recordings: Compact Disc 11006
Scores: M297.B64 T74
Trio for Clarinet, Violin and Piano (1993)
Recordings:Compact Disc 6563
Scores: M322.B65 T7 1993
Virtuosity Rag (1982)
Recordings: Compact Disc 5411
Scores: M557.4.B65 V5 1982
Whisper Moon (1971)
Recordings: Compact Disc 6028 v.3
Scores: M522.B66 W5
Works by the Composer: Choral
Carol (from The Wind in the Willows) (1981-82)
Recordings: Compact Disc 9729
Recordings: Compact Disc 6094
Mask (1990)
Recordings: Compact Disc 4468
Scores:M1552.B65 M3 1995
Simple Stories (1979 & 1991)
Scores: M1582.B65 S5 1991
Songs of Innocence and of Experience (1956-82)
Recordings: Compact Disc 8074
Scores: M2023.3.B65 S6 1983
Works by the Composer: Band
Concert Suite (1998)
Recordings: Compact Disc 10945
Recordings: Compact Disc 10957
Recordings: Compact Disc 11028 v.5
Scores: M1206.B65 C6 1998 (pno red.)
Liberty Enlightening the World (1985)
Recordings:Phonodisc 10730
Machine (from Symphony #5) (1989/99)
Recordings: Compact Disc 2071
Song (for Band) (2000)
Recordings: Compact Disc 10984
Scores: M1245.B65 S6 2001
Works by the Composer: Keyboard
12 Etudes (1959-64)
Recordings: Phonodisc 5980
Scores: M25.B587 E78
12 New Etudes (1977-86)
Recordings: Compact Disc 1291
Scores: M25.B587 N5 1988
A 60-second Ballet (for chickens) (1997)
Scores: M25.B587 S59 2007
A Haunted Labyrinth (1994)
Recordings:Compact Disc 5411
Abendmusik (1973)
Scores: At the Bindery
Black Host (1967)
Recordings: Phonodisc 4003
Scores: M184.B57 B8
Borborygm (2001)
Scores: M11.B55 B6 2001
Brass Knuckles (1968)
Recordings: Compact Disc 10960
Scores: On Order
Complete Rags (compiled 1999)
Recordings: Compact Disc 5133
Scores: M22.B64 C6 1999
Dedicace: A Small Measure of Affection (1992)
Scores: M204.B65 D4 2007
Dream Music No. 1 (1965)
Scores: At the Bindery
Fantasy-Sonata No. 1 (1961)
Scores:M23 B62 no.1
Fields of Flowers (1978)
Recordings: Compact Disc 5133
Scores: M22.B64 C6 1999
Four Preludes on Jewish Melodies (2005)
Scores: M11.B55 P7 2006
Frescoes (1971)
Recordings: Compact Disc 9106
Scores: M214.B687 F7 1990 Mini Score
Garden of Eden (suite) (1969)
Recordings: Compact Disc 9106
Recordings: Compact Disc 5133
Recordings: Compact Disc 11014
Scores: M22.B64 C6 1999
Scores: M22.B64 P44
Gospel Preludes (1979-1984)
Recordings: Compact Disc 11017
Scores:M11.B55 G6 1980
Graceful Ghost (Rag) (1970)
Recordings:Compact Disc 5133
Recordings:Compact Disc 10994
Scores:M22.B64 C6 1999
Scores: M22.B64 G46
Scores: M25.B587 G7
Interlude (1963)
Recordings: Compact Disc 9106
Scores: M214.B687 I6
New York Lights (2003)
Recordings: Compact Disc 5725
Scores: M1508.V54 B6 1999
Scores: M1503.B68 V5 2002
Nine Bagatelles (1996)
Recordings: Compact Disc 10995
Scores: M25.B587 B3 1997
Nine New Bagatelles (2006)
Scores: M25.B587 N4 2006
Piano Concerto (1976)
Recordings: Compact Disc 10966
Recordings: Compact Disc 10998
Recordings: Phonodisc 6169
Scores: M1011.B65 C6 1983 (2 pno. red)
Piano Rags: A Folio of 15 Original Rags
Recordings: Phonodisc 7657 (selections)
Recordings: On Order
Scores: M22.B64 C6 1999
Scores: M22.B64 P44 (selections)
Poltergeist (Rag) (1971)
Recordings: Compact Disc 5133
Scores: M22.B64 C6 1999
Scores: M22.B64 G46
Rag Tango (Homage to Ernesto Nazareth) (1988)
Recordings: Compact Disc 5133
Scores: M22.B64 C6 1999
Raggin' Rudi (1972)
Recordings: Compact Disc 5133
Scores: M22.B64 C6 1999
Scores: M22.B64 P44
Recuerdos (1991)
Recordings: Compact Disc 9106
Recordings: Compact Disc 4571
Scores: M214.B687 R3 1993
Romantic Pieces (1959)
Scores: M25.B587 R6
Seabiscuit's Rag (1967)
Recordings: Compact Disc 5133
Recordings: Phonodisc 7657
Scores: M22.B64 C6 1999
Scores: M22.B64 P44
Sonata for Two Pianos in One Movement (1993)
Recordings: Compact Disc 9106
Scores: M214.B687 S6 1994
Three Dance Portraits (1986)
Recordings: Compact Disc 10966
Scores: M30.B65 D3 1991
Three Ghost Rags (1970-71)
Recordings: Phonodisc 9342
Recordings: Compact Disc 5133
Scores: M22.B64 C6 1999
Scores: M22.B64 G46
Scores: M25.B587 G7
Works by the Composer: Opera & Stage Works
A View from the Bridge (1998-99)
Recordings: Compact Disc 5725
Scores: M1508.V54 B6 1999
Scores: M1503.B68 V5 2002
Casino Paradise (1986-90)
Recordings: Compact Disc 9729
Recordings: Compact Disc 1504
Dynamite Tonite (1963)
Recordings: Compact Disc 9729
Greatshot (1967-69)
Recordings: Compact Disc 9729
Works by the Composer: Orchestral
Commedia for "Almost" 18th Century Orchestra (1971)
Recordings: Phonodisc 6320
Scores: M1045.B73 C6 1976
Concertante (1961)
Recordings: Compact Disc 2071
Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra (1990)
Recordings: Compact Disc 7170 v.2 CORE
Piano Concerto (1976)
Recordings: Compact Disc 10966
Recordings: Compact Disc 10998
Recordings: Phonodisc 6169
Scores: M1011.B65 C6 1983 (2 pno. red)
Concerto in D for Violin and Orchestra (1983)
Recordings: Compact Disc 2071
Recordings: Compact Disc 9513
Scores: M1013.B65 C63 1992
Concerto Serenade for Violin and String Orchestra (1964)
Recordings: Compact Disc 10997
Fantasia Concertante for Viola, Violoncello and Orchestra (1985)
Recordings: Compact Disc 2071
Fifth Symphony (1989)
Recordings: Compact Disc 2071
Fourth Symphony (1986)
Recordings: Compact Disc 10980
Inventing Flight (2003)
Recordings: Compact Disc 11007
Lyric Concerto for Flute and Orchestra (1993)
Recordings: Compact Disc 10985
Scores: M1021.B65 L9 1993
Seattle Slew (Dance Suite) (1986)
Recordings: Compact Disc 1659
Spring Concertino (1986-87)
Recordings: Compact Disc 977
Scores: M1023.B65 S7(pno. red)
Symphony No. 1 (1957)
Recordings: Compact Disc 1659
Symphony No. 3 (1979)
Recordings: Compact Disc 1659
Works by the Composer: Vocal
Ancient Cabaret (2001)
Recordings: Compact Disc 8628
Scores: M1621.4.B55 A6 2001
Briefly It Enters (1996)
Recordings: Compact Disc 10977
Scores:M1621.4.B55 B7 1997
Cabaret Songs, Vol. 1 and 2 (1977-85)
Recordings: Compact Disc 8628
Recordings: Compact Disc 7405
Recordings: Compact Disc 2810
Recordings: Compact Disc 9892
Recordings: Compact Disc 459
Recordings: Compact Disc 6702
Recordings: Compact Disc 10988
Scores: M1621.B64 C32 1985
Cabaret Songs, Vol. 3 and 4 (1993-96)
Recordings: Compact Disc 8628
Recordings: Compact Disc 7405
Recordings:Compact Disc 10977
Scores: M1621.B64 C32 1996
Digital Wonder Watch (1999)
Recordings: Compact Disc 9729
Recordings: Compact Disc 5777 v.12
From the Diary of Sally Hemings (2000)
Scores: M1621.4.B55 F7 2000
I Will Breathe a Mountain (1990)
Recordings: Compact Disc 9729
Recordings: Compact Disc 10967
Scores: M1621.4.B55 I9 1995
Junction, on a Warm Afternoon (1990)
Scores: M1621.B64 J8 1990
Last Days of Mankind (1997)
Recordings: Compact Disc 9729
Let Evening Come (1994)
Recordings: Compact Disc 10977
Scores: M1613.3.B734 L4 2003
Lime Jello Marshmallow Cottage Cheese Surprise
Recordings: Compact Disc 2810
Recordings: Compact Disc 10999
Scores: M1630.2.B65 L5 1980
Mary (1978)
Recordings: Compact Disc 9729
New York Lights (from A View from the Bridge) (1997-98)
Recordings: Compact Disc 5725
Scores: M1508.V54 B6 1999
Scores: M1503.B68 V5 2002
Night, Make My Day (from "Casino Paradise")
Recordings: Compact Disc 9729
Recordings: Compact Disc 1504
Open House (1975)
Recordings: Phonodisc 6320
Scores: M1614.B653 Q6
Songs of Innocence and of Experience (1956-82)
Recordings: Compact Disc 8074
Scores: M2023.3.B65 S6 1983
Songs to Dance (1989)
Recordings: Compact Disc 9729
Three Donald Hall Songs (1979)
Recordings: Compact Disc 5411
Tillinghast Duo (1993)
Recordings: Compact Disc 9729
Vaslav's Song (1991)
Recordings: Compact Disc 3660
Recordings: On Order
Selected Writings about the Composer
"A Big Year for a Full-Service Composer." New York Times, February 24, 2008, Late Edition.
Related Links
"A man of many talents": Minnesota
Public Radio interview with William Bolcom from 2007.
