William Bolcom's 3 Ghost Rags: An Orchestration for Chamber Ensemble with Commentary on the History and Propagation of Ragtime by Eric Charles Melley. Complete Rags For Piano sheet music - Piano sheet music by William Bolcom: Edward B. Shop the World's Largest Sheet Music Selection today at Sheet Music. Print and download Graceful Ghost Rag sheet music composed by William Bolcom arranged for Piano. Instrumental Solo in Db Major. Download free sheet music and scores: bolcom. Sheet music (PDF) Bolcom, William. Bolcom - 12 New Etudes. Bolcom - 3 Ghost Rags. The biographical information includes the composer’s full name, birth and death dates as well as a brief sketch of his life and career. Program notes detail the movements of each work, offer some musical background and timings for each composition. Feel free to use this information when designing a program featuring the American Double. Use the following links to skip directly to a composer, click on to get back to the top of the page. Full Name: Ludwig van Beethoven (1. Its form utilizes the sonata principle in a straight- forward and transparent way. Bolcom, William - Graceful Ghost Rag Concert Variation. Graceful Ghost Rag Composer: William Bolcom. Typically, a slow movement adds contrast to a sonata’s first movement, which is normally in a quick tempo. Composer/pianist William Bolcom was born in Seattle, Washington, in 1. He began private composition studies at age 1. John Verrall and piano lessons with Berthe Poncy Jacobson at the University of Washington. During this time he performed extensively in the Northwest and Seattle areas. In 1. 95. 8 Bolcom earned his B. A. He earned a doctorate in composition in 1. Stanford University, where he worked with Leland Smith. He has since gone on to become one of the best known composers of his generation, having received commissions from the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra and the New York Philharmonic to name only a few. Most recently, he received the 2. National Medal of Honor (bestowed upon him by the President) and was named Musical America’s “Composer of the Year” for 2. First Sonata (1. 95. I. Quasi- Variations. This sonata was originally written while Bolcom was a freshman at the University of Washington. Allegro. The Sonatina is a work of straightforward, transparent textures, with only a mild use of dissonance. Allegretto grazioso. II. The Phantom- Sweetheart. The Centaurs in Flight. The Dwarf’s Serenade: Variations. The Abandoned Ferryboat. Bolcom wrote Fancy Tales as a commission for the “San Francisco Chamber Music Society”. They run, swilling the cup of murder and revolt,Toward the escarpment of their mountain hideout. ![]() ![]() Fear hurtles them, they feel the scrape of Death’s throat. Behind them, and they stink of lion- sweat and fright. The hydra and the plotting lizard do not trip their hooves. They trample across ravines, through hailstorms, over thick brake—Ossa, Olympus, black Pelion will they overtake? Just now the crest of the great cities heaves. One of the herd looks back: whips his head back around,And with a great whinny of savage fright. Leaps into the rolling stampede his brothers sound. The gorgeous calm full moon does not make him bound. Ahead; it is the long shade the moon casts in the night,The gigantic shadow of horrid Hercules bearing down. This graphic illustration of fear, massive strength and crashing violence is well portrayed by the composer. Duration: 1. 6 minutes. The relationship between William Bolcom and Sergiu Luca can only be described as fortuitous for both violin- piano duos and audiences alike. In Memory of Joe Venuti. This work, finished in 1. Serge Luca and Bolcom. It was then incorporated into a trio for clarinet, violin and piano, entitled Afternoon Cakewalk Suite (premiered by David Shifrin, Sergiu Luca and Bolcom in 1. Third Sonata, “Sonata Stramba” (1. I. A piacere, drammatico – Allegro con fuoco. II. Moderato, risoluto, all’ arabesca. This sonata was written to commemorate the career of the great violin pedagogues of the twentieth- century, Dorothy Delay. Jota. Written in 1. Henry Rubin (at the time a professor at the University of Houston) by his wife, Cynthia. It is direct in its musical expression, clean- edged and confident in its compositional outlines. Sonatensatz. Title can be translated “Sonata movement”. Un poco presto e con sentimento. IV. Presto agitato. This work is Brahms’ one- hundredth and eighth published work. The first movement begins with a melancholic lament that seems unable to find direction. Duration: 2. 2 minutes. Full Name: Piotr Illyich Tchaikovsky (1. A supremely gifted composer, he composed numerous works for the piano, in addition to songs and chamber music. Beau Soir. The title can be translated as “A Beautiful Evening” and was transcribed by Jascha Heifetz. La fille aux cheveux de lin. The title can be translated “The Girl with the Flaxen Hair” and was originally a piece for piano solo, found in the first volume of the Preludes (1. Duration: 3 minutes. La Plus que lent. The title can be loosely translated as “a little bit slower” and was originally a piece for piano solo, transcribed for violin and piano by Leon Roques. Duration: 3 minutes. Liebesleid. The title can be translated as “Love’s Sorrow” and is a melancholic in expression of the title. Perpetuum mobile: Allegro. The first movement is a pastiche of motives that are used interchangeably, mosaic- style, throughout the course of the movement.
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