List of compositions by William Bolcom

This is a list of compositions by American composer William Bolcom.

By genre

Symphonies

• Symphony No. 1 (1957)
• Symphony No. 2 Oracles (1964)
• Symphony No. 3 Symphony for Chamber Orchestra (1979)
• Symphony No. 4 (1986)
• Symphony No. 5 (1989)
• Symphony No. 6 (1996-1997)
• Symphony No. 7 (2002)
• Symphony No. 8 (2005)
• Symphony for band No. 1 (2009)
• Symphony No. 9 (2013)

Concertos

• Piano Concerto No. 1 (1976)
• Violin Concerto No. 1 in D (1984)
• Flute Concerto No. 1 Lyric Concerto (1992-1993)
• Concerto for Two Pianos Left Hand Gaea (1996)

Piano

• Three Ghost Rags (1970)
  • The Graceful Ghost Rag
  • Poltergeist
  • Dream Shadows
• The Serpent's Kiss
• Twelve New Études (1977-1986)

Song cycles

• Songs of Innocence and of Experience
• Cabaret Songs

By year

• 1957: First Symphony
• 1964: Symphony No. 2 "Oracles"
• 1967: Black Host (Nonesuch H-71260)
• 1970: Graceful Ghost Rag
• 1971: Commedia (for "Almost" 18th Century Orchestra)
• 1976: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra
• 1979: Third Symphony (for Chamber Orchestra)
• 1979-1984: Gospel Preludes (Books 1-4)
• 1984: Songs of Innocence and of Experience (William Blake)
• 1984: Lilith for Alto Saxophone and Piano
• 1984: Concerto in D for Violin and Orchestra
• 1977-85: Cabaret Songs (Vol. 1 and 2)
• 1984: Songs of Innocence and of Experience
• 1986: Fantasia Concertante, for viola, cello and orchestra
• 1986: Fourth Symphony
• 1977-86: Twelve New Etudes for Piano [Winner of 1988 Pulitzer Prize in Music]
• 1989: Fifth Symphony
• 1990-92: McTeague (opera)
• 1992-93: Lyric Concerto for Flute and Orchestra
• 1993-96: Cabaret Songs (Vol. 3 and 4)
• 1996: Gaea, Concerto for Two Pianos Left Hand, and Orchestra
• 1996-97: Sixth Symphony
• 1997-98: A View from the Bridge (opera)
• 1998: Concert Suite (for alto saxophone and band)
• 2000: Piano Quintet
• 2002: Seventh Symphony
• 2004: A Wedding (opera)
• 2005: Eighth Symphony
• 2006: Canciones de Lorca
• 2007: Lucrezia
• 2008: First Symphony for Band
• 2009: Prometheus
• 2010: Romanza (for solo violin and string orchestra)
• 2010: La fantome du Clavecin
• 2013: Ninth Symphony
• 2013-2014: Celebration Overture