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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, and commentary by Bolcom throughout. ... Read more

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Some great modern piano rags
This is a collection of piano rags -- some difficult -- that date back to the 1970s. Even though they were written long after the Great Ragtime Piano Era they still stand up to the classic rags published by John Stark: Joplin, Scott and Lamb.

Bolcom Rags
This is a collection of all the Rags that William Bolcom wrote for piano- I purchased this book to work from in my college level piano lessons.The rags are quite interesting, but usually in difficult keys.They are fun to play once you learn them though.

Modern Rags
Not much to add to Seurat's review, except that a few more suggestions for fingering would have been helpful to this intermediate pianist.Some of the compositions are very challenging indeed, others more approachable.I recommend 'Grateful Ghost' and 'Last Rag' forthe less-skilled; both are beautiful.Amazon's price is excellent.

Excellent
These rags are fun to play and sound great. They are of intermediate difficulty, but a few are more difficult.Some of them have interesting instructions for the performer, such as tongue clicking (like a snake), foot stomping, etc.The only gripe is that the binding makes the book hard to keep open.You have to get some sort of clasp to keep the pages from closing.It's maddening, when you're trying to read a passage, and the book closes.It can be overcome, though.Overall very fun, original, beautiful rags.Highly recommended! ... Read more

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Previously available in separate volumes, the original 24°Cabaret Songs° have been collected together for the first time in thisnew complete edition. Includes bios, notes from the composer, andWeinstein's article °What Is Cabaret Song?° ... Read more

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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. ... Read more

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Winner of the 1988 Pulizter Prize. Contents: Butterflies, Hummingbirds (Bk II) * Fast, Furious (Book I) * Hi-Jinks (Book IV) * Hymne a L'amour (Book IV) * Invention (Book III) * Mirrors (Book I) * Nocturne * Premonition * Rag Infernal (Book III) * Recitatif (Book I) * Scene D'opera (Book II) * Vers le Silence (Book IV). ... Read more

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Commissioned for the Tenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. ... Read more

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This collection of 5 art songs comes from Ancient Greek poetry. The music was written by William Bolcom and the poems were translated into English by Arnold Weinstein. Songs: On a Statue of a Runner * Unlucky Eutichus * An Encaustic Painting * Timomarchus's Picture of Medea, in Rome * Praxiteles' Aphrodite. ... Read more

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A 1996 cycle of songs for soprano and piano. Poems by Jane Kenyon, composed for Benite Valente. ... Read more

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

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'Max Harrison . . . surveys the whole history and development of jazz in a concise, well written and well illustrated . . . article together with an extensive bibliography.' —Richard D. C. Noble, Times Literary SupplementThe chapters of this book are in roughly chronological sequence: Spirituals, Blues, Gospels, Ragtime, and Jazz. The first three are by Paul Oliver, whose New Grove entry on the Blues is widely regarded as the definitive brief history of the genre. He has revised and expanded it for this book publication and, in addition, has extended the coverage of his essays on Spirituals in The New Grove to discuss both black and white traditions. Similarly, Oliver has revised and recast his coverage of Gospel music, which has been considerably expanded. Max Harrison's long entry on Jazz, which has also been extended, draws together the separate strands of the book to discuss the concept of Jazz as a matrix of mutually influential folk and popular styles. William Bolcom's short and definitive article on Ragtime has been revised, and all the bibliographies have been updated to include new and important works. ... Read more

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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 * Satisfaction * The Total Stranger in the Garden * Thius King of Orf. ... Read more

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Piano reduction for 2 pianos, 4 hands. Commissioned by the Seattle Symphony and premiered on March 8, 1976. Includes 3 movements: Andante spianato - Allegro, Regrets, and Finale. ... Read more

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With music by William Bolcom and libretto by Arnold Weinstein and Arthur Miller, this opera in two acts was given its World Premiere at the Lyric Opera of Chicago in October of 1999. The gripping story of love and betrayal is set in the rich background of the 1950s Italian immigrant life in Brooklyn. In addition to the libretto, the single sheet music is available for Rodolpho's aria, "The New York Lights." (00352362, $3.95) ... Read more

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Bolcom composed these easy piano pieces for his wife to play in her piano lessons. They are accessible to beginner and intermediate level pianists of all ages. ... Read more

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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, andcould 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 a contemporary classical style. Distinctive repertoire with a twist. Arnold Weinstein's texts are as pithy as Bolcom's settings of them. Contents: Over the Piano * Fur (Murray the Furrier) * He Tipped the Waiter * Waitin * Song of Black Max (as told by de Kooning boys) * Amor * Places to Live * Toothbrush Time * Surprise! * The Actor * Oh Close the Curtain * George. ... Read more

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Art songs with humor and wit

These songs are "art songs" but livelier than the general
somber introspective stuff. ... Read more

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A View from the Bridge, with a libretto by Arnold Weinstein and Arthur Miller, is a faithful adaptation of the Arthur Miller play. Set in the Sicilian-American community of 1950s Brooklyn, this story deals with the timeless themes of classical tragedy: incestuous love, jealousy, betrayal and revenge. The opera was premiered at Lyric Opera of Chicago in 1999. The same production was performed at the Metropolitan Opera in 2002. The score was somewhat revised for the Metropolitan Opera performances, with a few added arias. This Vocal Score presents the revised version. A recording of the Chicago production of the opera was released by New World Records. ... Read more