List of compositions by William Bolcom

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

Operas

 * McTeague (1991–92)
 * A View from the Bridge (1997–98)
 * A Wedding (2003)
 * Dinner at Eight (2016)

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 No. 9 (2012)
 * Symphony No. 1 for band (2008)

Concertos

 * Piano Concerto (1976)
 * Violin Concerto in D (1983)
 * Fantasia Concertante (1984)
 * Clarinet Concerto (1988)
 * Flute Concerto Lyric Concerto (1992–1993)
 * Concerto for Two Pianos Left Hand Gaea (1996)
 * Concerto Grosso for Saxophone Quartet and Orchestra (2000)
 * Romanza (2009)
 * Trombone Concerto (2016)
 * Concerto for Soprano Saxophone and Band (2016)
 * 2nd Piano Concerto (2019)

Piano
 Organ 
 * Miscellaneous rags (24)
 * Three Ghost Rags (1970)
 * Graceful Ghost Rag
 * Poltergeist Rag
 * Dream Shadows Rag
 * The Garden of Eden (1974)
 * Twelve Etudes (1959–66)
 * Twelve New Etudes for Piano (1977–1986)
 * Nine Bagatelles (1996)
 * Nine New Bagatelles (2005)
 * Bird Spirits (1999)
 * Dream Music No. 1 (1965)
 * Fantasy-Sonata (1961)
 * Ballade (2008)
 * Mysteries (1976), commissioned for the 1976 International Contemporary Organ Music Festival, premiered by William Albright.

Song cycles

 * Songs of Innocence and of Experience
 * Ancient Cabaret
 * Briefly It Enters
 * Cabaret Songs
 * I Will Breathe a Mountain
 * Let Evening Come
 * Minicabs
 * Old Addresses
 * Open House
 * Songs To Dance
 * Three Donald Hall Songs
 * A Whitman Triptych
 * Morning and Evening Poems
 * Medusa
 * Laura Sonnets
 * Chestnuts

Novelty songs

 * "Lime Jello Marshmallow Cottage Cheese Surprise"

Guitar

 * Seasons

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)
 * 1974:      The Garden of Eden
 * 1979:      Third Symphony (for Chamber Orchestra)
 * 1956-82: Songs of Innocence and of Experience (William Blake)
 * 1978-83:   "Cabaret Songs" (Vol. 1 and 2)
 * 1979-1984: Gospel Preludes (Books 1-4), for organ
 * Book IV: Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child (a reaction to Marvin Gaye's death), Sweet Hour of Prayer, and Fantasy on "O Zion Haste" and "The Church's One Foundation"
 * 1984:      Lilith for Alto Saxophone and Piano
 * 1977-85: Cabaret Songs (Vol. 1 and 2)
 * 1984:      Songs of Innocence and of Experience
 * 1985:      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
 * 1991-92: McTeague (opera)
 * 1996:    Cabaret Songs (Vol. 3 and 4)
 * 1996:    Gaea, Concerto for Two Left-Handed Pianists, and Orchestra
 * 1996-97:   Sixth Symphony
 * 1997-98: A View from the Bridge (opera)
 * 1998:      Concert Suite (for alto saxophone and band)
 * 2000:      (First) Piano Quintet
 * 2002:      Seventh Symphony:  A Symphonic Concerto
 * 2003:      A Wedding (opera)
 * 2005:      La fantome du Clavecin (for harpsichord)
 * 2006:      Canciones de Lorca
 * 2007:      Eighth Symphony
 * 2007:      Lucrezia
 * 2008:      First Symphony for Band
 * 2009:      Prometheus
 * 2009:      Romanza (for solo violin and string orchestra)
 * 2011:      Ninth Symphony
 * 2016:     Dinner at Eight (opera)
 * 2019:     Three Miniatures, premiered by the 2020 Eastern Michigan University Honors Band.