William Bolcom (b. 1938)
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William Bolcom (b. 1938)
1. What do we need to know about this composer?
Possible answers . . .
- Versatile composer of cabaret songs.
- Also, an opera composer.
2. Name a song composition by this composer.
Possible answers . . .
Cabaret Songs
Volume 1
Over the piano
Fur (Murray the Furrier)
He tipped the waiter
Waitin
Song of Black Max (As told by the de Kooning boys)
Amor
Volume 2
Places to Live
Toothbrush Time
Surprise!
The Actor
Oh Close the Curtain
George
Volume 3
The Total Stranger in the Garden
Love in the Thirties
Thius King of Orf
Miracle Song
Satisfaction
Radical Sally
Volume 4
Angels are the Highest Form of Virtue
Poet Pal of Mine
Can’t Sleep
At the Last Lousy Moments of Love
Lady Luck
Blue
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I Will Breathe a Mountain
1. Pity me not because the light of day
2. How to swing those obbligatos around
3. The crazy woman
4. Just once
5. Never more will the wind
6. The sage
7. O to be a dragon
8. The bustle in a house
9. I saw Eternity
10. Night practice
11. The fish
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his selection is called: Cabaret Songs Volume 1 “Over the piano”
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This selection is called: Cabaret Songs Volume 1 “Fur (Murray the Furrier)”
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This selection is called: Cabaret Songs Volume 1 “He tipped the waiter”
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This selection is called: Cabaret Songs Volume 1 “Waitin”
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This selection is called: Cabaret Songs Volume 1 “Song of Black Max (As told by the de Kooning boys)”
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This selection is called: Cabaret Songs Volume 1 “Amor”
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This selection is called: Cabaret Songs Volume 2 “Places to Live”
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This selection is called: Cabaret Songs Volume 2 “Toothbrush Time”
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This selection is called: Cabaret Songs Volume 2 “Surprise!”
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This selection is called: Cabaret Songs Volume 2 “The Actor”
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This selection is called: Cabaret Songs Volume 2 “Oh Close the Curtain”
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This selection is called: Cabaret Songs Volume 2 “George”
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This selection is called: Cabaret Songs Volume 3 “The Total Stranger in the Garden”
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This selection is called: Cabaret Songs Volume 3 “Love in the Thirties”
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This selection is called: Cabaret Songs Volume 3 “Thius King of Orf”
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This selection is called: Cabaret Songs Volume 3 “Miracle Song”
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This selection is called: Cabaret Songs Volume 3 “Satisfaction”
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This selection is called: Cabaret Songs Volume 3 “Radical Sally”
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This selection is called: Cabaret Songs Volume 4 “Angels are the Highest Form of Virtue”
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This selection is called: Cabaret Songs Volume 4 “Poet Pal of Mine”
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This selection is called: Cabaret Songs Volume 4 “Can’t Sleep”
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This selection is called: Cabaret Songs Volume 4 “At the Last Lousy Moments of Love”
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This selection is called: Cabaret Songs Volume 4 “Lady Luck”
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This selection is called: Cabaret Songs Volume 4 “Blue”
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This selection is called: I Will Breathe a Mountain “1. Pity me not because the light of day”
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This selection is called: I Will Breathe a Mountain “2. How to swing those obbligatos around”
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This selection is called: I Will Breathe a Mountain “3. The crazy woman”
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This selection is called: I Will Breathe a Mountain “4. Just once”
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This selection is called: I Will Breathe a Mountain “5. Never more will the wind”
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This selection is called: I Will Breathe a Mountain “6. The sage”
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This selection is called: I Will Breathe a Mountain “7. O to be a dragon”
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This selection is called: I Will Breathe a Mountain “8. The bustle in a house”
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This selection is called: I Will Breathe a Mountain “9. I saw Eternity”
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This selection is called: I Will Breathe a Mountain “10. Night practice”
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This selection is called: I Will Breathe a Mountain “11. The fish”
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