Ragtime music was big at the turn of the 20th century. The genre was popularized by African-American composer Scott Joplin, known in his day as "the king of ragtime." But there were many others, such ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Critic’s Notebook William Bolcom’s recent work, written for the pianist Igor Levit, is streaming after its premiere earlier this year. By Seth Colter ...

The pianist, who appears at the Rockport Chamber Music Festival on Saturday, recently released a two-CD set of American composer William Bolcom’s complete piano rags Like many music lovers of a ...

This pair of double albums, one devoted to the songs of Samuel Barber and the other to the rags of William Bolcom, illuminate two fascinating bits of 20th Century American classical music. Barber ...

Chamber music group Pro Musica of Detroit will honor one of the region’s most celebrated composers Sunday with “A Tribute to William Bolcom.” The concert, at 1 p.m. in the Detroit Institute of Arts’ ...

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. The William Bolcom Tribute Concert, presented in partnership between Pro ...

He was pivotal in reviving the American musical genre of ragtime. He has composed music in a range of styles that all but erases the lines between art music and popular music. And he has taught and ...

’s credentials might give you the wrong impression. A Pulitzer Prize-winning composer, a University of Michigan music professor for 35 years, National Medal of Arts recipient and studies with Darius ...

We hear three encore pieces by American composers. First, from a recital Stephen Hough gave in Atlanta, "March of the Siamese Children," which Hough himself arranged from "The King and I," by Richard ...

In the 1950s, composer William Bolcom began an ambitious project to set the 46 poems in William Blake's Songs of Innocence and Experience to music. A massive work, the result premiered in 1984. Now, a ...