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William Bolcom

1938 - Today

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William Elden Bolcom (born May 26, 1938) is an American composer and pianist. He has received the Pulitzer Prize, the National Medal of Arts, a Grammy Award, the Detroit Music Award and was named 2007 Composer of the Year by Musical America. He taught composition at the University of Michigan from 1973 until 2008. He is married to mezzo-soprano Joan Morris. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. William Bolcom is the 1,206th most popular composer (up from 1,213th in 2019), the 7,712th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,415th in 2019) and the 75th most popular American Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, William Bolcom ranks 1,206 out of 1,451. Before him are Italo Montemezzi, Thomas Linley the younger, Francisco Asenjo Barbieri, Dimitri Arakishvili, Leonel Power, and Camille Erlanger. After him are Eino Tamberg, Michael William Balfe, Dobri Hristov, Johann Nepomuk David, Joonas Kokkonen, and Emilio Arrieta.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, William Bolcom ranks 430. Before him are Bronislovas Lubys, Nikola Kotkov, Nina Andreyeva, Bobby Hebb, Jô Soares, and Toini Gustafsson. After him are Bohumil Němeček, Danièle Dupré, Dolores Hart, Shyamala Gopalan, Verna Bloom, and Jim Wedderburn.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, William Bolcom ranks 7,714 out of 20,380. Before him are Lorna Luft (1952), Marvin Stalder (1905), Bruce Ames (1928), Karl Warner (1908), Maud Wagner (1877), and Randy Brecker (1945). After him are Bonnie Bartlett (1929), Wilmer Allison (1904), Joseph Wambaugh (1937), Michael Constantine (1927), Harvey Fierstein (1954), and Henry Slocum (1862).

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Among COMPOSERS In United States

Among composers born in United States, William Bolcom ranks 75. Before him are Carter Burwell (1954), Michael Giacchino (1967), Morton Gould (1913), Gunther Schuller (1925), Paul Whiteman (1890), and Alan Hovhaness (1911). After him are Brad Fiedel (1951), Elliot Goldenthal (1954), Glenn Branca (1948), Leonard Slatkin (1944), Frank Churchill (1901), and David Diamond (1915).

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