Twelve New Etudes for Piano explained

Twelve New Etudes for Piano (1977–1986) is a piece composed by William Bolcom (b. 1938), awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Music in 1988,^[1] while he was teaching composition at University of Michigan.^[2]

The set is "new" relative to Bolcom's first set of Twelve Etudes for Piano (1959–1966; released on Advance FGR-14S in 1971^[3]), and was intended for and dedicated to Paul Jacobs, who died before the composition was complete, and thus the finished set is dedicated to Jacobs, John Musto, and Marc-André Hamelin.

Musto gave a partial premiere in 1986, and Hamelin premiered the complete Etudes in 1987,^{[4] [5]} and recorded the pieces on New World Records in 1988 (80354).

The New Etudes are divided into four books of three pieces:

Further reading

• Jones. Henry Scott. 1994. William Bolcom's Twelve New Etudes for Piano. Doctor of Musical Arts thesis. Louisiana State University. 10 July 2022. none.

External links

• , Marc-André Hamelin

Notes and References

1. Fischer, Heinz Dietrich (2010). The Pulitzer Prize Winners for Music, p. 192. Peter Lang. .
2. Materka, Pat Roessle (May/June 1988). "Your University", The Michigan Alumnus, Volumes 93–95, p. 17. UM Libraries.
3. Lewis, Thomas P.; ed. (1990). Something About the Music, Vol. 2, p. 104. Pro/Am Music Resources.
4. "William Bolcom", Pulitzer.org. Accessed: 1 August 2018.
5. (2006). Contemporary Musicians, Volume 54, p. 28. Gale Research. .