Will Gay Bottje

Biography

Born in 1925 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Will Gay Bottje (1925-2018) was a graduate of the Juilliard School (Bachelor of Music in flute performance and Master of Music in composition) where he studied composition with Vittorio Giannini. He went on to pursue studies at the Eastman School of Music where he was a pupil of Bernard Rogers and Howard Hanson. From Eastman he earned a Doctor of Musical Arts in Composition, the second such degree to be awarded to a student from any institution. He also studied composition privately with Nadia Boulanger in Paris, and was a pupil of Henk Badings at the University of Utrecht's electronic music studio.

From 1957–1981 Bottje taught on the music faculty at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, Illinois. There he founded and directed SIU's electronic music studio.

 

ACE Publications

231 title(s)
Composer Title SCORING/INSTRUMENTATION Year
Will Gay Bottje WONDERS OF THE NIGHT SKY 8 pf
Will Gay Bottje What is a Man
SATB, narr, WW quintet, brass, perc(2), 2pf
Will Gay Bottje WELL-TEMPERED FLUTE, THE: VOL.5 2flor2vln
Will Gay Bottje WELL-TEMPERED FLUTE, THE: VOL.4 2flor2vln
Will Gay Bottje WELL-TEMPERED FLUTE, THE: VOL.3 2flor2vln
Will Gay Bottje WELL-TEMPERED FLUTE, THE: VOL.2 2flor2vln
Will Gay Bottje WELL-TEMPERED FLUTE, THE: VOL.1 2flor2vln
Will Gay Bottje WAYWARD PILGRIM, A Musical Biography of Emily Dickinson Sop,cham choir,cham orch:2/picc-1-2/bcl-1,2-1-1-0, perc,pf,str:2-2-1-1-1
Will Gay Bottje Wayward Pilgrim (5 songs from) sop, piano
Will Gay Bottje VILLAGE THAT VOTED THE EARTH IS FLAT, THE (Musical Comedy) muscom,22vcs,3acts,kybd
Will Gay Bottje VARIATIONS & FUGUE(for 4 tbn) 4 tbn
Will Gay Bottje VARIATION FOR PERCUSSION AND TAPE perc(10), tape
Will Gay Bottje VARIATIONS FOR BRASS QUINTET brs quintet
Will Gay Bottje UNDULATIONS-5 |Clars) 5cl(4Bb,1A)
Will Gay Bottje Two for the Show(Brass Quintet) 2 trpts, hn, trmb, tuba
Will Gay Bottje TRIPLE PLAY for Clarinet & Piano cl,pf
Will Gay Bottje TRIO SONATA NO.2 (2 Flutes & Keyb.) 2 fl, pf
Will Gay Bottje Trio Sonate Nr. 1 for Fl or Vln, Horn or Cello or Bassoon, & Keyb
Will Gay Bottje TRIO for Violin, Viola &Cello vln, vla, vc
Will Gay Bottje TRIO for Violin, Cello & Piano vln,vcl,pf
Will Gay Bottje TRIO for two Violins & Cello 2 vln, vc
Will Gay Bottje TRIO for Flute, cello, piano florvln,vcl,pf
Will Gay Bottje TRIO for Fl or Vln, Hn or Bsn & Piano (Trio Sonate Nr. 1) flute or violin; horn, bsn, or cello; and piano
Will Gay Bottje Trio for Clarinet, Violin, and Piano cl, vln, pno
Will Gay Bottje Trio for 2 violins and Viola 2 vlns, vla

Additional Works

Published by NEW UNICORN MUSIC COMPANY

  • HEXADS for Organ
  • CONTRASTS for Band

Published by MUSIC FOR PERCUSSION INC

  • MALLETS

Published by ROBERT KING MUSIC CO

  • SYMPHONIC ALLEGRO