William Bergsma, Composer

ORCHESTRAL WORKS

  • Gold and the Señor Commandante, ballet (also 9-movement suite), Galaxy Music Corporation

  • The Fortunate Islands, string orchestra, Carl Fischer, rental

  • Paul Bunyan Suite, full orchestra, Carl Fischer, rental

  • Symphony #1, full orchestra, Carl Fischer, rental

  • A Carol on Twelfth Night, full orchestra, Galaxy Music Corporation

  • March with Trumpets, band, Galaxy Music Corporation

  • March with Trumpets, orchestra, Galaxy Music Corporation

  • Chameleon Variations, orchestra, Galaxy Music Corporation

  • In Celebration, Toccata for the Sixth Day, full orchestra, ECS Publishing Group

  • Sweet Was the Song the Virgin Sung; Tristan Revisited: Variations and Fantasy for Viola and Orchestra - this manuscript is at the Sibley Library, https://www.esm.rochester.edu/sibley/specialcollections/findingaids/

  • Serenade to Await the Moon, chamber orchestra, Galaxy Music Corporation

  • In Campo Aperto, chamber orchestra, ECS Publishing Group

  • Documentary 1: Portrait of a City, full orchestra, Galaxy Music Corporation

  • Documentary II, Billie's World, full orchestra, ECS Publishing Group

  • Dances, chamber orchestra, Galaxy Music Corporation

  • Violin Concerto, violin and orchestra, Galaxy Music Corporation

SOLO & CHAMBER WORKS

  • Tangents, piano, Carl Fischer Music

  • The Voice of the Coelacanth, horn, violin, and piano, Columbia University Music Press

  • Concerto for Wind Quintet, woodwind quartet, Galaxy Music Corporation

  • Fantastic Variations on a Theme from Tristan and Isolde, viola and piano, Galaxy Music Corporation

  • Illegible Canons, clarinet and percussion, Galaxy Music Corporation

  • Blatant Hypotheses, trombone and percussion, Galaxy Music Corporation

  • Clandestine Dialogues, cello and percussion, Galaxy Music Corporation

  • String Quartet #4, Galaxy Music Corporation

  • Four All, clarinet, trombone, cello, percussion, Galaxy Music Corporation

  • Changes for Seven, woodwind quintet, piano and percussion, Galaxy Music Corporation

  • Quintet for Flute and Strings, Galaxy Music Corporation

  • Three Fantasies, piano solo, Colla Voce, Alfred Music

  • Violin Concerto, solo violin with chamber orchestra or piano. Galaxy Music Corporation

VOCAL WORKS

  • Bethsabe Bathing, mezzo-soprano or tenor with piano accompaniment. Galaxy Music Corporation

  • Cantilena: from “In Space,” soprano with chamber group or piano accompaniment. Galaxy Music Corporation

  • Confrontation from the Book of Job, SATB chorus and full orchestra. Galaxy Music Corporation

  • Six Songs to Poems by E. E. Cummings, high voice and piano. Carl Fischer

  • Four Songs, medium voice, clarinet, bassoon and piano. ECS Publishing

  • I Toad You So, kid’s voice and marimba (or piano). ECS Publishing

  • In a Glass of Water Before Retiring, SATB with soprano solo and piano. Carl Fischer

  • Let True Love Among Us Be, two-part chorus and piano. Carl Fischer, 1950.

  • On the Beach at Night, SATB a cappella. Carl Fischer

  • Praise, SATB and organ. Galaxy Music Corporation

  • “I. Answer: The Snow.” From: Riddle Me This. Choral settings of three traditional riddles for unaccompanied mixed chorus. Galaxy Music Corporation

  • “II. Answer: The Egg.” From: Riddle Me This. Choral settings of three traditional riddles for unaccompanied mixed chorus. Galaxy Music Corporation

  • “III. Answer: The Cow.” From: Riddle Me This. Choral settings of three traditional riddles for unaccompanied mixed chorus.Riddle Me This, SATB, Galaxy Music Corporation

  • The Sun, The Soaring Eagle, The Turquoise Prince, The God, mixed chorus, brass and percussion. Galaxy Music Corporation

  • We Pause Briefly, SATB a cappella

  • Wishes, Wonders, Portents, Charms, mixed chorus with instruments. Galaxy Music Corporation

  • The Murder of Comrade Sharik, an opera in two acts. Piano/vocal score. Galaxy Music Corporation

  • The Wife of Martin Guerre, opera. Galaxy Music Corporation

  • Lullee, Lullay, contemporary Songs in English, medium high, Carl Fischer

  • Riddle Me This, choral settings of three traditional riddles for unaccompanied mixed chorus. Galaxy Music Corporation