# William Gillock

William Gillock (La Russell, 1º luglio 1917 – Dallas, 7 settembre 1993) è stato un compositore e musicista statunitense.

## Biografia

Ha frequentato il Methodist College, a Fayette, Missouri, dove si è diplomato sia in piano che composizione con N. Louise Wright, che fin da principio riconobbe in lui spiccate doti musicali. La didattica è l'ambito a cui ha dedicato buona parte delle sue opere, soprattutto quella rivolta a bambini ed adolescenti. Per vent'anni ha vissuto a New Orleans dove divenne anche animatore musicale nell'organizzazione di eventi, abbinando l'insegnamento privato e workshops con insegnanti. La seconda parte della sua vita la passò a Dallas. Gillock fu insignito per cinque volte dalla National Federation of Music Clubs con l'Award of Merit for Service to American Music e la sua biografia appare sull'International Who's Who of Musician. Da suoi contemporanei è stato definito "The Schubert of children's composers".
La sua musica ha molti cultori in Germania e Giappone. Morì a Dallas a settembre 1993 dopo una lunga malattia.

## Opere (parziale)
### Didattica

* Now I Can Play Book 1
* Now I Can Play Book 2
* Now I Can Play Book 3
* Piano All the Way 1A
* Piano All the Way 1B
* Piano All the Way 2
* Piano All the Way 3
* Piano All the Way 4
* Technic All the Way 1A
* Technic All the Way 1B
* Technic All the Way 2A
* Technic All the Way 2B
* Theory All the Way
* Theory All the Way 1B
* Theory All the Way 2A
* Theory All the Way 2B

### Brani brillanti e adattamenti pianistici

* Adagio Esotico
* Aeolian Harp
* Arabesque Sentimentale
* Ariel (a forest sprite)
* At the Ballet
* Autumn Is Here
* A Time for Us
* A Woodland Legend
* Bagdad
* Barcarolle
* Bells of Notre Dame
* Ben
* Blue Mood
* Blues Motif
* By a Sylvan Lake
* Cabaret
* Capriccieto
* Carnival in Rio
* Carnival in Rio (second part)
* Castanets
* Choral Prelude
* Classic Carnival
* Clowns
* Come Saturday Morning
* Command Performance
* Cossack Dance
* Cuckoo's Call
* Dancing in a Dream
* Dancing on the Levee
* Day by Day
* Deserted Planatation
* Drifting Cowboy
* Electronic Computer
* Elfin Pranks
* Entertainer
* Etude in A Major
* Etude in E Minor
* Etude in G Major (Tobaggan Ride)
* Festive Dance
* Festive Piece
* Fiesta
* Fifers
* Flamenco
* Flute Song and Dance
* Fog at Sea
* Fountain in the Rain
* French Doll
* Fur Elise
* Georgia on My Mind
* German Dance Op
* Glass Slipper
* Goldfish
* Happiness
* Happy Holiday
* Harlequin
* Haunted Tree
* Holiday in Paris Schirmer
* Horseback Ride
* In Old Vienna
* Journey in the Night
* The Juggler
* Last Spring
* Lazy Bayou
* Little Suite in Baroque Style
* Little Suite in C
* Love Story
* Madrigal Singers
* Maple Leaf Rag
* March of the Tin Soldiers
* March (from the Nutcracker
* Memory of Vienna
* Mirage
* Misty
* Moonlight
* Music Box Waltz
* My Toy Duck
* Mission Bells
* My Wild Irish Rose
* Night Serenade
* Nocturne
* Old Plantation
* Polynesian Nocturne
* Portrait of Paris
* Prelude
* Promenade
* Prowling Pussycat
* Rondo in Classic Style
* Royal Hunt
* Sarabande
* Seven Dwarfs
* Sleigh bells in the Snow
* Sevilla
* Sing We Noel
* Sonatina in C
* Sonatina in Classic Style
* Sonatina in G
* Sonatine
* Song from M*A*S*H
* Spanish Roses
* Stately Procession
* Sunrise Sunset
* Sunset
* Tarantella
* Three Jazz Preludes
* Toyland
* Two Indian Dances
* Valse Etude
* Valse Triste
* Viennese Rondo
* Viennese Rondo (secondo)
* Village Dance
* Yo Yo Tricks
* You Are So Beautiful
* You Light Up My Life
* You're a Good Man Charlie Brown

### Raccolte per piano solo

* Lyric Preludes in Romantic Style: 24 Short Piano Pieces in All Keys
* New Orleans Jazz Styles
* More New Orleans Jazz Styles
* Still More New Orleans Jazz Styles
* New Orleans Jazz Styles 3 books & CD pack
* New Orleans Jazz Styles, More NO. Jazz Styles, Still More N.O Jazz Styles CD
* New Orleans Jazz Styles, More N.O. Jazz Styles, Still More N.O Jazz Styles MIDI
* Seven Pieces in Seven Keys
* Solo Repertoire Book 1
* Solo Repertoire Book 2
* Solo Repertoire Book 3
* Solo Repertoire Book 4
* Young Pianist's First Big Note Solos
* Young Pianist's First Hymnal
* Young Pianist's First Christmas

### Composizioni per duetti al piano

* Boogie Prelude
* Dance of the Sugarplum Fairy
* Espana Cani
* Fiesta Mariachi
* Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
* Jazz Prelude
* Liebesfreud
* March of the Three Kings
* March of the Toys
* Playing in the Park
* Sidewalk Cafe
* Trepak from Nutcracker Suite
* Viennese Rondo (secondo to solo)

### Composizioni per terzetti al piano (a 6 mani)

* Little Sparrow
* Oriental Bazaar

### Composizioni per 2 pianoforti

* On a Paris Boulevard
* Portrait of Paris (2nd piano part)

### Composizioni per 2 pianoforti (a 8 mani)

* Champagne Toccata