威廉.博爾康(William Bolcom, 1938-)是美國著名的現代作曲家，到目前為止為小提琴做了四首奏鳴曲。本文第一章概述了二十世紀音樂的發展第二章介紹威廉博爾康的生平和創作的風格第三章將四首奏鳴曲做介紹。
接著詳細說明第二號奏鳴曲的樂曲結構以及演奏詮釋

【中文書籍】
馬清著。《二十世紀歐美音樂風格》。台北：揚智文化事業有限公司，2000。

楊沛仁。《音樂史與欣賞》。台北：美樂出版社，2001。

劉志明著。《西洋音樂史與風格》。台北：全音樂譜出版社，2000。

鐘子林編著。《西方現代音樂概述》。北京：人民音樂出版社，1991。

Gibert Chase。《新世界的音樂》。簡而清 譯。香港：今日世界出版社，1975。

H. H. Stuckenschmidt。《二十世紀音樂》。湯亞汀 譯。北京：人民音樂出版社，
1992。

Reginald Smith Brindle。《新音樂—1945年以來的先鋒派》。
北京：人民音樂出版社，2001。

Roger Kamien。《音樂認識與欣賞》。王美珠等 譯。台北：麥格羅希爾，2005。

【西文書籍】
Baldwin, Philip Richard. An Analysis of Three Violin Sonatas by William Bolcom, Doctoral dissertation. Ohio State University, 1996.

Crane, Emily Hanna. A Performer’s Approach to William Bolcom’s Concerto in D For Violin and Orchestra.
Doctoral dissertation, The Florida State University, 2007.

Cowell, Henry. American Composers on American Music.
New York: Frederick Ungar Publishing Co., 1933.

Ficsor, Philip Gyula. William Bolcom’s Work For Violin and Piano: A Performer’s Perspective. Doctoral dissertation, Boston University College of Fine Arts, 2006.

Lim, Tze Yean. Work for Violin and Piano by William Bolcom: A Study in the Development of His Music Style.
Doctoral dissertation. University of Cincinnati, 2002.

Morgan Robert P., Twentieth-Century Music.
New York: W. W. Norto & Company, Inc., 1991.

Salzman, Eric. Twentieth-Century Music: An Introduction. New Jersey: Enhlewood Cliffs, 1967.

【西文期刊】
Holland, Bernard.“Composing a Kinship Between Classical and Pop” New York Times.( January 18, 1995).

Rockwell, John.“Music, Every Which Way” New York Times. (August 16, 1987).

【網路資料】
威廉．博爾康網頁，http://williambolcom.com/

Christopher Wright, “An Interview with American Composer William Bolcom—The Unrepentant Eclectic”, http://williambolcom.com/index.php?contentID=1038

Terrence McNally, “Interview: William Bolcom on writing A View from the Bridge”,
http://williambolcom.com/index.php?contentID=1036

【樂譜】
Bolcom, William. Second Sonata for Violin and Piano.
Edward B.Marks Music
Company, 1985.

________ Third Sonata (Sonata Stramba) for Violin and Piano. Edward B. Marks
Music Company, 1994.

________. Fourth Sonata or Violin and Piano. Edward B. Marks Music Company,
1998.

【有聲資料】
________. Note to Second Sonata for Violin and Piano; Solomia Soroka
(Violin) and Arthur Greene (Piano). CD, NAXOS 8.559150, 2006