NICOLE V. GAGNÉ

This show, first broadcast on November 23, 2025, examines composers paying tribute to other composers – not just through dedications, but by composing works that are informed by the music of the composer they want to honor. Sometimes the other composer’s music is arranged or quoted, as in works by Manuel de Falla, Igor Stravinsky, Lukas Foss, Luciano Berio, Charles Wuorinen, The Residents, and John Zorn. Another approach is to make music that is evocative of another composer, as in pieces by Kenneth Gaburo, Aaron Copland, James Tenney, Pauline Oliveros, and Louis Andriessen.

MANUEL DE FALLA

Homenaje “Le Tombeau de Claude Debussy” (1920)

IGOR STRAVINSKY

Monumentum pro Gesualdo di Venosa ad CD Annum (1960)

KENNETH GABURO

For Harry (1966)

LUKAS FOSS

Phorion (1967)

LUCIANO BERIO

Sinfonia, movement III (1968)

AARON COPLAND

Night Thoughts (Homage to Ives) (1972)

JAMES TENNEY

Spectral CANON for CONLON Nancarrow (1974)

CHARLES WUORINEN

A Reliquary for Igor Stravinsky (1975)

THE RESIDENTS

Beyond the Valley of a Day in the Life (1977)

JOHN ZORN

“Der Kleine Leutnant Des Lieben Gottes” (1985)

PAULINE OLIVEROS

Quintuplets Play Pen: Homage to Ruth Crawford (2001)

LOUIS ANDRIESSEN

Monument for Graettinger (2011)

Link to:

Music: KALW Radio Shows, 2024–2025

For more on these composers, see:

Music Book: Historical Dictionary of Modern and Contemporary Classical Music, Second Edition

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For more on Louis Andriessen, see:

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For more on Aaron Copland, Manuel de Falla, and Igor Stravinsky, see:

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For more on Aaron Copland, Lukas Foss, and Charles Wuorinen, see:

Music Book: Soundpieces: Interviews with American Composers

For more on Pauline Oliveros, see:

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For more on Pauline Oliveros, James Tenney, and John Zorn, see:

Music Book: Soundpieces 2: Interviews with American Composers

For more on The Residents, see:

Music Book: Sonic Transports: New Frontiers in Our Music

For more on The Residents and Igor Stravinsky, see:

Music: SFCR Radio Show #27, 20th-Century Music on the March

For more on The Residents and John Zorn, see:

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For more on Igor Stravinsky, see:

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Music: SFCR Radio Show #22, Neo-Classicism, part 3

For more on Igor Stravinsky and John Zorn, see:

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For more on John Zorn, see:

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