Fanfare for Bima, for Brass Quartet (composed as a birthday tribute to Koussevitzky using the tune he whistled to call his cocker spaniel)[1] (1948)
Elegy for Mippy I, for Horn and Piano (1948)
Elegy for Mippy II, for Trombone Solo (1948)
Waltz for Mippy III, for Tuba and Piano (1948)
Rondo for Lifey, for Trumpet and Piano (1948)
Shivaree: A Fanfare, for Double Brass Ensemble and Percussion (commissioned by and dedicated to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York in honor of its Centenary; musical material later used in "Mass.") (1969)
Canon for Aaron for Violin and Piano; Composed for Aaron Copland’s 70th birthday celebrations (1970)