After that he continued teaching counterpoint, fugue, and composition until the eve of his death in 1988, having a number of distinguished students, among them Don Shirley, Helmut Braunlich, Richard S.Parks, Thomas Tumulty, Haig Mardirosian, Richard Reiter, Dieter Lehnhoff, Anthony Doherty, and Micheal Houlahan.
He composed 3 symphonies, two piano concerti, a cello concerto, three string quartets, a one-act opera, works for organ, piano and violin, a symphonic tone poem based on Finnegan's Wake and a set of "Variations" on the legend of Orpheus in the Underworld.
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He played as soloist with the orchestra at Milan's La Scala opera house in a program dedicated to Gershwin's music.
Don Quixote | Don Giovanni | Shirley Bassey | Don Cherry | Shirley Temple | Don | Shirley MacLaine | Don (honorific) | Don Cheadle | Rostov-on-Don | Don Williams | Don Juan | Don Knotts | Don Imus | Don Carlos | Shirley Williams | Shirley | Don Rickles | Don Omar | Don Henley | Shirley Jones | Salesians of Don Bosco | Don Johnson | Don Drysdale | Shirley Knight | Don Pasquale | Don Messick | Don Bluth | Shirley Jackson | Don King (boxing promoter) |
Contributors included Perry Crowe, Mindy Farrabee, Michael Collins, Cole Coonce, Mick Farren, Richard Foss, Ron Garmon, Andrew Gumbel, Tom Hayden, Erik Himmelsbach, Greg Katz, Alfred Lee, Richard Meltzer, Anthony Miller, Chris Morris, Donna Perlmutter, Don Shirley, Kirk Silsbee, Joshua Sindell, Greg Stacy, Annette Stark, David L. Ulin and Don Waller.