Among his many compositions is a rag called "Eubie on Second Avenue," in honor of Eubie Blake, and of walking on the avenue.
Among his many notable compositions are his 12 symphonic poems, two (completed) piano concerti, several sacred choral works, and a great variety of solo piano pieces.
And, he said, many of the compositions "are difficult to play, simply because Mike's not around".
Elliott Carter, for example, has created what might be thought of as counter-fugues: many of his compositions are composed of seemingly autonomous voices; the only catch is that instead of imitating each other, these voices contradict and avoid each other.
Many of his compositions are built around amorphous acoustic guitar parts; sometimes he adds cryptic lyrics, sometimes he layers other instruments, and sometimes he just keeps strumming and picking.
Many of the compositions are spare, emblematic, nearly abstract, as in the case of a box filled with broken glass and another made up of nothing more than a suspended hammer.
Many of his compositions are found in the Jaipur Razm-nāmeh (the Persian name for the Indian epic Mahabharata), the Patna Tīmūr-nāmeh ("Book of Timur"), and the Victoria and Albert Museum's copy of Akbar's official history, the Akbar-nāmeh.
Many of the compositions are now considered to have considerable artistic merit.
Importantly, appreciable non zero values of W W occur at most time points, suggesting that many of the compositions are symmetry-broken.
He was so admired that many anonymous compositions were attributed to him by copyists, probably to increase their sales.
