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In honor of New York’s late-fall finery, this week Nadia Sirota is exploring music that is orchestrationally decked-out, using the glockenspiel, celeste, harp, electronics and plenty of things that sparkle.

Igor Stravinsky once said "Good composers don't imitate, they steal." They emulate formal structures (compare Schumann's Third Symphony to Brahms's Third Symphony), they steal melodic lines (that trumpet lick at the beginning of Bartok's Second Piano Concerto was pretty clearly ganked from Firebird), and sometimes, in more overt expressions of indebtedness, they say "thank you." This week on Hammered! - Q2's hour-long showcase of contemporary piano music - we highlight tributes, tombeaus, homages and other musical thank you cards.