Variations

1965, solo piano and wind ensemble (picc, 2 fl, 2 ob, eng hn, 2 cl, bs cl, 2 bs, contra bs, 4 hn, 2 tpt, 3 trb, tuba, 3 st bass, 3 perc), Seesaw Music, 12', recorded on Cornell 13

"The Cope Variations employs the piano in a highly effective manner."

Harwood Simmons, The New York State School Music News, Feb., 1974

"Cope's affinity for the theater manifests itself also in the dramatic intensity of his large instrumental works. For a composer still in his thirties he is unusually well represented on records."

Joseph Machlis, Introduction to Contemporary Music, second edition 1979