Twentieth-century classical music was also part of Dolphy's musical career. He was very familiar with the music of composers such as Anton Webern and Alban Berg, had a large record collection that included music by these composers, as well as by Debussy, Ravel, Stravinsky, and Bartók, and owned scores by composers such as Milton Babbitt, Donald Erb, Charles Ives, and Olivier Messiaen. He visited Edgard Varèse at his home, and performed the composer's Density 21.5 for solo flute at the Ojai Music Festival in 1962. Dolphy also participated in Gunther Schuller's and John Lewis's Third Stream efforts of the 1960s, appearing on the album Jazz Abstractions, and admired the Italian flute virtuoso Severino Gazzelloni, after whom he named his composition Gazzelloni.
Twentieth-century classical music was also part of Dolphy's musical career He was very familiar with the music of composers such as Anton Webern and Alban Berg had a large record collection that included music by these composers as well as by Debussy Ravel Stravinsky and Bartók and owned scores by composers such as Milton Babbitt Donald Erb Charles Ives and Olivier Messiaen He visited Edgard Varèse at his home and performed the composer's Density 215 for solo flute at the Ojai Music Festival in 1962 Dolphy also participated in Gunther Schuller's and John Lewis's Third Stream efforts of the 1960s appearing on the album Jazz Abstractions and admired the Italian flute virtuoso Severino Gazzelloni after whom he named his composition Gazzelloni