Dead Elvis, also known as Develvis for Solo Bassoon and Chamber Ensemble (1993) by American composer Michael Daugherty, is a 10-minute, single-movement work inspired by the King of Rock-n-Roll, Elvis Presley.
 "Dead Elvis" was commissioned by bassoonist Charles (Chuck) Ullery and The Grand Tetons Festival, and Richard Pittman/Boston Musica Viva.
 The Chamber Ensemble instrumentation calls for solo bassoon, E flat clarinet, trumpet, bass trombone, violin, contrabass, and percussion.
 The premiere was performed by The Grand Tetons Chamber Players, Michael Daugherty conducting and Charles Ullery as soloist, in July 1993.
Fire and Blood for solo violin and orchestra by composer Michael Daugherty is a 25-minute concerto inspired by Diego Rivera's Detroit Industry Murals and Frida Kahlo's paintings done in Detroit.
 It was commissioned by the Detroit Symphony Orchestra during Michael Daugherty's time as composer in residence (1999-2003).
Ghost Ranch is a three-movement orchestral composition by the American composer Michael Daugherty.
 Inspired by the life and work of artist Georgia O'Keeffe, the title is derived from the name of O'Keeffe's New Mexico summer home, Ghost Ranch.
 The piece was commissioned by BBC Radio 3, completed in 2005, and premiered February 8, 2006 in Poole, United Kingdom, with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra led by conductor Marin Alsop.
Metropolis Symphony for Orchestra (1988–93) by American composer Michael Daugherty is a five-movement symphony inspired by Superman comics.
 The entire piece was created over the span of five years with separate commissions for each movement.
 Individual movements may be performed separately; however, it is preferred that the 41 minute symphony be performed in its entirety.
 "Metropolis" "Symphony" was premiered by the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, David Zinman conducting, in January 1994, at the Meyerhoff Concert Hall in Baltimore, Maryland.
Raise the Roof is a one-movement concerto for timpani and orchestra by the American composer Michael Daugherty.
 The work was commissioned by the Detroit Symphony Orchestra for the opening of the Max M. Fisher Music Center.
 It was premiered in Detroit, October 16, 2003, with conductor Neeme Järvi leading the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and timpanist Brian Jones.
 Daugherty later arranged the piece for concert band in 2007; this arrangement was commissioned by the University of Michigan Symphony Band and was premiered under conductor Michael Haithcock at the National Conference of the College Band Directors National Association on March 30, 2007.
 "Raise the Roof" is one of Daugherty's most-programmed pieces and has been frequently performed as a concert opener since its publication.
Diego María de la Concepción Juan Nepomuceno Estanislao de la Rivera y Barrientos Acosta y Rodríguez, known as Diego Rivera (] ; December 8, 1886 – November 24, 1957) was a prominent Mexican painter.
 His large frescoes helped establish the Mexican mural movement in Mexican art.
 Between 1922 and 1953, Rivera painted murals among others in Mexico City, Chapingo, Cuernavaca, San Francisco, Detroit, and New York City.
 In 1931, a retrospective exhibition of his works was held at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
 Rivera had a volatile marriage with fellow Mexican artist Frida Kahlo.
American Gothic is an orchestral composition by the American composer Michael Daugherty.
 The approximately 20-minute work is composed in three movements inspired by the paintings of the Iowan artist Grant Wood (1891-1942).
 Daugherty is a native of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, where the piece premiered on May 4, 2013, at Cedar Rapids' Paramount Theatre, with Timothy Hankewich, conductor.
Jackie O is a chamber opera in two acts composed by Michael Daugherty to a libretto by Wayne Koestenbaum.
 The 90-minute work, commissioned by Houston Grand Opera in 1995 and premiered in 1997, is inspired by American musical and popular culture of the late 1960s and episodes in the life of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.
Tales of Hemingway is a concerto for cello and orchestra composed in 2015 by the American composer Michael Daugherty.
 The music is inspired by the writings of the famous American writer Ernest Hemingway.
Michael Kevin Daugherty (born April 28, 1954) is an American composer, pianist, and teacher.
 He is influenced by popular culture, Romanticism, and Postmodernism, and is one of the most widely performed American concert music composers of his generation.
 Daugherty's notable works include his Superman comic book-inspired "Metropolis Symphony" for Orchestra (1988–93), "Dead Elvis" for Solo Bassoon and Chamber Ensemble (1993), "Jackie O" (1997), "Niagara Falls" for Symphonic Band (1997), "UFO" for Solo Percussion and Orchestra (1999) and for Symphonic Band (2000), "Bells for Stokowski" from "Philadelphia Stories" for Orchestra (2001) and for Symphonic Band (2002), "Fire and Blood" for Solo Violin and Orchestra (2003) inspired by Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo, "Time Machine" for Three Conductors and Orchestra (2003), "Ghost Ranch" for Orchestra (2005), and "Deus ex Machina" for Piano and Orchestra (2007).
 Daugherty has been described by The Times (London) as "a master icon maker" with a "maverick imagination, fearless structural sense and meticulous ear."

Question: What Mexican painter inspired Michael Daugherty?
Answer: Diego Rivera