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David Leo Diamond ( July 9 1915June 13 2005 ) was an American Composer of Classical Music .

He was born in Rochester, New York and studied at the Cleveland Institute Of Music and the Eastman School Of Music under Bernard Rogers , also receiving lessons from Roger Sessions in New York City and Nadia Boulanger in Paris . He won a number of awards including three Guggenheim Fellowship s, and is considered one of the preeminent American composers of his generation. Many of his works are Tonal or modestly Modal . His early compositions are typically triadic, often with widely spaced Harmonies , giving them a distinctly American tone, but some of his works are consciously French in style. His later style became more Chromatic .

Diamond died at his home in Brighton from Heart Failure .

Diamond's most popular piece is ''Rounds'' (1944) for String Orchestra . Among his other works are eleven Symphonies (the last in 1993), Concerto s including three for Violin , eleven String Quartet s, music for Wind Ensemble , other Chamber Music , Piano pieces and vocal music.

He also composed the musical theme heard on the CBS Radio Network broadcast "Hear It Now" (1950-51) and its TV successor, "See It Now" (1951-58); (see {Link without Title} ).

A longtime member of the Juilliard School faculty, Diamond was also named honorary composer-in-residence of the Seattle Symphony. His notable students include Daron Hagen , Adolphus Hailstork , Anthony Iannaccone , Alisdair MacLean and Lowell Liebermann . Diamond is also credited with advising Glenn Gould on his mid-career work, most notably Gould's String Quartet Op.1.

He is a distant blood relative of Lucchese Crime Family associate Stanley Diamond .


WORKS


Ballets

  • TOM (1936)



Orchestra

  • Symphonies

  • ---Symphony No. 1 ( 1940 )

  • ---Symphony No. 2 ( 1942 - 1943 )

  • ---Symphony No. 3 ( 1945 )

  • ---Symphony No. 4 ( 1945 )

  • ---Symphony No. 5 ( 1947 - 1964 )

  • ---Symphony No. 6 ( 1951 )

  • ---Symphony No. 7 ( 1957 )

  • ---Symphony No. 8 ( 1958 - 1960 )

  • ---Symphony No. 9 ( 1985 )

  • ---Symphony No. 10 ( 1980s )

  • ---Symphony No. 11 ( 1989 - 1991 )

  • Psalm ( 1936 )

  • Rounds for String Orchestra ( 1944 )



Concertante

  • Violin Concerto No. 1 ( 1937 )

  • Concerto for Small Orchestra ( 1940 )

  • Violin Concerto No. 2 ( 1947 )

  • Violin Concerto No. 3 ( 1976 )

  • Kaddish, for cello and orchestra ( 1987 )



Chamber

  • String Quartet No. 1 (1940)

  • String Quartet No. 2 (1943-4)

  • String Quartet No. 3 (1946)

  • String Quartet No. 4 (1951)

  • String Quartet No. 5 (1960)

  • String Quartet No. 6 (1962)

  • String Quartet No. 7 (1963)

  • String Quartet No. 8 (1964)

  • String Quartet No. 9 (1965-1968)

  • String Quartet No. 10 (1966)

  • String Quartet No. 11



Wind Ensemble

  • Tantivy (1988)

  • Hearts Music (1989)



Vocal

David Mourns for Absalom (1946) text is II Samuel 18:33


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