DIAMOND, David
b Rochester, New York, 9 July 1915
He first trained at the Cleveland Institute of Music from 1927 to 1929, then at the Eastman School of Music from 1930 to 1934. He later went to New York to study with Sessions and to Paris to study with Boulanger. In 1937 he won the Juillard Award, in 1938 and 1941 a Guggenheim Fellowship, in 1942 the Prix de Rome, and in 1943 the Paderewski Prize. He received many commissions, and in 1951 he went to Europe as a Fulbright professor and settled in Florence, remaining there until 1965. He then joined the faculty of the Manhattan School of Music, but since 1967 has devoted his time exclusively to composition.
1935 (20)
Partita for oboe, bassoon and piano
1936 (21)
Psalm, for orchestra
Sinfonietta
TOM, kallet
Concerto for string quartet
Violin Concerto No 1
Cello Sonata
1937 (22)
Variations for small orchestra
Quintet for flute, string trio and piano
1938 (23)
Heroic Piece, for small orchestra
Elegy in memory of Ravel, for brass, harps and percussion
Music for double string orchestra, brass and timpani
Cello Concerto
Piano Quartet
1940 (25)
Concerto for small orchestra
Symphony No 1
Quartet No 1
1941 (26)
The Dream of Audubon, ballet
1942 (27)
Symphony No 2
Concerto for two solo pianos
1943 (28)
Quartet No 2
1944 (29)
The Tempest, incidental music
Rounds, for string orchestra
1945 (30)
Symphonies No 3 and 4
1946 (31)
Quartet No 3
Violin Sonata
1947 (32)
Violin Concerto No 2
Romeo and Juliet, incidental music
Piano Sonata
1948 (33)
Chaconne, for violin and piano
1949 (34)
L'ame de Debussy, song cycle
Timon of Athens, symphonic portrait
1950 (35)
Piano Concerto
Chorale for chorus
Quintet for two violas, two cellos and clarinet
1951 (36)
Quartet No 4
Symphony No 6
Mizmor l'David, sacred service for tenor, chorus, orchestra and organ
The Midnight Meditation, song cycle
Piano Trio
1954 (39)
Sinfonia Concertante
Sonata for solo violin
1956 (41)
Sonata for solo cello
1957 (42)
The World of Paul Klee, for orchestra
1958 (43)
Woodwind Quintet
1959 (44)
Symphony No 7
1960 (45)
Symphony No 8
Quartet No 5
1961 (46)
Nonet for three violins, three violas and three cellos
1962 (47)
This Sacred Ground, for baritone, chorus, children's chorus and orchestra
Quartet No 6
1963 (48)
Quartet No 7
1964 (49)
Quartet No 8
We Two, song cycle
1966 (51)
Quartets No 9 and 10
1967 (52)
To Music, choral symphony for tenor, bass-baritone, chorus and orchestra
Hebrew Melodies, song cycle
Violin Concerto No 3
1969 (S4)
Music for chamber orchestra
1974 (59)
fp Quartet No 10