David Diamond · Spotify · Courtesy of Spotify
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1915
- Died
- 2005
- Works
- 71
Top works
- The Alice and Frederick Slee lectures
- Kaddish
- 8 Piano Pieces
- To Lucasta
- Let Nothing Disturb Thee
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1941-01-24
0255746405adult contemporarybaroque popcarol huntereddie rubinpop
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 3,238
- Total plays
- 16,579
Tags
contemporary classicalClassicalamericansymphonists20th Century
David Leo Diamond (July 9, 1915 – June 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 Fellowships, and is considered one of the preeminent American composers of his generation. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Leo
- Family name
- Diamond
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Rochester
- Place of death
- Brighton
- Occupation
- screenwriter
- Employer
- University at Buffalo
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Instrument
- violin
- Official website
- www.daviddiamond.org
- Image
- David Diamond 1987.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1915-07-09
- date of death
- 2005-06-13
- cause of death
- heart failure
- member of
- American Academy of Arts and Letters
- manner of death
- natural causes
- Commons category
- David Leo Diamond
- ethnic group
- Jewish people
- sexual orientation
- homosexuality
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