American composer David Diamond has died at the age of 89 in his hometown of Rochester, New York. He leaves behind 11 symphonies, which combine complexity and lyricism. From member station WXXI in ...
“Composers, like pearls, are of three chief sorts, real, artificial, and cultured. David Diamond is unquestionably of the first sort; his talent and his sincerity have never been doubted by his ...
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David Diamond, 89, a prolific and temperamental composer who defied academic tastes and public indifference to write music of surpassing eloquence and beauty, died June 13 of congestive heart failure ...
Performance Today presents a tribute to an American icon, composer David Diamond. He died Monday, just four weeks short of his 90th birthday. We hear Diamond's own thoughts on his music and those of ...
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Two years after writing his Symphony No. 4, David Diamond got back to a life where his inspiration came from Shakespeare rather than from war. He wrote a concert setting of Romeo and Juliet. This is ...