David Diamond

David Diamond (1915-2005)

Nationality: American
Born: July 9, 1915, Rochester, NY Died: June 13, 2005, Rochester, NY (age 89)
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String Quartet No. 10

(for 2 violins, viola and cello)
5:54 I. Allegro assai
6:03 II. Lento
5:46 III. Adagio - Doppia fuga
Duration: 18 minutes (approximately)
Composed: 1966-1968 (age 50-53)
1 recording, 3 videos
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5:54
Potomoc String Quartet
I. Allegro assai
6:02
Potomoc String Quartet
II. Lento
5:46
Potomoc String Quartet
III. Adagio - Doppia fuga

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glossary

  • adagio [It]—slow tempo, often implying a lyrical, poignant character
  • allegro [I]—fast, lively tempo. From the Italian word for cheerful or gay.
  • assai—very much. Intensifies the direction of its neighboring words, e.g. "allegro assai", very fast
  • chamber music, Kammermusik [G], musique de chambre [F], musica da camera [I], musica cameralis [L]—"Classical Music" for a small ensemble, generally 8 or fewer players with a canonical emphasis on 3-6 players. explore
  • doppio [I]—double, twofold
  • double fugue, Doppelfuge [G]—a fugue with two subjects (generally exposed separately but ultimately played together)
  • fugue, fuga, fuge [G], fuguette, fugen [G,pl]—a contrapuntal procedure (form) involving a musical subject (theme) that is successively imitated by multiple overlapping voices. There is a vast canon of rules (concepts) for creating elaborate and diverse fugues with an infinite variety of character based on fairly specific parameters. Fugues (or partial fugato) are found throughout classical music from the late Renaissance to the present.
  • lento, lent [F], lentement [F], avec lenteur [F]—slow (tempo)
  • string quartet, Streichquartett [G], quatuor à cordes [F], quartetto d'archi [I], quartetto di cordi [I], cuarteto de cuerda [S], vonósnégyes [H]—an ensemble as well as music written for that ensemble comprising 2 violins, viola and cello. This is one of the essential genres / forms / ensembles of chamber music and arguably a critical "core" of "classical" music.
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