David Diamond (1915-2005)

Nationality: American

Born: July 9, 1915, Rochester, NY Died: June 13, 2005, Rochester, NY (age 89)

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Trio

(for violin, clarinet and piano)

6:53	I.	Allegro moderato [Allegretto]
4:04	II.	Scherzo
6:32	III.	Adagio assai
9:26	IV.	Allegro

Duration: 28 minutes (approximately)

Composed: 1994 (age 78-79)

Commission: Commissioned by the Library of Congress for the Verdehr Trio

1 recording, 4 videos

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7:30

Verdehr Trio

I. Allegro moderato [Allegretto]

4:04

Verdehr Trio

II. Scherzo

6:32

Verdehr Trio

III. Adagio assai

9:26

Verdehr Trio

IV. Allegro

Teacher

Nationality: French

Born: September 16, 1887, Paris Died: October 22, 1979, Paris (age 92)

Teacher

Nationality: American

Born: December 28, 1896, Brooklyn, NY Died: March 16, 1985, Princeton, NJ (age 88)

Teacher

Nationality: American

Born: February 4, 1893, New York Died: May 24, 1968, Rochester, NY (age 75)

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
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.
moderato [I], moderamente, modéré [F], modérément [F]—moderately, at a moderate tempo, applying a touch of restraint to its related word(s), e.g. allegro moderato
scherzo—lively, brisk, typically in a triple meter; usually a three-part form with central, contrasting trio
trio (1)—an ensemble or work for 3 players