Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1915, July 9 | Born David Leo Diamond in Rochester, New York |
| 1927 | In financial straits, the Diamond family moved to Cleveland, Ohio, to live with relatives |
| 1927-1929 | Attended the Cleveland Institute of Music and studied violin with André de Ribaupierre |
| 1929 | Diamond family returned to Rochester, New York |
| 1929-1934 | Attended Eastman School of Music and studied violin with Effie Knauss and composition with Bernard Rogers |
| 1934-1936 | Attended the New Music School and Dalcroze Institute in New York City, where he received instruction from conductor Paul Boepple and composer Roger Sessions |
| 1935 | Received the Elfrida Whiteman Scholarship |
| 1937 | Received the Juilliard Publication Award |
| 1938 | Received first Guggenheim Fellowship |
| 1938-1939 | Lived in Paris on his Guggenheim Fellowship funds and studied with composer Nadia Boulanger |
| 1940 | Received first New York Music Critics Circle Nomination |
| 1940-1945 | Composed his first four symphonies |
| 1941 | Received second New York Music Critics Circle Nomination, a second Guggenheim Fellowship, and the Ballet Guild Award |
| 1942 | Received the Prix de Rome Scholarship and the Society of the Publication of American Music Award |
| 1943 | Received the Paderewski Prize and the Ernest Bloch Award |
| 1943-1945 | Performed as violinist in the orchestra for the Carnegie Hall radio show Your Hit Parade |
| 1944 | Received the National Institute of Arts and Letters Grant |
| 1946 | Received New York Music Critics Circle Award |
| 1948 | Received third New York Music Critics Circle Citation |
| 1949 | Lectured at the Salzburg Seminar in Austria |
| 1950-1951 | Composed theme for CBS Radio Network program Hear It Now |
| 1951 | Received second New York Music Critics Circle Citation; taught as a Fulbright Professor at the University of Rome in Italy |
| 1951-1958 | Composed theme for CBS Television Network program See It Now |
| 1951-1965 | Lived in Europe, eventually settling in Florence, Italy |
| 1952 | Death of Osias Diamond (father) |
| 1956 | Death of Anna Schildhaus Diamond (mother) |
| 1958 | Received third Guggenheim Fellowship |
| 1961, 1963 | Taught as Slee Professor at the State University of New York in Buffalo |
| 1965 | Received the Rheta Sosland Chamber Music Award String Quartet No. 4 nominated for a Grammy Award |
| 1965-1967 | Taught at the Manhattan School of Music |
| 1966 | Elected to the National Institute of Arts and Letters |
| 1971 | Received the National Opera Institute Grant |
| 1972 | Elected as vice president of the National Institute of Arts and Letters council |
| 1973-1997 | Taught at The Juilliard School |
| 1984 | Recognized as a Sigma Alpha Iota National Arts Associate |
| 1985 | Received the William Schuman Award and the Mu Phi Epsilon Musician of the Year Award |
| 1986 | Received the William Schuman Lifetime Achievement Award |
| 1991 | Received the American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal and the Edward MacDowell Gold Medal for Lifetime Achievement |
| 1995 | Received the National Medal of Arts from the National Endowment of the Arts |
| 1998 | Received an honorary Doctor of Music degree from The Juilliard School |
| 2005, May 20 | Received the Juilliard Medal |
| 2005, June 13 | Died in Rochester, New York |