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Music, 1931-2000 (continued)
Original Compositions, 1931-2000 (continued)
BOX-FOLDER 211/10-11 We two: a song cycle for voice and piano (1964)
Scores
Text: William Shakespeare
Dedication: Carolyn Reyer
BOX-FOLDER 211/12-13 Weeping women: a lake song for four-part women's a capella voices (1935)
Sketch and score
Text: Jean Starr Untermeyer
BOX-FOLDER 211/14 When we were lost: for voice and piano (1953)
Score
Text: Carson McCullers
BOX-FOLDER 211/15 While Adam slept: for voice and piano (1945)
Score
Dedication: Hildegarde Watson
BOX-FOLDER 258/6 White nocturne: for harp and string quartet (1933)
Score
BOX-FOLDER 211/16-212/5, 257/5 Why?: a cantata for men's chorus, string orchestra, piano, and percussion (1991-1992)
Draft and scores
Text: William Blake
Dedication: Dennis Coleman
BOX-FOLDER 212/6-7 The wings of the dove: music drama in four acts (1953)
Sketch and score
Note: Based on a novel by Henry James
BOX-FOLDER 257/7-8 The world of Paul Klee: for orchestra (1956-1959)
Scores
Commission: The Rockefeller Foundation
BOX-FOLDER 212/8-10 Young Joseph: for women's chorus, piano, organ, or string orchestra (1944)
Sketch and scores
Text: Thomas Mann
Dedication: Sabina
BOX-FOLDER 213/1 Unidentified work for harpsichord and orchestra (undated)
Short score
BOX-FOLDER 213/2-3 Unidentified fragments and sketches
Arrangements, 1934-1993
This subseries contains scores for Diamond's arrangements of works by Eric Satie, Maurice Ravel, and other composers.
Arranged alphabetically by title or last name of composer.
BOX-FOLDER 216/9 Beethoven, Ludwig van. Cavatina from String quartet, op. 130 (1955)
Score
BOX-FOLDER 216/10-13 Debussy, Claude. Hommage à Haydn (1975, 1992)
Scores and parts
BOX-FOLDER 216/14 Fauré, Gabriel. Pénélope: Les cailloux ont abîme tes pieds (1989)
Score
BOX-FOLDER 217/11 Old English folk songs of the 15th and 16th centuries (1936)
Scores
BOX-FOLDER 217/12-13 Prose de lâne (undated)
Scores
BOX-FOLDER 216/15-16 Ravel, Maurice. Fugue from Le tombeau de Couperin (1993)
Scores
BOX-FOLDER 216/17-20 Ravel, Maurice. Menuet sur le nom de Haydn (1992)
Scores and parts
BOX-FOLDER 216/21 Satie, Erik. Chorale hypocrite (undated)
Score
BOX-FOLDER 216/22-217/1 Satie, Erik. Messe des pauvres (1949)
Scores
BOX-FOLDER 217/2-4 Satie, Erik. Passacaille (1949)
Scores
BOX-FOLDER 217/5-7 Satie, Erik. 2 ème gymnopédie (1949)
Scores
BOX-FOLDER 217/8 Schoenberg, Arnold. Three small pieces from Sechs kleine Klavierstücke (1934)
Score
BOX-FOLDER 217/9 Scriabin, Alexander. Album leaf; Désir (1934)
Score
BOX-FOLDER 217/10 Sessions, Roger. Scherzino (1935)
Score
BOX-FOLDER 217/14 Wilder, Diamond. Concerto for oboe, string orchestra, and percussion (1957)
Score
Other Music, 1934-1937
This subseries contains harmony exercises and analytical studies, scores from notable composers inscribed to Diamond, and a holograph manuscript sketch by Marc Blitzstein.
Arranged by subject.
Exercises and Studies
BOX-FOLDER 217/15 Analysis and harmony examples and exercises (1937)
BOX-FOLDER 217/16 Cadence examples (1936)
BOX-FOLDER 217/17 Chorale harmonization (1936)
BOX-FOLDER 217/18 Two-part counterpoint (undated)
BOX-FOLDER 217/19 Counterpoint exercise books I-II (1934-1935)
BOX-FOLDER 218/1 Counterpoint exercise books I-V (1935-1937)
BOX-FOLDER 218/2 Counterpoint exercise books VI-IX (1935-1937)
BOX-FOLDER 218/3 Dictation exercises (1934-1936)
BOX-FOLDER 218/4 Figured bass, chorale, and harmonizations (1935)
BOX-FOLDER 218/5 Fugue exercise books I and II (1936)
BOX-FOLDER 218/6 Harmony I (1935)
BOX-FOLDER 218/8 Kayser, H. E. Thirty-six elementary and progressive studies for violin, op. 20
BOX-FOLDER 218/7 Passacaglia and fugue in c minor by Johann Sebastian Bach (1935)
BOX-FOLDER 218/9 Ries, Franz. Suite no. III in G for violin and piano
Music Manuscripts by Other Composers
BOX-FOLDER 219/1 Blitzstein, Marc. Tales of Malamud (undated)
Sketch
Inscribed Scores
BOX-FOLDER 219/2 Babbitt, Milton
BOX-FOLDER 219/3 Barber, Samuel
BOX-FOLDER 219/4 Bernstein, Leonard
BOX-FOLDER 219/5 Blitzstein, Marc
BOX-FOLDER 219/6 Carter, Elliott
BOX-FOLDER 219/7 Chandler, Theodore
BOX-FOLDER 220/1-221/1 Copland, Aaron
BOX-FOLDER 219/8 Dallapiccola, Luigi
BOX-FOLDER 219/9 Fine, Vivian
BOX-FOLDER 219/10 Jacobi, Frederick
BOX-FOLDER 219/11 Jo, Peter Sang-Wook
BOX-FOLDER 219/12 Kirchner, Leon
BOX-FOLDER 221/2 Malipiero, G. Francesco
BOX-FOLDER 221/3 Persichetti, Vincent
BOX-FOLDER 223/1 Rogers, Bernard
BOX-FOLDER 222/1-2 Rorem, Ned
BOX-FOLDER 223/2 Sessions, Roger
BOX-FOLDER 224/1 Stravinsky, Igor
BOX-FOLDER 224/2 Thorne, Francis
BOX-FOLDER 224/3 Wilder, Alec
BOX 274 Awards and Certificates, 1931-1998
Honorary doctorates, diplomas, certificates of recognition, and other awards.
Arranged alphabetically by folder title.
BOX-FOLDER 274/1 American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers: certificate of membership, 1946 April 30
BOX-FOLDER 274/2 Benjamin Franklin Junior High School: certificate of graduation for foreign language, 1931 January
BOX-FOLDER 274/3 Benjamin Franklin Junior-Senior High School: diploma, 1931 January
BOX-FOLDER 274/4 The Delaware Symphony Association: Alfred I. DuPont Award, 1993 January 23
BOX-FOLDER 274/5 Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris: dimplôme d'execution de piano enseignement libre degré perfectionnement, 1948 June 30
BOX-FOLDER 274/6 Franklin Student Association: certificate of recognition and appreciation, 1933
BOX-FOLDER 274/7 The Juilliard School: 1973-1997 Distinguished Service Faculty Award, 1997 May 14
BOX-FOLDER 274/8 The Juilliard School: Honorary Degree of Doctor of Music, 1998 May 22
Laid in: newspaper, commencement program and speech
BOX-FOLDER 274/9 Mu Phi Epsilon: Musician of the Year, 1985 November 24
Laid in: speech
BOX-FOLDER 274/10 The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences: nomination for the Best Composition by a Contemporary Classical Composer - "String quartet no. 4," 1965
BOX-FOLDER 274/11 National Institute of Arts and Letters: certificate of membership, 1966
BOX-FOLDER 274/12 The National Register of Prominent Americans: certificate of membership, undated
BOX-FOLDER 274/13 The Park Avenue Synagogue of New York City: Certificate for Contributing to the Enrichment of Synagogue Music, 1952 May 23
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