The American Flag

David Diamond, a violonist in his youth before turning to composition, was born July 9, 1915 in Rochester, New York. After studying with Paul Boepple, Roger Sssions and Nadia Boulanger, Diamond earned three Guggenheim Fellowships, the Prix de Rome and a grant from the National Institute of Arts and letters. His compositions have been performed by Koussevitzky, Mitropoulos, bernstein, Scherchen, Rodzinski and Szell. he is presently a faculty member of The Julliard School.

Lista utworów:
Sonata nr 2 (Diamond David)

George Antheil was an American composer (1900-1959) whose most famous works include the 'Airplane' Sonata for piano and the Ballet Mecanique. His distinctly modern compositions were landmark in the avant garde movement in Paris in the 1920's, and his influences included Stravinsky and Schoenberg.

Burlesque for violin and piano was composed in 1990. The light and cheerful four-minute miniature contains elements evocative of earlier composition by Romuald Twardowski - Capriccio in Blue of 1979. Just like in that composition, we will find echoes of American folk music and jazz in Burlesque. The piece was first performed by Sławomir Tomasik (violin) and Barbara Topolnicka (piano) in Warsaw on 9th December 1991.

Lista utworów:
Burleska (Twardowski Romuald)