Charles Wakefield Cadman conceived his new Trio in D major, Op.56, as early as 1908, but it was not until 1913, upon returning to his home in Denver, that he actually set it to paper. Beginning in May, he had completed the manuscript by 10th June. By composing a trio, his first venture in chamber music, he hoped to demonstrate that he could successfully compose in more advanced forms. The work was first performed on 23^rd September, 1913, at a private home in Denver; the first public performance occurred a month later in Minneapolis. The opening movement, Allegro maestoso, in D major, is a brilliant, late romantic work in sonata-allegro form. The second movement, marked Andante cantabile, in G major, is in ternary form with the strings carrying the primary melody with a subdued piano accompaniment. It is the third movement, a D major Vivace energico, however, that has provoked curiosity through the years. Again in ternary fo