Ernest Bloch (/blɒk/; German: [blɔx]; July 24, 1880 – July 15, 1959) was a Swiss-born American composer. Bloch was a preeminent artist in his day, and...
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This is a list of compositions by composer Ernest Bloch. Macbeth, Opera in 3 acts (1909 Geneva-Paris) Symphony in C♯ minor (1902) Hiver-Printemps (1905...
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Suite Hébraïque (category Concertante works by Ernest Bloch)
Hébraïque is a 3-movement work composed in 1951 for viola and piano by Ernest Bloch, which he subsequently arranged for viola and small orchestra. The piece...
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Lucienne Bloch (1909–1999), Swiss-American artist and photographer, daughter of Ernest Bloch Marc Bloch (1886–1944), French historian Marcel Bloch, later...
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with piano obbligato is a 1925 concerto grosso composed by Ernest Bloch. The work was Bloch's first of two published concerti grossi. According to Alexander...
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List of symphonic poems (section Ernest Bloch)
This is a list of some notable composers who wrote symphonic poems. En skärgardssägen, Op. 20 (1903) Isabella or the Pot of Basil (1909, after the poem...
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Schelomo (category Concertante works by Ernest Bloch)
Hébraïque for Violoncello and Orchestra was the final work of composer Ernest Bloch's Jewish Cycle. Schelomo (the Hebrew form of "Solomon"), which was written...
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area's most famous citizen was composer Ernest Bloch, who spent his later years in the community. The 1914 Ernest Bloch House is on the National Register of...
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associate conductor of the Newport (Oregon) Symphony Orchestra and the Ernest Bloch Music Festival. He also played a major role in establishing the Newport...
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Ernest Bloch's Piano Quintet No. 1 is a quintet for piano, 2 violins, viola, and cello. It is regarded as one of Bloch's greatest achievements. Composed...
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century. Suzanne Bloch was born in Geneva in 1907 into the family of composer Ernest Bloch. The family moved to New York in 1916 when Ernst Bloch took on teaching...
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teacher's teachers Antheil (1900–1959) studied with teachers including Ernest Bloch, Nadia Boulanger, and Constantin Sternberg. Henry Brant Benjamin Lees...
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Concerto in D major, Op. 61 (1806) Alban Berg Violin Concerto (1935) Ernest Bloch Violin Concerto (1938) Nimrod Borenstein Concerto for violin and orchestra...
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Ernest Bloch's Violin Sonata No. 1 is a sonata for violin and piano. It is regarded as one of the masterpieces of the violin repertoire. Composed in Cleveland...
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George Antheil (category Pupils of Ernest Bloch)
In 1919, he began to work with the more progressive Ernest Bloch in New York. Initially, Bloch had been skeptical and had rejected him, describing Antheil's...
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Roger Sessions (category Pupils of Ernest Bloch)
18, he went on to study at Yale University under Horatio Parker and Ernest Bloch before teaching at Smith College. With the exception, mostly, of his...
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regarded as a leading authority on the compositions of the composer Ernest Bloch. Robert Strassburg's contributions to the advancement of music education...
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been stereotyped as a self-consciously Armenian composer (rather as Ernest Bloch is seen as a Jewish composer), his output assimilates the music of many...
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pianist Hephzibah Menuhin, and harpsichordist George Malcolm. The composer Ernest Bloch dedicated two works to her: Suite Modale and Two Last Poems (Maybe.....
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Y'varekh'kha adonai, from Part V of Sacred Service (Avodat Hakodesh) by Ernest Bloch, 1930-1933 Opening Prayer, in Hebrew, a setting for baritone and orchestra...
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Handel Concerto Grosso No. 1 (Bloch) or Concerto Grosso for string orchestra with piano obbligato, a 1925 work by Ernest Bloch Concerto Grosso (Vaughan Williams)...
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The String Quartet No. 2 by Ernest Bloch was composed between 1940 and 1945. The quartet averages 34 minutes to perform. Bloch wrote it following a close...
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supporters led by Martha Bell Sanders and Mary Hutchens Smith, with Ernest Bloch serving as its first director. CIM enrolls 325 students in the conservatory...
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(for Hoelscher) (1987) Jörg Birkenkötter Solo für Violoncello (1986) Ernest Bloch Suite No. 1 (1956) (written for Zara Nelsova) Suite No. 2 (1956) (written...
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concerto grosso has been used by composers including Igor Stravinsky, Ernest Bloch, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Bohuslav Martinů, Malcolm Williamson, Henry...
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with duel British and Israeli citizenship. He is the founder of the Ernest Bloch classical competition. Hartov has been a member of the London Mozart...
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late Romantic vein with Middle Eastern overtones, somewhat similar to Ernest Bloch. His students include Eliahu Inbal, Henri Lazarof, Ben-Zion Orgad, Ami...
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contemporary composers. Among the more notable pieces written for him are Ernest Bloch's Violin Concerto, Bartók's Rhapsody No. 1, and Eugène Ysaÿe's Solo Sonata...
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(1950) Hector Berlioz – Symphonie fantastique (1830), Requiem (1837) Ernest Bloch – Suite Symphonique (1944) Johannes Brahms – Six Pieces for Piano, Op...
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from its inception, with David Mannes hiring important figures such as Ernest Bloch and Rosario Scalero to teach theory and composition. In 1931 Mannes hired...
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