Composer
Ernest Bloch
American composer (1880-1959)
1880–1959
90 works and musical collections
- Born
- 1880
- Died
- 1959
- Birthplace
- Geneva
- Place of death
- Portland
- Citizenship / historical state
- Switzerland; United States
- Period (estimated from birth year)
- Modern
Biography
Ernest Bloch (; German: [blɔx]; July 24, 1880 – July 15, 1959) was a Swiss-born American composer. He is recognized as one of the most significant Swiss composers in history. Several of his most notable compositions reflect his Jewish heritage. As well as producing musical scores, Bloch had an academic career that culminated in his recognition as Professor Emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley in 1952.
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Life and musical career
- Occupations
- composer; photographer; music educator; pianist
- Education
- Hoch Conservatory
- Teachers
- Émile Jaques-Dalcroze; Louis Rey
- Career institutions / employers
- San Francisco Conservatory of Music; Mannes College The New School for Music; Cleveland Institute of Music; University of California, Berkeley
- Recorded memberships
- American Academy of Arts and Letters
- Instruments played
- violin
- Genres
- symphony
- Notable works
- Macbeth; String Quartet No. 2
- VIAF ID
- 89802172
- ISNI
- 0000000110308955
- GND ID
- 118852213
- Library of Congress ID
- n79150283
- MusicBrainz ID
- e91fbf2b-178d-4243-972e-73eff6a5676f
Recorded in Wikidata. Affiliations may refer to earlier stages of the composer's career.
In this catalogue
- Common listed instruments
- Piano, violin, Cello, Viola, percussion
- Genres represented
- Classical
- Source entries with composition dates
- 10
These details describe the indexed sheet music, including arrangements.
Catalogue
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Instruments describe listed editions, including arrangements. Composition dates and keys appear where recorded; collection pages show their individual contents.
| Title | Work details | Listed instruments | Sheet music |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work & excerpts Schelomo | See work details | Check individual editions | View sheet music |
| La Vagabonde (Bloch E) | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Poems of the Sea |
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| View sheet music |
| Baal Shem |
| See edition details | View sheet music |
| Nirvana |
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| View sheet music |
| Prayer (From "Jewish Life" No. 1) | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Supplication (From "Jewish Life" No. 2) | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| "Dream, No. 10 from Enfantines" | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| 3 Poèmes juifs pour grand orchestre |
| See edition details | View sheet music |
| I. Rapsodie | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Jewish Song (From "Jewish Life" No. 3) | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Melodie | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| The Joyous Party | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Joyous March | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| I | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Shelter, The Bloch E |
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| View sheet music |
| 5 Sketches in Sepia |
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| View sheet music |
| III. Affirmation | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Ernest Bloch Biography | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Abodah (A Yom Kippur Melody) | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Nuit Exotique | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Simchas Torah | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Chanty(Poems Of Sea) Bloch | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| String Quartet No. Iv (Block) | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Violin Sonata No.1 - Violin - Violin | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Concerto Grosso No. 1 |
| See edition details | View sheet music |
| Efantines |
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| View sheet music |
| Piano Sonata |
| See edition details | View sheet music |
| Vidui | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| II | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Invocation (Bloch E) | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| 3. Cortege Funebre | See work details |
1 more instruments
| View sheet music |
| Violin Sonata No.1 - Set of Parts | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Violin Sonata No.1 - Piano Score - Piano Score | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| II. Processional | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| M?ditation H?braique | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Nigun | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Lullaby | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| With Mother | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Elves | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Melody | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| III | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Waves | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| At Sea (Poems Of Sea) Bloch | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| The Shelter (L'abri) Bloch E | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| The Waning (Le Declin) Bloch E | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| 1. Danse | See work details |
1 more instruments
| View sheet music |
| 2. Rite | See work details |
1 more instruments
| View sheet music |
Biographical record: Wikidata, matched on name and checked against dates held in the catalogue. The period label is an estimate from birth year. Authority record: VIAF 89802172. Portrait: File:Ernest Bloch in 1917 at a table.jpg : Unknown author Unknown author derivative work: Begoon, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.