Listening Through The Dictionary of Composers and Their Music
Ernest Bloch (1880-1959)
Bio
Swiss-born to Jewish parents, Bloch moved around Europe studying composition before moving across the Atlantic and eventually naturalizing into the United States and settling in Oregon. Studied in Brussels, at the Hoch Conservatory in Frankfurt, in Paris, in Geneva, and eventually held several posts in various American Conservatories including San Francisco, Cleveland, the Mannes School, and the Music Academy of the West. At the end of his life was named a Professor Emeritus at Berkley.
Music
America, an Epic Rhapsody
Helvetia
Piano Quintet No. 1
String Quartet No. 1
Symphony in C-sharp minor
Symphonie Israël
Violin Concerto
Suites for Solo Cello Nos. 1, 2, & 3
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