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- 2004 · Mathias Wollong, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Wolfgang Schmidt, Fabrice Bollon, Vladimir Jurowski
Composer · Violin · 1880 - 1959
Ernest Bloch
- Matt Haimovitz, Matthew Mehaffey, Stephanie Arado, University of Minnesota Chamber Singers, Uccello
Latest Albums as Artist
- Julius Baker, Harry Freistadt, Edgar Schenkman, Zara Nelsova, Concert Hall String Symphony, Ernest Bloch, Boyd Neel String Orchestra, Daniel Saidenberg, Aaron Copland, Mitchell Miller, Boyd Neel, Saidenberg Little Symphony
- Matt Haimovitz, Matthew Mehaffey, Stephanie Arado, University of Minnesota Chamber Singers, Uccello
Biography
Swiss-born American composer Ernest Bloch (1880-1959) established his reputation in music on Hebraic themes in works such as the cello concerto Schelomo (1916). That year, Bloch first traveled to the United States, became a U.S. citizen, and ultimately composed his prize-winning cantata America: An Epic Rhapsody (1926). Bloch's return to Switzerland was interrupted by the rise of Nazism, and he permanently settled in the U.S. in 1938. He was an important teacher and composed numerous operas, symphonies, concertos, and chamber music, though his works exploring Hebrew concepts, such as Baal Shem (1923) and Suite hébraïque (1951), remain the most popular.