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- 2004 · Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Mathias Wollong, Fabrice Bollon, Vladimir Jurowski, Wolfgang Schmidt
Composer · Violin · 1880 - 1959
Ernest Bloch
- Stephanie Arado, Uccello, Matt Haimovitz, Matthew Mehaffey, University of Minnesota Chamber Singers
Latest Albums as Artist
- Boyd Neel, Ernest Bloch, Julius Baker, Edgar Schenkman, Daniel Saidenberg, Mitchell Miller, Aaron Copland, Boyd Neel String Orchestra, Harry Freistadt, Saidenberg Little Symphony, Zara Nelsova, Concert Hall String Symphony
- Stephanie Arado, Uccello, Matt Haimovitz, Matthew Mehaffey, University of Minnesota Chamber Singers
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.