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