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Some interesting search results:
Connections - Ernest Bloch Legacy
http://www.ernestbloch.org/home.cfm?dir_cat=74345
Ernest Bloch was a noted composer of contemporary Jewish music.
His best known works include Schelomo, Israel Symphony, Sacred Service,
and Rhapsodie Hebraic, compositions with Jewish themes. He was
the winner of a Musical America contest for his work America, which was
premiered by the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, with Alfred Hertz as
conductor, in 1928.
Ernest Bloch was born in Geneva, Switzerland in 1880. He studied
music there and in France, Germany and Brussels. After his
studies, he lectured at the conservatory in Geneva. He visited
the United States and became a citizen in 1924. Mr. Bloch directed the
Institute of Music in Cleveland from 1920-1925, after which he served
as the artistic director of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music
until1930.
International Ernest Bloch Society: UK - Ernest Bloch
Legacy
http://www.ernestbloch.org/home.cfm?dir_cat=92559
Ernest Bloch was so admired in his heyday that many considered him the
fourth 'B' after Bach, Beethoven and Brahms. He was one of the
most original composers of the 20th century whose music, whilst
intellectually challenging, was accessible to a wide audience.
Stage and Studio | KBOO Community Radio
http://kboo.fm/stageandstudio?page=0%2C1
Composer Ernest Bloch was well known for his music, but people may not
know that he was also an avid amateur photographer. Producer Tali
Singer presents a feature about Bloch, whose photographs are being
showcased at the Oregon Jewish Museum . We'll hear from
Ernie Bloch, the grandson of Ernest Bloch, as well as Curator
Eric Johnson, Museum Director Judith Margles and Ron Blessinger
of Third Angle Ensemble . Third Angle will be performing Bloch's
music at three concerts at the museum January 26, 27, and 30.
International Ernest Bloch Society: UK - Ernest Bloch
Legacy
http://www.ernestbloch.org/home.cfm?dir_cat=92559
An International Society celebrating Ernest Bloch was launched in
London in the summer of 2008 to herald the 50th anniversary in 2009 of
the composer's death. This Society revives the original one set up in
London and New York in 1937 with Albert Einstein as Honorary President.
Ernest Bloch
http://www.nndb.com/people/990/000091717/
As a youth, Ernest Bloch was given flute and violin. He studied in
Geneva under violinist Louis Rey, composition and music theory under
Jaques-Dalcroze, and most notably, in Frankfurt under Iwan Knorr.
Beyond that, Bloch came under the influence of the "Young French"
movement -- Vincent d'Indy , Ernest Chausson, and Claude
Debussy . In 1903 he completed his first Symphony, most of which was
performed in Basel at the Festival of German Musicians. He tried to
write an opera, Macbeth , but had trouble getting acceptance. It
was finally performed in 1910 at the Opéra-Comique in
Paris, to devastating reviews. In the meantime, Bloch took a job as
conductor. In 1915, his second Symphony was only a moderate success.
January | 2011 | A thousand composers you need to know
about
http://1000composers.com/2011/01/
Holts's music is belongs to the romantic era and is often scored for
big orchestras. One of his prominent works is Egdon
Heath which Holst himself thought of as his greatest
masterpiece. His most famous composition however is definitely
The Planets which is a majestic and imaginative
interpretation of the other seven planets (Pluto had not been
discovered) and is often said to have greatly influenced 20th century
film music. This is in my opinion a great understatement as some of
this music could work seamlessly with almost any large scale movie
production that you've seen in your life. Just listen to this and
imagine watching Star Wars (or any other Sci-Fi movie) alongside it.
http://www.lyricny.org/artists%202008-2009.html
A masterly composer of
music for strings, Bloch wrote four string
quartets, Schelomo--A Hebrew Rhapsody (for cello and orchestra), and A
Voice in the Wilderness (for orchestra and cello obbligato), which are
deeply emotional works and rank among the most distinguished
achievements in the neo-classic and neo-romantic idiom of early
20th-century music. Bloch's pupil Roger Sessions praised him for his
special ability to express "the grandeur of human suffering." The
successful premiere by the Boston Symphony of Bloch's Trois Poemes
Juifs in 1917 encouraged the composer to settle in the United States.
He soon assumed the directorship of the Cleveland Institute of Music
and later the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. He also taught at
the University of California at Berkeley.
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