Ernest Bloch

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Ernest Bloch was a Swiss-born American composer known for his deeply expressive, often Judaically inspired works that bridged late Romanticism and early modernism.

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instanceOf Swiss-American
classical composer
composer
human
citizenship Switzerland
United States of America
countryOfBirth Switzerland
countryOfDeath United States of America
dateOfBirth 1880-07-24
dateOfDeath 1959-07-15
emigratedTo United States of America
ethnicOrigin Jewish
familyName Bloch
genre classical music
givenName Ernest
instrument violin
knownFor Judaically inspired compositions
deeply expressive musical style
language English
French
German
movement Modernism
surface form: early modernism

Romanticism
surface form: late Romanticism
name Ernest Bloch self-link
notableWork Avodath Hakodesh
Baal Shem
Concerto Grosso No. 1
Concerto Grosso No. 2
Hebrew Rhapsody "Schelomo"
Israel Symphony
Sacred Service
Schelomo
Suite for Viola and Piano
occupation composer
conductor
placeOfBirth Geneva
placeOfDeath Portland
surface form: Portland, Oregon
positionHeld director of the Cleveland Institute of Music
director of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music
professor at the University of California, Berkeley
religiousOrCulturalInfluence Judaism
residence Agate Beach
surface form: Agate Beach, Oregon

Cleveland
surface form: Cleveland, Ohio

San Francisco, California, United States of America
surface form: San Francisco, California
studiedIn Brussels, Belgium
surface form: Brussels

Frankfurt am Main
surface form: Frankfurt

Geneva
studiedUnder Eugène Ysaÿe
François Rasse
yearOfImmigration 1916

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Psalm 150 hasMusicalSettingsBy Ernest Bloch
Ernest borneBy Ernest Bloch
Ernest Bloch name Ernest Bloch self-link