Sacred Service

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Sacred Service is a major choral-orchestral work by composer Ernest Bloch that sets the Jewish Sabbath morning liturgy in a symphonic, concert-style format.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf choral-orchestral work
symphonic psalm setting
commissionedBy Jacob Sonderling NERFINISHED
Temple Emanu-El of San Francisco NERFINISHED
composer Ernest Bloch NERFINISHED
compositionEndYear 1933
compositionStartYear 1930
dedicatedTo Temple Emanu-El of San Francisco NERFINISHED
duration approximately 45 minutes
form symphonic
genre concert work
liturgical setting
sacred music
instrumentation orchestra
intendedUse concert performance
non-ritual presentation
language Hebrew
liturgicalContext Jewish Sabbath morning service
liturgicalSectionsIncluded Amidah NERFINISHED
Kedushah
Psalm texts
Shema and its blessings
concluding prayers
notableRecordingArtist Georg Solti NERFINISHED
Leonard Bernstein NERFINISHED
Zubin Mehta NERFINISHED
period 20th-century music
placeInComposerOutput major sacred work by Ernest Bloch
premiereCity Turin NERFINISHED
premiereCountry Italy NERFINISHED
premiereYear 1934
relatedWorkByComposer Baal Shem NERFINISHED
Schelomo NERFINISHED
religiousTradition Judaism
structure five-part work
style late Romantic
modernist influences
textSource Hebrew Sabbath morning liturgy
Jewish Reform liturgy
textType liturgy
thematicFocus Jewish identity
spiritual reflection
titleVariant Avodath Ha-Kodesh NERFINISHED
Avodath Hakodesch NERFINISHED
Avodath Hakodesh NERFINISHED
vocalForces baritone solo
cantor (optional)
mixed chorus

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Ernest Bloch notableWork Sacred Service