Concerto Grosso No. 1
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Concerto Grosso No. 1 is a 1925 neo-Baroque orchestral work by composer Ernest Bloch, notable for blending Baroque forms with modern harmonies and a prominent piano obbligato.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
concerto grosso
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orchestral work ⓘ |
| belongsToRepertoire | 20th-century neo-classical and neo-Baroque repertoire ⓘ |
| catalogNumber | Bloch Concerto Grosso No. 1 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | San Francisco Conservatory of Music NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Ernest Bloch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composerCitizenship | Swiss-American ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| dateOfComposition | 1925 ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | students of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music ⓘ |
| educationalContext | written while Bloch taught at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music ⓘ |
| firstPublisher | G. Schirmer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| form | concerto grosso ⓘ |
| genre | neo-Baroque ⓘ |
| hasInstrumentation |
piano
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string orchestra ⓘ |
| hasMovement |
Dirge
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Fugue ⓘ Pastorale ⓘ Prelude NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPart | piano obbligato ⓘ |
| hasTexture | predominantly contrapuntal ⓘ |
| hasTonality | largely tonal with extended harmonies ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
important example of Bloch’s neo-Baroque phase
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often cited in debates about the future of tonality in the 1920s ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Baroque concerto grosso tradition
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Johann Sebastian Bach NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| intendedPurpose | demonstrate viability of tonality ⓘ |
| key | A minor ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | none (instrumental) ⓘ |
| movementCount | 4 ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
fusion of Baroque forms with modern harmony
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prominent piano obbligato part ⓘ |
| period | 20th-century classical music ⓘ |
| placeOfComposition | San Francisco NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premiereConductor | Alfred Hertz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premiereEnsemble | San Francisco Symphony NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premiereLocation | San Francisco NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedWork | Concerto Grosso No. 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| typicalPerformanceDuration | approximately 25 minutes ⓘ |
| usesForm |
fugue in final movement
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passacaglia-like procedures ⓘ |
| usesStyle |
Baroque forms
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modern harmonies ⓘ |
| yearOfPremiere | 1925 ⓘ |
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