Baal Shem

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Baal Shem is a three-movement suite for violin and orchestra (or piano) by composer Ernest Bloch, inspired by Jewish liturgical and folk traditions.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf musical composition
violin suite
associatedWith Hasidic tradition
Jewish mysticism NERFINISHED
catalogueNote often performed as a showpiece for violin
composer Ernest Bloch NERFINISHED
compositionYear 1923
dedicatedTo André de Ribaupierre NERFINISHED
firstMovementTitle Vidui NERFINISHED
hasAccompaniment orchestra
piano
hasForm suite
hasGenre Jewish art music
classical music
hasKeyMovement Nigun
hasSoloInstrument violin
hasVersion version for violin and orchestra
version for violin and piano
inspiredBy Jewish folk traditions
Jewish liturgical traditions
languageOfTitle Hebrew
movement Nigun
Simchas Torah NERFINISHED
Vidui
movementCharacter Nigun is impassioned and improvisatory
Simchas Torah is dance-like and celebratory NERFINISHED
Vidui is meditative and prayer-like
notableExcerpt Nigun NERFINISHED
numberOfMovements 3
partOf Ernest Bloch’s Jewish Cycle NERFINISHED
placeOfComposition Switzerland NERFINISHED
premiereInstrument violin
publisher Carl Fischer NERFINISHED
scoredFor violin and orchestra
violin and piano
secondMovementTitle Nigun NERFINISHED
style early 20th-century
late Romantic
subjectMatter Jewish religious expression
thirdMovementTitle Simchas Torah NERFINISHED
titleMeaning Master of the Name NERFINISHED
uses cantorial-style melodic inflections
folk-like dance rhythms

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Israel ben Eliezer hasTitle Baal Shem
Ernest Bloch notableWork Baal Shem